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Europa Worldwide Group’s domestic transport director Russ McNally (piectured, below, left) is to retire after 40 years. He played a key role in reshaping the business as domestic transport director and board member after Andrew Baxter (right) acquired Europa in 2014. This included launching 1hub, a £30m facility in Dartford - the UK’s largest European groupage hub.
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Temperature-controlled material firm Peli BioThermal has set up 13 new European drop points at airports throughout Europe for its on demand Credo rental program for reusable thermal packaging in conjunction with forwarder, Rhenus. The locations include Dublin airport, along with Amserdam Schihol, Paris, Lyon, Frankfurt, Zurich, Prague Airport, Copenhagen, Milan, ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has launched Emirates AOG to transport aircraft parts. It will use the quickest possible flight connection with cut-off time for cargo acceptance at origin up to four hours prior to scheduled time of departure for shipments weighing less than 100 kilograms; expedited delivery with a maximum of 2.5 ...
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Qatar Airways has signed a letter of intent with Boeing for five 777 Freighters, valued at $1.7 billion at list prices. The new aircraft, which have a payload of 102 tonnes, are part of a 100-strong order for planes with the US manufacturer.
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US-owned freight forwarder BDP has opened its first location in Ireland. The new Dublin office will be overseen by country manager Joe Dowling and operations manager Simon O’Callaghan and is expected to serve the chemical, healthcare, energy, retail and automotive sectors.
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GB Railfreight and Transfesa have launched a new Channel Tunnel rail service between London Gateway and Duisburg, Germany, on behalf of CMA CGM Logistics. The inaugural train left London Gateway rail terminal on 10 April.
The new service will offer onward connections to other destinations, including Poland and China. Initially, it ...
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Dorothea von Boxberg is to become chief commercial officer) at Lufthansa Cargo, subject to board approval. She takes over from Alexis von Hoensbroech, who is to become the new chairman of Austrian Airlines.
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Environment Secretary Michael Gove launched a call for evidence on 10 April for a possible post-Brexit ban on the export of live animals for slaughter.
He is seeking views from industry, devolved authorities, charities and the general public on how the government might raise standards of animal welfare during transport after ...
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Thought leaders from tech companies and start-ups will share their insights on Digital disruption and Brexit at the Multimodal at the Birmingham NEC on 1-3 May, say show organisers, Clarion Events.
Digitisation, digital transformation, and disruption will be discussed by innovators including INTTRA, Freightos, Nexiot, and Stowga, during the Supply Chain ...
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The Port of Tyne has appointed Mark Stoner as chief financial officer. He was previously group finance director at marketing services provider Communisis and has held senior positions at Rolls Royce Industrial Power Group, Siemens Microelectronics, KPMG, and Atmel North Tyneside.
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