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Delta Cargo employee – and Georgia Army National Guard member - Ashley Ivory has been providing security and assisting law enforcement in Orlando after Irma struck Florida. "It's a humbling experience to serve my country and our people in times of need, all the while upholding Delta's values of servant leadership and integrity both within and outside of the workplace," she said.
Meanwhile, Delta pilot Scott Tobias travelled from his Cincinnati ...
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The WACO System freight network has added Sicarga Panama to cover Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, Gespros to represent Cameroon and OMA Logistics to cover Senegal. The WACO System now includes 116 independent forwarders in 113 countries.
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Start-up online freight forwarder Flexport is reported to be close to securing $110 million worth of funding which would bring its total capital invested to $204 million. It is expanding its cross-dock centres worldwide, having already opened facilities in Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
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French forwarding and logistics group Bolloré has set up a joint venture with Saudi Arabian logistics specialist Bahri. Bahri Bolloré Logistics will work in key sectors especially aerospace, defence, oil and gas, fashion and healthcare. Bahri owns a 60% stake in the joint venture and Bolloré 40%.
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UPS and SF Express have gained China Ministry of Commerce approval for their joint venture. They will collaborate initially on international delivery services from China to the US and other trade lanes in future. SF Express has extensive network coverage throughout China for small parcels.
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Middle East-owned Agility says it has become the first freight forwarder to receive Envirotainer’s QEP experto accreditation for its cold chain management of pharma and life sciences products. The container specialist’s Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) program evaluates freight forwarders and airline stations and recognizes those that meet the highest standards. ...
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Stena Line has confirmed plans to increase capacity on its Rotterdam-Killingholme route in January 2018, following its earlier announcement that it intends to increase capacity on Rotterdam-Europoort to Harwich by replacing the current two RoRo vessels by two larger ships.
Stena Line will increase its total capacity from Europoort by about ...
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DP World London Gateway Port reduced its carbon emissions by 28% per teu in 2016 over 2015, according to its certification programme, The Planet Mark.
The reduction was due to a significant increase in the number of containers being handled by the port – ensuring savings through increased efficiencies and economies of scale ...
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Network Rail has unveiled plans to increase capacity on the branch line between Ipswich and the port of Felixstowe. The £58million project will allow the number of trains serving the UK’s busiest container port to increase from 33 to 45 a day late 2019.
Work on the project, which will include ...
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The Freight Transport Association says that 2.05 metre longer trailers than the standard 13.6m units – introduced in the UK as part of a ten-year trial on 2012 – are making a significant contribution towards reducing HGV miles and cutting emissions. At the same time, a Department for Transport report ...
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