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Pilots and flight engineers at US cargo airline Kalitta Air - which supplies much of the air lift for the DHL Express global network – are threatening to walk out after negotiations between management and the Teamsters union broke down.
The union says that its members have already voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike and with a statutory 30-day cooling off period drawing to a close, a walk-out is almost ...
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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has imposed a $350,000 fine on Amazon for sending a leaking one-gallon container of corrosive by UPS. Moreover, it added, the online retailer has a history of violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations, totting up 24 other breaches of the rules from February 2013 to September ...
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Stena Line’s Sustainability Report for 2015 said the operator has exceeded its targets for reduction of emissions of both sulphur and CO2. New regulations on sulphur emissions laid down in 2015 have resulted in a reduction of over 4,000 tonnes of sulphur from 2014 to 2015, or 15%, across its ...
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WACO System member Freightworks has moved a 155-tonne compressor skid and equipment from Ukraine to Abu Dhabi on the world’s largest cargo plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya. This was only the second journey to Abu Dhabi for the colossal aircraft, which has twice the wing area of a Boeing 747.
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Logistics operator Wincanton has opened a new container storage facility in Bourn, Cambridgeshire to help customers using Felixstowe.
Located at a former airfield on the A14 and about 50 miles from the port, the site has space for several thousand containers and has been created to meet growing demand for better ...
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P&O Ferries says that its six ships on the English Channel have now carried more than 100,000 freight vehicles in every month since May 2015- its longest run of high monthly freight volumes between Dover and Calais in its modern history. The ferry operator has never before consistently exceeded the ...
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Independent courier APC Overnight has signed a deal with express wholesaler Air Menzies International to offer a worldwide air and European road parcel service as part of a revamp of its service portfolio for small and medium businesses.
It has also signed deals with InPost and Whistl for click and collect ...
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Property developer Four Ashes has launched a public consultation on its plans to build a rail freight interchange to serve South Staffordshire and the West Midlands. Public exhibitions are scheduled in the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire areas from late June until 9 July.
The project is classed as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure ...
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The Caledonian Canal in Inverness will be the setting for the 2016 World Canals Conference on 19-22 September this year. Over 300 business leaders and global professionals will discuss topics such as regeneration, heritage management, climate change and engineering.
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Peel Ports has finishing construction of weighbridges at the port of Liverpool in time for the new SOLAS verified gross mass rules which come into force on 1 July. It involved considerable work to install multiple dynamic axle weighbridges at the terminal AutoGates linked with the terminal operating system.
Similar arrangements ...
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