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Qatar Airways Cargo has increased freighter frequencies to the Netherlands from nine to 34 each week. The Boeing 777 and 747 freighters operate to Amsterdam and Maastricht, with 27 weekly frequencies to Amsterdam and 7 weekly frequencies to the latter. Amsterdam is one of the biggest gateways in Europe for Qatar Airways Cargo and, with the added frequencies, capacity has increased to over 7,500 tonnes. Besides the full freighter flights, ...
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Davies Turner chairman, Philip Stephenson says that the group's surface freight subsidiary, is continuing to operate services and logistics operations as near to normal as possible. This is despite global cargo capacity crunches in air and ocean freight.
He says: “Innovative thinking has been central to Davies Turner's 150-year existence. In ...
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John van den Berg has taken over as managing director of DACHSER Ireland, succeeding Albert Johnston, who is retiring.
Mr Van den Berg has been with DACHSER since 2006, joining the Irish country organisation in July 2019. The 49-year-old from the Netherlands began his Dachsercareer in Waddinxveen near Rotterdam, and played ...
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Europa Warehouse and its transport team in Dartford jumped into action this weekend to deliver beds to the NHS Nightingale coronavirus hospital at ExCel in East London.
Europa's client Accora UK received a call at 8pm on Friday evening from the NHS requiring specialist beds urgently
Working through the night Europa's team ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is reminding its members that its Customs declaration online training is still available, with grant funding available from the Government.
Robert Keen, BIFA director general says: “However, with trade discussions between the UK and the EU stalled, and no sign of a request for an ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), Airbus and Bolloré Logistics have worked together to distribute two million face masks to health workers in France and Spain battling the coronavirus.
Airbus operated one of its own A330-800 passenger aircraft to Tianjin in China to collect the shipment, returning to Toulouse, where WFS’ cargo handling ...
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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has set up a database for organisations in urgent need of supply chain resources as part of its response to the coronavirus crisis. It matches organisations together, so that those who have capacity can help those organisations in urgent need, such as ...
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SEKO Logistics MedTec has established a Rapid Response Team to assist and maintain medical care to the patient population across the US and globally. The current focus is on New York City and surrounding metro area. It closely monitoring increased demand for ‘surge capacity’ to support urgent shipments of medical ...
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The French Government has commissioned Geodis to organize an emergency movement of millions of masks from China. The forwarder is planning 16 flights over the coming weeks, with a weekly volume of around 2,400sq m. If necessary, the schedule could be extended into May. GEODIS has chartered two Antonov 124 ...
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Stena Line has taken several steps to help ensure the safety of its freight and passenger customers and employees, whilst maintaining the supply lines for vital medical goods and food supplies.
All ferries are continuing to run on schedule, but some services have restricted passenger numbers in order ensure social distancing ...
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