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Heathrow’s cargo traffic rose 13% in March to 148,000 tonnes – the largest monthly growth in over five years. The airport said long-haul emerging markets remain a driver of cargo performance, with key markets in March including Mexico (+28%), Brazil (+13%), India (+9%) and China (+5%) as well as 9000% growth to Indonesia after national airline Garuda Indonesia moved to Heathrow from Gatwick last year.
China Southern has meanwhile confirmed it ...
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A new joint weekly Cocso-OOCL North Europe Turkey Express service has made its first call in Felixstowe. It also calls at Hamburg, Antwerp, Piraeus, Istanbul-Ambarli (Kumport), Gebze (Yilport), Izmir and Salerno. Cosco Shipping and OOCL are both members of the new Ocean Alliance which has chosen the Port of Felixstowe ...
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Davies Turner says it has had a good response to its weekly less-than-containerload rail service from Wuhan and Hefei to the UK. The service, which uses a road connection from Duisburg, was introduced three months ago in conjunction with the forwarder’s Chinese partner, Air Sea Transport.
Cargo is trucked into the ...
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Irish Continental Group chief executive, Eamonn Rothwell and managing director of its Irish Ferries, arm Andrew Sheen, cut the first metal for a new cruise ferry at the Flensburger shipyard on 7 April. The €144million vessel is scheduled for delivery in mid 2018 and will have space for 2,800 lane ...
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The China Rail Express service, first operated on a trial basis in January, could develop into a regular fortnightly operation, according to a spokesman for DP World London Gateway.
At a ceremony on 10 April to mark the first return service from the UK back to Yiwu, near Shanghai, DP World ...
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As usual FBJ enjoyed Multimodal at the NEC last week. It was great to see so many happy readers, on our stand and at the bar!
After its 10th Anniversary year Multimodal remains the only truly complete meeting place for the logistics industry.
We produced a daily FBJ from the show each ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo is launched its first freighter service to Phnom Penh Cambodia on 3 April. The A330 freighter operates weekly from the carrier’s Doha hub with over 60 tonnes of cargo capacity each way.
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Tilbury's London Container Terminal has secured a four year agreement with SCS Multiport to handle its newly upgraded ATS (Amsterdam Tilbury Service) on the back of long term commitments from a number of cargo owners. The three times a week shuttle between Amsterdam and Tilbury will see a 50% capacity ...
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The port of Dunkerque has signed an agreement with the Regional Directorate of Customs and Excise to develop industrial, logistics and commercial services, speed up transit through and coordinate with transport operators at regional, national and international level.
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UK-based premium lifestyle brand Joules has signed a three-year contract with SEKO Logistics. It will manage Joules’ global supply chain from all of their sourcing locations in Asia and the Indian Sub-continent into their distribution centre in Corby in the UK and the US, including all customs and compliance requirements. ...
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