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Lufthansa Cargo's traffic declined 2% in 2015 but the leading European carrier still managed to carry 1.6 million tonnes of freight and mail in what it described as “a challenging market”.
“Last year was not an easy one for the air freight industry”, emphasised Lufthansa Cargo CEO and executive board chairman, Peter Gerber. “Turbulence in the Chinese market and the strong US Dollar, that affected a lot of industries, stretched us ...
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Registration is now open for the Multimodal logistics show. The organisers are also calling for nominations for its new awards.
Visitors can sign up to attend the exhibition and seminars, which take place at the Birmingham NEC on 10-12 May, and register nominations for the FTA Multimodal Awards at multimodal.org.uk
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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s Ports, Maritime & Waterways Forum will hold the first of a series of seminars on the new IMO container weighing regulations in London on Wednesday, 3 February.
The first seminar, titled; Container Weighing: a Legal Obligation - Find out what you need to know ...
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CEVA Logistics has appointed Kam Hunjan as senior vice president global healthcare operations, based at the London Heathrow office. He joins CEVA from General Electric Healthcare in the US where he was most recently global logistics general manager.
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Newport Industries is investing £7m in a new bulk handling facility at Liverpool's Canada Branch Dock to handle imports of dry bulk chemicals to the glass, adhesive, detergents, chemicals and feed industries. Newport Industries has been a customer at Peel Ports’ Runcorn Docks site since 2009 and, with continued operations ...
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Emirates is to replace the current Airbus A340-300 on its daily Dubai to Lusaka and Harare route with a Boeing 777-300ER from 1 February. The aircraft will offer 23 tonnes of capacity per flight.
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Deutsche Post DHL is to take a minority stake in French e-commerce logistics specialist, Relais Colis. The German logistics giant says its 27.5% stake will support the further development of the specialist's network of pickup points and its customized delivery solutions for end customers. It will also allow to open ...
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Spain is the latest country to allow the use of European Modular System vehicle combinations of up to 25.25 metres and weighing a maximum of 60 tonnes. The new limit applies on Spanish territory from the beginning of this year.
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Cargolux has appointed Gerard Ter Bruggen as its new regional director west and north Europe, covering the UK, Benelux, Scandinavia and Baltic. He joins Cargolux from Qatar Airways where he was cargo manager north and western Europe. He will be based in Amsterdam.
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Airfreight handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is to acquire Consolidated Aviation Services (CAS) in the US. WFS itself was acquired by Platinum Equity in September 2015, and is present at over 145 major airports in more than 22 countries, handling over 4 million tons of cargo a year. In November ...
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