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Maersk Line says it made a $116 million loss in the third quarter of the year, compared with a $264m in the same quarter of 2015. Average freight rate decreased by 16% compared to the third quarter of 2015, but it had increased 5.5% compared to the second quarter of 2016. Volumes were 11% higher as Maersk Line was able to win market share, partly due to the collapse of ...
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Thanet District Council has failed in its bit for £4.17m worth of match funding to develop the ro ro terminal at the port of Ramsgate, according to Kentlivenews.com. It said that a Freedom of Information request submitted to the South East Local Economic Partnership by former councillor Ian Driver has ...
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British Airways owner IAG will launch new services from London Gatwick to Oakland three times a week and to Fort Lauderdale four times a week in March 2017. Both will be served by B777-200 aircraft. Major commodities likely to be shipped from Oakland include aircraft engines, electronics and fresh produce ...
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines is to launch a twice-weekly 747 freighter services between Heathrow and its Moscow hub, from 3 November.
The Thursday and Saturday flights have over 100 tonnes of cargo capacity. And will be the Russian-owned carrier’s 14th European destination. It says the new service is in response to growing market ...
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Staff volunteers at Maritime Transport (Maritime) fixed over 1,000 poppies to the company’s fleet over the weekend of 29-30 October in a military operation across 27 sites. The haulier is once again supporting the Royal British Legion as its chosen charity for 2016 - a cause close to its heart ...
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CMA CGM short-sea arm MacAndrews has made some adjustments to its Iberian service including a new trial call in Algeciras, southern Spain and in Figueira Da Foz. The revised east coast service departs Figueira Da Foz on Wednesday, Setúbal on Thursday and Leixões on Fridays and calls in Tilbury in ...
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Jo Godsmark has been appointed chair of the Transaid international development organisation, taking over from Graeme McFaull, who is stepping down after six years. She is a director of Labyrinth Logistics Consulting, where she heads up the supply chain division, and became a trustee of Transaid in 2014 and has ...
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US-owned forwarder Logistics Plus has expanded its presence in East Africa with new locations in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda; and Juba, South Sudan. The new sites will serve the entire East Africa corridor, including Burundi, Tanzania, Somalia, and eastern DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo).
The company claims the largest ...
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PGS Global Logistics, part of the UK-wide APC Overnight network turned its hand to international deliveries to help its customer, Salts Healthcare, deliver more than 900 pairs of orthotic shoes to Bhutan.
The APC Overnight depot volunteered to take the shoes to the remote Draktsho Vocational Training Centre for special needs ...
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Peel Ports Sheerness handled its biggest agri-bulk vessel to date in October. The 170m long, 18,000 tonne MV Arki loaded 30,000 tonnes of milling quality wheat from south-east England farms, destined for North Africa on behalf of Glencore Grain.
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