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Etihad Cargo is offering SkyStables a new equine service for transporting horses and similar species. It is being rolled-out across Etihad Cargo’s scheduled network of 44 freighter destinations with personalised charter services to other cities also available. Horses travel in dedicated stalls equipped with anti-slip floors, loaded in temperature controlled sections of the aircraft and the animals can be attended to by their grooms throughout the flight.
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Qatar Airways is to launch scheduled flights from Doha to Eritrea’s capital Asmara, from 4 December. The twice-weekly flights will be operated by an Airbus A320 and connections will be available from London.
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Globe Air Cargo as its general sales and service agent in Dubai. The airline carries 5,000 tonnes a year on its daily flights from Dubai to London Heathrow and customers in Dubai use Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s network and air and truck connections through London to ...
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The US Department of Transportation has issued new standards for the shipment of lithium cells and batteries, reports BIFA in its latest newsletter. The new rules, developed by the Department's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), aim to ensure that the batteries can ...
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IAG Cargo is to introduce the Boeing 787 Dreamliner onto its Heathrow-Chennai, India route from 26 October, replacing the current B777-200. The new aircraft's temperature control capability includes hold air conditioning and will help support the fast-growing Indian pharma market.
Regional Commercial Manager for APAC, John Cheetham, commented: “India is fast ...
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Forth Ports' Port of Tilbury has extended its contract for the P&O Ferries service. The ferry operator has reached agreement with Bore owners of Norsky and Norstream, to charter the ships after the current chartering arrangements expire in December 2014 and the Tilbury contract has also been extended.
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PD Ports called in the army to put its new recruits through a pre-employment programme.
A group of eight long-term unemployed were selected from over 60 applicants to take part in a five week pre-employment programme which on completion resulted in them joining PD Ports as dock operations apprentices.
As part of ...
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Deutsche Post DHL and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are celebrating the fifth anniversary of their Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) programme. The joint scheme to provide training and other meaures has now worked with 25 airports to help them cope with the logistical challenge of a humanitarian ...
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Thanet council says that it is holding talks with potential ferry operators for the port of Ramsgate, the BBC reports. It follows publication of a business plan for the town's port and harbour. The Kent port has been without a regular operator after TransEuropa went into administration.
The BBC reports Councillor ...
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As a leading outsize load specialist, Van der Vlist is used to barge transport, as in transporting things on barges. But over the summer it got to move a barge overland on a truck from North Holland to Exmouth.
In a truly multimodal effort, the 18-ton barge - 18 metres long, ...
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