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The Hazcheck Restrictions Portal for dangerous goods shipments now includes port restrictions. It is designed to simplify DG booking processes, taking account also of carrier, ship and partner line restrictions.
Supported by the two insurance mutual TT Club and UK P&I Club and developed with the in-house IT expertise of Exis Technologies, the Hazcheck Restrictions Portal is now urging container lines, ports and terminals to upload their DG handling policies and ...
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DHL’s Global Forwarding air and ocean freight arm is to operate a second dedicated Boeing 747-400 freighter between the US, Europe and Asia. The new twice-weekly service includes a leg from Korea to Wuxi, China continuing to Frankfurt-Hahn in Germany and returning to Shanghai-Pudong.
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Managing Director of DP World UK and Chief Executive Officer of London Gateway, Chris Lewis, was recognised as the Multimodal Personality of the Year at the FTA Multimodal Awards in Birmingham on 1 May.
Lewis (pictured), who has worked in the container terminal industry for over 30 years, was recognised for ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has been granted a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (WDA) for its global headquarters operations and its new Pharma Zone at Heathrow Airport. It confirms the airline’s compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and its ability to maintain the quality and integrity of medicinal products for human use.
WDA is ...
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Congestion in the cargo area of the UK’s business airport is getting under control, Heathrow head of cargo Nick Platts told FBJ in an interview at Multimodal on 1 may. Measures were in hand to keep traffic at the busy ‘Horseshoe Road’ (Shoreham Road) area under control and had produced ...
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Businesses need to plan for a worst-case scenario after Brexit with no transition period, the UK excluded from EU trade deals, duties, quotas, burdensome rules of origin and delays at borders, Freight Transport Association (FTA) experts told a seminar at Multimodal on 2 May. A crucial meeting in June could ...
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ABP has appointed Henrik Pedersen as its new chief executive, taking over from James Cooper, who announced his retirement after ten years in the post last Setpember.
Pedersen (pictured) joins ABP from AP Moller-Maersk’s APM Terminals arm, where he has served as chief commercial officer since January 2017 following 20 years ...
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DP World has gone into partnership with the Virgin group to develop a transport system which, its proponents say, world, DP World Cargospeed could deliver freight at the speed of flight but at a cost closer to that of trucking.
A pod-like vehicle, capable of carrying freight or passengers, is propelled ...
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Cruelty Free International has renewed its call on Royal Jordanian Airlines to stop transporting monkeys destined for laboratories, saying it had contacted by a member of staff at Bangkok Airport about hundreds of the creatures in small wooden crates being flown from Thailand to the US by the airline. The ...
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The British Ports Association has written to the Prime Minister calling for funding guarantees for any new border facilities and digital infrastructure, which may be needed after the UK leaves the European Union. Ports with EU traffic will need to provide new facilities and digital infrastructure for government officials to ...
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