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Air Charter Service says its North American and Asian offices did more than $25m worth of business during the port strike on the US west coast. The London-headquartered broker has arrangedover 40 charter flights on large aircraft, carrying almost 5,000 tons of automotive parts, perishables and other urgent cargo to prevent production lines from being shut down
Managing director of ACS’s Asian offices, Stephen Fernandez (pictured), said aircraft availability was the ...
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Transport and logistics insure, the TT Club, has appointed Justin Reynolds as regional claims director, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in London, he has over 20 years’ dispute resolution experience. Prior to joining the TT Club, he was a partner at international law firm Holman Fenwick Willan.
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Tilbury's London Container Terminal says it is creating 75 new permanent jobs this year. They include straddle carrier drivers who currently work as contractors at the port but who will now have permanent employment at LCT. A major training programme is also underway to enhance the skills of straddle carrier ...
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Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI says it has installed the most powerful cargo X-ray scanner available at its London Heathrow site. The Astrophysics XIS-1818DV is a dual view machine (as required by security regulations from 1 January) with a 180x180cm tunnel aperture. Its powerful 320kv generator enables it to penetrate ...
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The Goodwood Festival of Speed has named DB Schenker as its ‘Preferred Logistics Supplier’ under a three year contract. The forwarder will offer a one-stop shop for complete event logistics, such as onsite handling services, international shipping, health and safety and joint IT systems.
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French-owned forwarder Geodis has united the commercial identity of its operations under a single brand. Geodis Calberson, Geodis Wilson, Geodis BM, Geodis Logistics and Geodis Supply Chain Optimization will disappear and be replaced by Geodis.
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The Russian Customs Federation has told the Russian TIR guaranteeing association, ASMAP, that it will extend its agreement until 30 June. It follows positive official statements by the Russian authorities that they will continue to operate the TIR system on their territory. However, the International Road Transport Union warns that, ...
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West Midlands sales and conversion company Lion Containers has added a Chemical Stores arm. The container firm has seen a rise in enquiries from companies requiring storage for chemicals, flammables and substances hazardous to health, which are not suitable for standard storage containers. Chemical stores can be built to Environmental ...
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The Welsh Ports Group welcomed government plans to devolve certain transport functions, such as ports policy, to the Welsh Government.
The Welsh Ports Group, which represents the interests of ports across Wales, is chaired by Alec Don, the Chief Executive of Milford Haven Port Authority. He said it would be an ...
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UK based forwarding consultants Advisory Services has released an online training product for freight forwarders. The product is a range of courses or modules of around 40-50 minutes that can be taken anywhere there is an internet connection.
The courses specifically target the international freight forwarding market and focus on both ...
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