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It’s a triple delight for DFDS as it selebrates three significant events.
The company is celebrating 150 years in business, while later this month it celebrates the 70th year of the arrival in the UK of the world’s most famous Christmas Tree as well as welcoming the world’s largest Lego model ship in Immingham.
In the build up to the 150 anniversary, 7,000 DFDS staff from the 21 countries the business operates ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov Airlines are to dissolve their An-124-100 freighter joint venture, Ruslan International, on 31 December. The Russian and Ukrainian companies set Ruslan up in 2006 to jointly market their combined fleets and improve availability.
Volga-Dnepr said it would continue to operate a fleet of 12 of the ...
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Steve Crosland has joined the board of the Port of Tyne as a non-executive director. He was previously director of human resources with NetJets Europe and group personnel director for Northern Electric.
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P&O Ferries has formally opened its expanded terminal at Zeebrugge which doubles capacity to around 700,000 units a year with a fourth berth and significantly enhanced rail capacity. In addition to Teesport, P&O Ferries also serves Tilbury and Hull from Zeebrugge, which has rail links across the continent including Romania, ...
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Vladimir Zubkov will be TIACA’s new secretary general, replacing Doug Brittin, who retires at the end of the year. Zubkov has more than 40 years’ experience in the air transport industry, including senior roles with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and, most recently, as vice president of Volga-Dnepr Group. ...
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Manchester Airport said that capacity constraints in the South East of England helped it to a huge growth in exports from over the last six months, as its half year cargo figures (1 April – 30 September) were released on 16 November.
Cargo handled increased to 58,372 tonnes, with ...
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Stansted and East Midlands are among three new Etihad freighter services to its Abu Dhabi hub. Last month Etihad Cargo started operating its Boeing 777 freighters from East Midlands and Stansted airports as well as to Copenhagen in Denmark.
Senior vice president of Etihad Cargo, David Kerr, said: “These three ...
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EQT Infrastructure II has completed its acquisiton of GB Railfreight from the Eurotunnel Group, announced ealier. The UK operator will be abought through an indirectly owned company within the Hector Rail group, EQT’s Scandinavian-based rail freight operation. GBRf founder and chief executive, John Smith, said: “EQT’s business model is very ...
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CEVA Logistics is collaborating with medical technology company Medtronic on a new 33,000 m2 distribution facility next to its existing Centre of Excellence in Heerlen. The facility, now under construction, will enable the company to reach over 15,000 hospitals and clinics in Europe within 24 hours. A new distribution centre ...
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The Supply Chain Academy, Leeds Trinity University and the Institute of Supply Chain Management have developed a new degree apprenticeship course, in conjunction with a group of logistics and supply chain firms.
The scheme was awarded a £50,000 development grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). A degree ...
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