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Express carrier UPS (has ordered 14 Boeing 747-8 freighter jets and four new Boeing 767F aircraft to provide additional capacity. It says the new aircraft will be added to the existing fleet and will not replace existing aircraft. The aircraft will be delivered on an expedited schedule by the end of 2022, adding more than 9 million lbs of cargo capacity.
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Stena Line says that freight on its Belfast to Cairnryan, Liverpool and Heysham routes exceeded a record 514,000 units, a 3% year on year increase, during 2017.
Stena Line’s Belfast services saw a 19% increase in freight traffic. The port is Stena Line’s largest operational hub with seven ships providing up ...
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Motorbike logistics specialist WMB Group has switched to using stainless steel seals to prevent incursions by migrants into its trucks crossing the Channel.
It follows an incident in 2015 when a number of illegal immigrants were discovered in one of its trucks heading back to the UK.
The group had previously used ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and its partner Aircargo Consulting have developed a new process to allow larger vehicles to be carried in the bellyholds of passenger planes operated by its Eurowings subsidiary. While cars that fit on an aircraft pallet can be loaded into passenger planes, larger vehicles have until now had ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) team is rolling out a new vision with more training and consultancy projects.
It also plans to set up clusters of members representing the different sectors of the industry - for example, airlines, airports, and ground handling agencies. These will concentrate on issues specific to ...
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Transport charity Transaid is inviting riders to sign up for its biggest ever cycle challenge, 972 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats. Participants can either sign up for the full 12-days, companies or groups of friends can split into a four-person relay team or individual riders can take part ...
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Airfreight demand, in freight tonne kilometres, grew by 9.0% in 2017, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) data released on 31 January. This was more than double the 3.6% annual growth recorded in 2016. Freight capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometers (AFTKs), rose by 3.0% in 2017, the ...
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Ports and logistics group DP World has signed a deal to use Oracle Cloud applications to develop a modern and integrated technology platform. It will key core processes including finance, operations, procurement and human resources to be standardised and will also incorporate Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things and ...
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Ceva Logistics has appointed Eddie Aston as managing director, UK, Ireland and Nordics. He joins Ceva from van hire firm Northgate where he was UK Managing Director. He succeeds Michael O'Donoghue who has been promoted to head of Ceva's North America cluster.
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Ceva Logistics has opened a new multiuser warehouse in central Spain. The new site at Alovera, 50km north east of Madrid, includes 16,000sq m of warehousing space, and will eventually contain the operations of several customers. CEVA already has a number of other multiuser centers in Spain, including Subirats, in ...
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