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The Airports Commission has come out in favour of a third Heathrow runway as the solution to air capacity in south-east England. However, it would come at the price of a ban on night flights, which would preclude many freighter operators from taking advantage of the increased capacity.
The report by Sir Howard Davies's also called for restrictions to reduce the environmental and noise effects.
However, the new Heathrow runway would face ...
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RHA chief executive Richard Burnett (pictured below) visited Calais to witness for himself the “appalling” conditions under which UK hauliers are currently operating.
“This action will have a massive effect on the UK economy as a whole and is putting the livelihood and lives of hundreds of hauliers at risk”, he ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) and Multimodal are promising new awards categories and more seminars at next year’s show. The freight and logistics industry gathering takes place on 10-12 May 2016 at the Birmingham NEC.
The new awards event is being rebranded 'The FTA Multimodal Awards' and will celebrate best-in-class achievement ...
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More than 550,000 litres of beer, wine and spirits being seized during a six-week crackdown, including this impressive stack of Carlsberg Special, says HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The 27 vehicles found to be carrying the alcohol were destroyed in order to disrupt organised criminal gangs. HMRC officers worked with ...
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Peel Ports managing director Gary Hodgson told the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group session on 30 June that he was bitterly disappointed at Network Rail's announcement the previous week that electrification of the Transpennine rail route between Liverpool and Leeds had been put on hold.
New capacity on the ...
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With the Port of Calais strikebound on 30 June, P&O Ferries operated a limited service to Boulogne for outbound traffic only, using some of its older and smaller vessels. Regular ferry services have not operated to the smaller French port for several years.
Port of Dover chief executive told FBJ that ...
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FedEx said on 26 June that it had filed its acquisition of TNT Express with the European Commission. The US company expects to submit a request for review and approval of its Offer Document with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets before 30 June , and the offer is expecting ...
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The Port of Cork has secured €12.3 million-worth of EU funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for its Ringaskiddy redevelopment project. The Ringaskiddy Redevelopment Project will form part of an eventual investment of around €100 million.
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Calais port has been closed again by strike action, reports the Port of Dover (14.20 29 June). All ferry services to and from Calais are affected, although DFDS Seaways services are still running to Dunkerque as normal, it said. It is the second time that MyFerryLink workers have taken industrial ...
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Finland-based forwarder Nurminen Logistics has appointed Marko Tuunainen as president and chief executive. He was previously senior vice-president, forwarding and value added services business line and takes over from Olli Pohjanvirta who will continue in the company as a support for the new CEO until further notice.
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