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Kestrel spreads its wings

Kestrel Liner Agencies has opened a dedicated air freight office at Heathrow. Under the management of John Fiddies it will offer worldwide exports and imports, along with premium services for urgent cargo, door to door courier, freighter services, air charters and chilled airfreight and hazardous goods service. Kestrel also anticipates that cross trade shipments and says that it will offer same day collection for any bookings that are taken before 10am. ... [+]

Tilbury goes with the grain

The Port of Tilbury is to expand storage at its grain terminal. There will be an additional 16,000 tonnes of capacity for import and export wheat. The grain terminal at Tilbury is already one of the UK’s largest, handling over 1.4million tonnes annually. [+]

Containers for Crowley

Crowley Maritime is putting into service $32.7 million worth of new cargo carrying equipment including 325, 20-foot chassis, 600 53-foot dry containers,400 53-foot chassis and 440 generator sets, all of which are expected to arrive by the end of May. These arrivals follow 500 45-foot (102-inch wide) dry containers and ... [+]

Brazil gives green light to FedEx-TNT merger

Brazil's competition watchdog, CADE (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica) has rejected an appeal against FedEx's acquisition of rival express operator TNT brought by UPS. It was one of the last remaining obstacles to the merger of the express giants, although the two companies still need to obtain regulatory clearance in ... [+]

Operators act to avert Belgian toll chaos

One week before a new toll system is due to be introduced in Belgium, only a small number of the satellite on-board units have been delivered to operators, says fuel and service card supplier Union Tank Eckstein (UTA). The Viapass satellite-based toll system electronic is due to replace the Eurovignette ... [+]

Europa launches Salzburg service

Europa Road has launched a new route to Salzburg, Austria from its hub in Dartford. The new service runs five times per week to the city which is located at the junction of two of Europe´s international E-road network routes, the north/south E55, which runs between Helsingborg in Sweden and ... [+]

Batman’s wheels ready to fly

Hidden inside the anonymous container are the wheel's of a superhero. Turkish Cargo transported the Batmobile from the US to London on an intercontinental cargo flight following the launch of the latest film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Neither Metropolis nor Gotham City was on the itinerary; more prosaically, the ... [+]

Brussels airport to reopen to passengers

Brussels airport will reopen to passenger flights tomorrow (Thursday 31 March) but it will have limited capacity and could take several months to get back to normal, said director, Arnaud Feist. According to press reports, priority will be given to flights inside the EU’s Schengen passport-free zone and flights ... [+]

From the horse’s mouth…

IAG Cargo has published the first in a series of ‘talking head’ videos, discussing key sectors within the cargo industry - a Q&A from Alan Dorling, global head of pharmaceuticals and life Sciences. He discussed drug transportation in the air cargo industry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abuVP3qth2A [+]

Virgin recruits US sales head

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed John Giannitelli as regional sales manager USA. He joins Virgin Atlantic from Aer Lingus, where he ran the airline’s sales and reservations operation for the US. Virgin Atlantic says it has been one of the most consistent providers of transatlantic cargo capacity and in 2016, ... [+]

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