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IAG upgrades freighter flights
IAG Cargo is adding a new Wednesday flight from Frankfurt to Luton via Paris from 24 August to its existing London-Paris Saturday service, operated by an A300F with 42 tonnes cargo capacity. rucking connections will be available from London Luton to Heathrow and Gatwick. On August 18, it also launched a new Madrid – Amsterdam freighter with connections to and from Latin America. [+]
Food importers avoiding Calais, says federation
Freight movements through Calais are being severely disrupted by stowaways, says the Food Storage and Distribution Federation. The situation at the port is getting increasingly worse, with a reported 6000 immigrants trying to cross to the UK, warns federation chief executive, Chris Sturman. The trade body which represents the food logistics ... [+]
Change at the top at Dachser
German-owned forwarder Dachser has appointed existing board member Thomas Krüger as managing director of its EMEA business unit and recruited current Schenker board member Jochen Müller to take over from the retiring Thomas Reuter as chief operations officer of air and sea logistics on 1 January 2018, after a transition ... [+]
Get to grips with Brexit
Logistics software firm AEB and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport are holding a conference on Brexit global trade compliance and export controls in dynamic markets, on Tuesday, 11 October in Leamington Spa (9am-4.15pm, Mallory Court Hotel. Confirmed speakers include: Bernadette Peers, Strategic Shipping Company; Pablo Lecour, Deloitte; Clive Corris, ... [+]
American has a nice day in London
American Airlines Cargo shipped a record 575,000lbs (260,000kg) of freight and mail from Heathrow in a single day on Sunday 31 July, surpassing its previous daily record set in October 2015, when it shipped 565,857lb (256,668kg). [+]
Forwarder joins Pall-Ex
Manchester-based forwarder Harbour International Freight is one of four new members to join the Pall-Ex pallet freight network. It will cover parts of the BL and M postcode areas and help expand delivery services in the North West of England and Ireland, in addition to its UK domestic and European ... [+]
The shape of ships to come
Tilbury’s London Container Terminal and the Port of London Authority have welcomed the first call of a ‘neo-panamax’ vessel in the UK following the opening of the enlarged Panama Canal. The MSC-operated Sofia Celeste - capacity 8,800teu - is the first in a new class of vessels deployed on a reconfigured ... [+]
In the loop
Port operator DP World has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with US-based Hyperloop One to explore the role of innovation in the future of world trade. The first project is for a feasibility study into a Hyperloop system to move containers Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port to a new inland container depot in ... [+]
Freightbook offers ratings feature
The Freightbook online forwarders’ network (www.freightbook.net) has been relaunched with a new customer ratings facility. It also recently introduced v3.0 of its smartphone service allowing forwarders and suppliers to the freight industry find each other quickly on mobile devices. The online directory costs £50 for two years’ registration and includes contact ... [+]












