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Kuehne + Nagel has started work on a new contract logistics centre in Luxembourg. Due to open in the second half of 2020, it will serve as an advanced European distribution centre for both off- and online channels.
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UPS has converted its US international air freight gateways at Chicago, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles into free trade zones. FTZs help reduce duties, import taxes and other fees thanks to special regulations that allow duty deferral or elimination, tariff inversion, fee consolidation and streamlined customs procedures. UPS has ...
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Heathrow Airport head of cargo Nicks Platts is to leave his post on 9 October saying that he would seek a fresh challenge. He said the cargo programme at Heathrow was “well advanced”. Since taking up the post in 2015, he has overseen improvements in efficiency and a reduction in ...
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Air cargo continues to suffer from weak global trade and the intensifying trade dispute between the US and China, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on releasing data for global air freight markets in July. Demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), contracted by 3.2% in July 2019, compared ...
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Handler Worldwide Flight Services says it has set a new standard for the handling of pharmaceutical products in Copenhagen Airport with the official opening of its new facility. The new 1,500sq m building offers a temperature-controlled environment for 2-8°C pharma products incorporating acceptance, offload, pre-storage, build-up and storage for loose ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed plans by the European Commission to extend the period of operation of its contingency measures for road haulage and aviation. However, while this would give UK logistics operators welcome breathing space as they continue their Brexit preparations, it would give only seven more ...
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ABP’s Port of Ayr has opened its Bute Terminal to serve Scotland’s agricultural sector. It offers 4,000sqm of storage space and is part of a number of enhancements in port facilities, including new purpose-built cranes and improvements to shore side infrastructure. The opening follows ABP’s recently-won multi-year contract with the ...
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GB Railfreight has launched its 17th intermodal service, from Solent Stevedores, Southampton, to the Maritime terminal in Trafford, Manchester. It is GBRF’s third daily service from the port and will run five days a week.
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Rhenus Logistics has acquired European road freight specialist, PSL Group.
Headquartered in Maldon, Essex, and with six additional offices across England, PSL Group adds an established Scandinavian service through the SkanTrans PSL brand, a European mainland distribution network and a 24/7 customs clearance operation in Dover.
Rhenus Logistics managing director David Williams ...
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Forth Ports Limited has launched an online, real-time, container tracking system for customers using London Container Terminal (Tilbury) and Grangemouth in Scotland.
The system is available at https://groupcont.forthports.co.uk/containerEnquiry/ - and allows customers to enquire in real-time about the status of their container within the two ports. The system has been delivered by ...
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