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Dube Cargo Terminal has despatched a 100-tonne freighter loaded with 2.8 million facemasks, other protective gear and medical equipment from local suppliers to Guangzhou , China to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The proximity to suppliers and the capacity to rapidly handle charter flights prompted Air China to operate the flight from in Durban in South Africa.
General manager of Durban’s King Shaka International Airport, Terence Delomoney, said: “As the ...
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DP World handled 71.2 million teu across its global container terminals in 2019, with gross container volumes flat year-on-year on a reported basis and up +1.0% on a like-for-like basis. Like-for-like gross volumes in the fourth quarter of 2019 accelerated to 2.1% with growth driven by Asia Pacific and Africa. ...
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The British Ports Association has called on the Government to clarify its “mixed messages” on post-Brexit trade. It follows a speech by the Prime Minister on 3 February in which he said he wanted “a comprehensive free trade agreement, similar to Canada’s”
However, said BPA, while Canada’s trading relationship with the ...
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U-Freight Korea has opened an e-commerce fulfilment centre in Incheon to process domestic and cross-border shipments for business and consumer clients. With the anticipated increase in e-commerce logistics volumes, especially from South Korea to Vietnam, U-Freight Korea decided to invest in a bespoke temperature-controlled facility with easy access for e-commerce ...
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Air France-KLM Cargo, Delta Air Lines Cargo and Virgin Atlantic Cargo have launched an expanded trans-Atlantic Joint Venture. The carriers say that the new partnership represents 23% of total trans-Atlantic cargo capacity or more than 600,000 tonnes annually, with a choice of 110 routes, onward connections to 238 cities in ...
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A Highways England-commissioned study of the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich – a vital link to and from the port of Felixstowe - has identified new measures that could help to keep the bridge open to traffic during high winds. Options include reducing the speed limit over the bridge during high ...
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Brittany Ferries is to replace its existing Cork-Santander route with one between Rosslare and Bilbao but will maintain its existing service between Cork and Roscoff from 28 February. The line said that its customers sought better road connections and reduced driving distances and while passenger numbers had been encouraging, freight ...
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ParcelHero’s head of consumer research, David Jinks says that traders should ignore the Government’s £100m advertising campaign on what exporters, couriers and everyone wishing to send items to the EU should do in the event of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October last year. “With a hard Brexit at least ...
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AirBridgeCargo airlines has successfully completed trial loading of the world’s largest jet engine, the GE9x, on board one of its Boeing 747-8 freighters in Chicago.
The GE9X, which weighs over 11.5 tonnes, has been developed by GE Aviation for the Boeing 777X aircraft, which first flew in early 2020.
Thanks to meticulous ...
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British International Freight Association director general Robert Keen called for greater transparency and clarity in the effort to develop a new post-Brexit trading relationship.
Just ahead of the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January he said: “In light of the change that will likely take place in the trading ...
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