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Cheshire forwarder Neon Freight moved a pallet-load of woolly hats to Nepal for free after local fire cadets were overwhelmed by the public's generosity.
The cadets sent out an appeal for woolly hats for the children of earthquake hit country and intended to take them with them in their personal baggage when they visited the country last November to help finish off a school-building project. But Cheshire's army of Mother’s Union ...
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The Port of Felixstowe says that it will offer a container weighing service before new international rules come into force on 1 July but has not said how it will be carried out. From that date, an amendment to the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Convention will require every ...
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American Airlines Cargo has redesigned the tracking functions on its website including live status updates through colour-coded progress bars, detailed flight, AWB and Customs information, simple access and navigation to shipping history and added sorting and viewing capabilities. Logged-in users can also sort their shipments by origin and destination.
Director of ...
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IAG Cargo reports that flower shipments from Kenya to the US have increased 50% over last year’s season, with popular destinations including Vancouver and New York. E-commerce allows buyers to source flowers directly from farmers, which in turn allows them to order exactly what they require ahead of Valentine’s Day.
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The former MyFerryLink vessel Rodin is back in service with her new owners, DFDS, on the Dover-Calais route as the Côte des Dunes.
She and her sister ship, the Berlioz were at the centre of a bitter dispute involving workers at the former Eurotunnel-owned line. Former MyFerryLink workers occupied the vessels ...
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Freight Business Journal has become a media partner for FIATA's 2016 International World Conference which takes place in Dublin on 3-8 October.
Over 20 networking events are expected to attract over 1,000 delegates to the conference, offering companies the chance to showcase leading products and processes in sectors such as transport ...
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An Iranian delegation, headed by deputy transport minister Dr Davood Keshavarzian, met International Road Transport Union (IRU) secretary general Umberto de Pretto, in Geneva on 8 February to discuss new opportunities for trade and transport in the region. Talks included the lifting of sanctions, the recent successful implementation of an ...
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CMA CGM is to upgrade its PCRF between northern Europe and the French West Indies. As well as new cals at Zeebrugge and Rotterdam – in addition to the existing Dunkirque call it will replace the current 2,200teu vessels with 2,800teu ships.
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Hapag-Lloyd says its Watchdog programme registered 65% more incorrectly declared dangerous goods last year compared to 2014. The program developed jointly by Hapag-Lloyd’s IT and dangerous goods experts identified 4,314 incorrectly declared dangerous goods cases last year compared with the previous year’s 2,620 cases.
Hapag-Lloyd’s dangerous goods experts looked into more ...
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Innovation - particularly 'disruptive' innovation that creates new markets and displaces established market leaders will be among the topics in the Multimodal Seminar line-up. Other subjects that will be discussed are warehouses of the future, the impact of mega vessels, and the future of UK airports.
Best practice for new legislation, ...
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