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Containerships is promising improved frequency from the UK to Russia, including direct connections and improved transit times to the new port of Ust-Luga from Teesport and Rotterdam as part of a package of improvement to its North Sea and baltic services. A new east bound service departs Teesport on Monday arriving via Rotterdam in Ust Luga on Saturday. Connections are available from Ireland and other European portsvia Rotterdam. The west ...
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DB Schenker Rail has signed a joint venture with Etihad Rail to operate and maintain the UAE's new national freight and passenger railway network. Etihad Rail DB will manage operations for Stage One of the Etihad Rail network, transporting sulphur from Shah and Habshan to the port of Ruwais for ...
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Local MP Roger Gale says he may have found a “reputable” but unnamed buyer for Manston Airport, which is set to be closed by current owner, the Gloag Foundation. However, in a interview with the BBC, Mr Gale warned that he did not want to raise false hopes, although more ...
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The transport and logistics cost for a single industrial project will soon break the $1-billion barrier, says Panprojects, the specialist arm of Panalpina, one of the fastest growing areas at the freight forwarder. The division saw 20% year-on-year turnover growth in 2013 and now has over 400 dedicated staff. Panprojects ...
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The European Shippers' Council (ESC), the European association of freight forwarders and logistics service providers (Clecat) and the European Intermodal Association (EIA) have urged the EU to amend its regulation on the intermodal transport of 45-foot containers.
The associations are unhappy at the additional condition proposed by the Commission, in a ...
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Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo is adding a new scheduled service to from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Brasilia and addingtwo extra weekly B747-400ERF services between Mumbai (Bombay) and Amsterdam, bring the total freighters on that route to four a week. The carriers says that Brazil and India are among the fastest ...
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State-owned airlines are distorting industry figures because they do not have to operate on a level playing field, Lufthansa Cargo's outgoing chairman and CEO Karl Ulrich Garnadt told a press conference on 25 March, writes Marcia MacLeod.
Garnadt pointed out that the only airlines which showed a relatively healthy profit ...
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All-freighter airline Cargolux has finished its search for a new leader with the appointment of Dirk Reich as president and CEO, replacing Richard Forson, senior vice president and member of the executive committee, who had assumed the role of interim CEO since 3 August 2012. Forson will continue to serve ...
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The UK's new truck levy will be introduced on lorries on 1 April. Ironically, despite years of procrastination and consultation, its actual implementation is being rushed through in just three months, and has probably taken not only transport operators but officers for the Government's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agentcy by ...
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DFDS Seaways has signed a new two year contract with Scania for the transport of truck chassis on its Rotterdam to Felixstowe freight route. Starting from 1 April, it will bring revenue of over €800,000 in 2014 and will move around 75 chassis a week, in addition to the existing ...
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