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BIFA to discuss AEO and box weighing

BIFA is organising a conference on 26 November to bring together its members, HMRC and other stakeholders to discuss the impending changes, together with an assessment of the current situation concerning the EU’s Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme. The conference will also discuss the new container weighing rules. (1 Great George Street, London, 09:30-15:30.More details at http://www.bifa.org). [+]

Back to school, thanks to FedEx

FedEx has donated essential school equipment to help disadvantaged children and young people for the Action for Children in the UK as part of its FedEx Cares programme, FedEx team members collected over 2,500 items, which will be distributed at nine Action for Children services across the UK in time ... [+]

New Felixstowe call as Ocean Three tweaks Asia-Europe routes

CMA CGM and its Ocean Three partners China Shipping and UASC have launched a new service to replace its FAL2 and FAL3 services, including a new export call from Felixstowe as well as improved transit times, an new import call at Chiwan and a new call in Vietnam. The operators ... [+]

Logwin cracks Krakow

Logistics service provider Logwin has opened a sales office in Krakow, following the setting up of operations there in July handling worldwide air and sea freight shipments for companies in the region. It says that the south Poland city is also taking on increasing importance for the logistics sector with ... [+]

BDP becomes AEO

US-owned forwarder BDP International's UK arm has become an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO). The new status will give its operations, which include sea and air freight services and logistics support for marine packed chemicals, bulk liquid, commodity and project-related shipments, easier access to certain simplifications in customs procedures such as ... [+]

Two for TIACA

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has appointed Warren Jones as director and Kenneth Gibson as business development manager. Warren Jones, whose most recent role was president of cargo network services (CNS) at IATA, will focus primarily on TIACA’s sales initiatives and will also manage other aspects of the association’s ... [+]

Rail firm in seventh heaven

GB Railfreight has added its seventh daily rail service from Felixstowe, to Birch Coppice, Birmingham. It is also the 31st daily rail service to operate out of the port. It runs to Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT), owned by container transport company Maritime Transport [2]. It is also the first ... [+]

New cargo sales man for Delta

Delta Air Lines has appointed Alan Lavender as its new area sales manager for its UK Cargo division. He was previously key account manager at Cathay Pacific. [+]

Heathrow handling switch for Oman Air

Swissport International took over Oman Air’s cargo handling at London Heathrow on 3 September. It will also take over handling at , Munich, Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle by 1 November. [+]

Horses for Australian courses

Horse freight specialist New Zealand Bloodstock is to start a new monthly service from the UK and Europe to New Zealand after gaining approval from the veterinary department of the Australian government for its new quarantine station in Sussex. It already offers a similar service from the UK to New ... [+]

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