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Exporta has expanded its range of reusable shipping packaging with new collapsible cardboard crates, designed with air freight in mind. The company says that, combined with a lightweight nestable plastic pallet, the crates can significantly reduce the volume and cost of shipping by air. Exporta already has a comprehensive range of rigid and collapsible plastic pallet boxes.
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Qatar Airways Cargo has launched a twice weekly Boeing 777 freighter service from its Doha hub to Osaka, Japan. It departs Doha on Tuesdays and Fridays each week, arriving in Osaka on the following day, and returning via Hong Kong, offering about 200 tonnes of cargo capacity.
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PayCargo has collaborated with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Kale Logistics Solutions to set up the first air cargo community system (ACCS) in the US.
It gives shippers, airlines, trucking companies, customs brokers, freight forwarders and cargo handlers visibility of the payment status, eliminating delays or unproductive truck trips to pick-up ...
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BIFA is reminding its members that they only have until 17 January to apply for a share of a £16 million fund for customs-related employee training and IT ahead of Brexit. Companies need to register with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) - which is administering the grants for HMRC. Applications close on 31 January ...
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Kate O’Hara has joined the Port of Tyne as commercial director. A graduate of Northumbria University, she has held senior positions at Teesside Airport, Leeds Bradford Airport, the Port of Dover, and more recently as chief executive of London City Cruise Port.
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Europa Worldwide Group has appointed Chris Mitchell as head of IT. He previously held a similar position at a major Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) provider in the hospitality and retail sector. He will be responsible for Europa’s IT helpdesk and infrastructure teams and is already involved in launching the ...
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Digital freight forwarding company InstaFreight is partnering with Shell to expand its services to carriers in Europe, after raising investment from the energy multinational’s Shell Ventures arm.
Berlin-based InstaFreight aims to use digitalization to simplify the freight forwarding business and provide practical benefits to shippers and carriers including fast and convenient ...
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Eurotunnel freight traffic was down 7% in December 2019, at 121,939 vehicles, compared with the same month last year and 6% down for the year as a whole (1.6 million). Owner Getlink blamed the difficult economic and political context, including the French Customs officers’ strike, uncertainty over Brexit and the ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will expand access to the apprenticeship service to employers beyond the existing 22,000 apprenticeship levy-payers, saying that it will be of great benefit to many of its members.
Director general Robert Keen explains that 90% of BIFA corporate ...
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Storm Brendan could not prevent Stena Line’s newest ferry Stena Estrid making its maiden voyage this morning on 13 January on the Holyhead to Dublin route.
After more than six years’ in planning and construction, Estrid braved the challenging conditions to set sail from Holyhead at 10.55am, arriving in Dublin shortly after 2.30pm where it received a traditional maritime water cannon salute.
She is the first of three next generation Stena Line RoPax vessels ...
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