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Korean shipping line Hyundai Merchant Marine is to become a member of the 2M container alliance, joining existing members MSC and Maersk Line. Operations will be merged from April, subject to approval processes. At one stage, troubled Hyundai was reported to be seeking a merger with fellow Korean operator Hanjin, but that line will now join THE Alliance.
Hyundai was previously a member of the G6 alliance, together with APL/NOL, Hapag-Lloyd, ...
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Stansted-based all-cargo carrier CargoLogicAir took delivery of a Boeing 747-8 freighter at the Farnborough International Airshow on 14 July. The carrier started operations in February with a Boeing 747-400, mainly services on behalf of other carriers between the UK, Europe and Africa and the arrival of its second 747 will ...
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APM Terminals Cotonou commissioned two large mobile cranes in the Benin port at a ceremony presided over by Benin minister of transport, Hervé Hehomey. The new cranes will bring the terminal's operating total to five, and have a lifting capacity of 144 tons, making them the largest in the port area.
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Dutch-based forwarder Damco has expanded its Hub-in-Transit programme with new locations in the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Morocco. The system allows companies to postpone decisions on final delivery date and final destination, by using container transhipment hubs as “decoupling points” in the supply chain. It is of especial interest ...
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The UK arm of German-owned project forwarder FH Bertling and seven individuals have been charged with bribery, reports the Financial Times. The seven - Peter Ferdinand, Marc Schweiger, Stephen Emler, Joerg Blumberg, Dirk Juergensen, Giuseppe Morreale, Ralf Peterson - are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 4 August. ...
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Ro ro freight on the English Channel and the Irish Sea increased by 4.8% to 4.41 million units in 2015, according to figures published by industry group, Discover Ferries. Introducing its first-ever freight figures, Discover Ferries, which represents 12 UK and Irish operators, said that growth was driven by a ...
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Davies Turner is to include its Bristol and Manchester hubs in its direct trailer services between the UK and Poland. The two-way route already serves London (Dartford) and Birmingham. Davies Turner operates in partnership with Raben Group, the largest independent forwarder in Poland. Services into Poznan where Raben has its ...
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Russian airline group Volga-Dnepr confirmed an order for 20 Boeing 747-8 freighters at the Farnborough Air Show on 12 July. It has also signed a reciprocal deal to provide logistics support for the plane maker and its partners using the 747-8 and Antonov 124-100 freighters operated by its subsidiaries, AirBridgeCargo ...
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Shortsea and intermodal transport operator Samskip has secured ISO14001:2015 environmental certification. The accreditation, granted by Lloyd's Register after a two-day audit, covers Samskip's Rotterdam shortsea and Genemuiden rail operations.
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US hedge fund RiverOak is to hold a series of public consultations from 18 July on its plans to redevelop the closed Manston Airport in Kent as an air cargo hub. It has already published a scoping report outlining plans for the site.
The scheme would need a Governmental development consent ...
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