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Shipping lines are not accepting any new bookings to or from Russia except for humanitarian goods such as food and medical supplies while temporary suspensions have also been announced for air and rail movements, reports forwarder Woodland Group.
It says that the aim is to reduce the risk of overwhelming congestion in European hubs due to an influx of vessels or containers descending on the ports with no onward destination.
The UK ...
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FTA Ireland (FTAI) is calling on the Irish government to protect businesses from rising fuel prices.
Chief executive Aidan Flynn says that with fuel accounting for more than 41% of the cost of running articulated lorry fleets – and the price of a barrel of oil now breaching $120 – the ...
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Europa Worldwide Group’s Europa Road arm has created a new regional structure with a third regional manager role, covering the Midlands in addition to existing positions for the North and South
Internal candidates Jamie Hedgecox, Joe Partner and Mitch Clarke have been appointed to fulfil these three respective roles.
It follows the ...
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PD Ports has made a company-wide diversity pledge to mark International Women’s Day today (8 March).
The Teesport owner and operator has engaged diversity and inclusion consultancy Diverse Matters to begin a three month intensive audit process of the business that will enable PD Ports to build a benchmark Diversity and ...
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Falkirk East member of the Scottish Parliament, Michelle Thomson, visited Forth Ports’ Skills and Business Centre at Grangemouth to meet apprentices and to mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week (7-11 March).
Forth Ports delivers its Scottish apprenticeship programmes through its Skills and Business Centre in the port of Grangemouth, blending academic learning with ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) says that some of its training courses will return to being conducted in person. Executive director Carl Hobbis said that the plan was to reintroduce classroom sessions from late April although online courses would also continue.
The first course to return to the classroom on will ...
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UK-based charter broker Chapman Freeborn - part of Avia Solutions Group - has appointed Hendrik Falk as senior vice president of cargo for the Americas.
He has held a number of senior positions at leading industry organizations, including Lufthansa Cargo, Polar Air Cargo, World Airways, Air Bridge Cargo, and most recently ...
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Alibaba Group’s logistics arm, Cainiao Network has partnered with Qatar Airways Cargo in a weekly charter flight from Hong Kong to São Paulo, Brazil, one of its fastest growing e-commerce destinations in Latin America.
The first chartered Boeing 777 freighter departed Hong Kong Airport on 5 March, headed for São Paulo ...
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German airport company Fraport has halted its business in St Petersburg, Russia saying that there is no justification for the attack on Ukraine. Fraport has since 2009 been a minority shareholder in Northern Capital Gateway, the company that operates Pulkovo Airport. Currently, Fraport holds a 25 percent share in the ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is supporting National Careers Week on 7-12 March with a series of events promoting careers in logistics.
It will start with an online seminar entitled ‘Ten Reasons To Consider a Career in Logistics’ at 13:00 on 7 March. BIFA executive director, Carl Hobbis, who is ...
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