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Volga-Dnepr Airlines moved two power generators to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with the help of a new ‘wing lift’ system that reduces loading time for large containers to under 30 minutes. The ‘wing lift’ system reduces the usual four-hour loading time for containers using wheels attached to each corner ofthe containers which are fitted with ISO international standard fitting points, enabling the aircraft’s onboard loading systems to winch the container into ...
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Cargolux president and chief executive Dirk Reich is to leave the all-cargo for personal reasons and has asked to terminate his contract early at the end of July. His successor will be current executive vice-president and chief financial officer. Richard Forson; the latter’s replacement is Maxim Strauss.
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The Lufthansa-owned time:matters sameday internataional logistics network has added a number of UK cities to its network, follwing the integration of Flybe into its network. The move adds a further 14 direct connections between the English industrial powerhouses of Manchester and Birmingham and European centres such as Amsterdam, Berlin and ...
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The biggest vessel ever to berth at Great Yarmouth in June also marked the start of a diversirfication process for the port, acquired by Peel Ports six months ago. The 64,000-tonne Glovis Spendor was carrying a cargo of 3,300 Hyundai cars for UK car dealerships. They were offloaded to dedicated ...
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The freight industry has reacted at dismay to the news – albeit widely anticipated – that the Government has too many other things on its mind to make a decision on runway capacity in the south-east, as originally planned this summer.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin confirmed on 30 June that no ...
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PD Ports, Port of Tyne, ABP Ports and Peel Ports have signed an agreement to ensure their collective voice is heard by Government and to improve freight and transport links across the North.
Following regular roundtable discussions the ports brokered a ground-breaking pact announced in Liverpool on 29 June to pursue ...
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New Jersey, US-based forwarder Wen-Parker Logistics will open its first UK office at Colnbrook, near Heathrow Airport on 1 July. It joins a network of 25 other owned and operated offices in the US (8), China (4), India (6) and South East Asia (7).
Services provided include air and ocean freight ...
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The Cosco Shipping Panama opened the enlarged Panama Canal on 26 June and introduced a new term in the shipping lexicon – Neopanamax. Originally named Andronikos, the 9.472teu vessel was renamed in honour of the event and the almost 40,000 workers who made the Expansion a reality.
The expansion programme included ...
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Software firm AEB has started a survey on the role of apps in global trade, logistics and supply chain management. Logistics managers, supply chain professionals and everyone working in the fields of customs and exports in companies is invited to participate in the survey which runs until 1 September - ...
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Former managing director of Andrew Weir Shipping, Arthur White, has died aged 84. He worked with the company from 1947 when, as a 16 year old, he joined Macandrews & Co in Liverpool as the office junior. In 1972 he was made a director of Macandrews and United Baltic Corporation. ...
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