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John Barnett – who in 1979 founded Wexco Airfreight, one of the earliest UK airfreight general sales and services agencies – died on 8 January, following a long illness.
Peter Kales, chairman of the Kales Group, which eventually bought Wexco, said it was “a testament to his extraordinary hard work and professionalism that the company survived and prospered through many of the most difficult years in the industry’s history. At his ...
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British logistics company, Knights of Old has launched a new service with Transland Spedition in Germany. This new partnership is expected to enhance services to the Hesse region of the country.
Transland, which was established in 1979 is based in Haiger, and gives Knights quick transit times to German destinations and ...
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The first UK feeder service has operated from the new London Gateway port, to PD Ports’ Teesport in north-east England. BG Freight Line's Cetus J, berthed at DP World’s London Gateway before making her scheduled visit to Teesport on December 28.
Geoff Lippitt, PD Ports’ business development director, said: “We are ...
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Transfennica has introduced larger ships on its Zeebrugge – Bilbao ro ro and container route. The MV Forerunner and MV Forecaster will operate two sailings per week in each direction, offering a capacity of 3,000 lane metres compared with the previous vessels’ 2,700 lane metres.There are also 12 cabins for ...
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FedEx Express has opened its first station in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and its second in Rio de Janeiro. The new Rio facility is in the Barra da Tijuca region on Avenida das Américas, more convenient for many areas of the city than the existing site at Olaria, which however is ...
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International design, engineering and risk management consultancy BMT Surveys has launched a new App giving mobile access to its CargoHandbook database. As well as a basic description and photograph of the cargo product, users can access information on the shipment and storage requirements including optimum temperature or humidity. The App ...
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Recruitment and logistics consultancy BiS Henderson has appointed Paul Brooks as managing director of its BiS Henderson Academy. The Academy has been created to support organisations in developing their talent pools, specifically through inspiring young people into the logistics industry. Paul Brooks joins from Unipart Logistics where he was a ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group's AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has taken delivery of its fifth new 747-8 freighter. The new aircraft will be used on ABC’s routes between Europe, Asia and the US via Moscow.
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Eurotunnel customers – including truck drivers on the freight shuttles – can now use their mobile phone or tablet device anywhere in the Channel Tunnel. It follows a ten-year deal signed by the tunnel company with mobile telephone operators EE and Vodafone. Truck telematic systems set up to work through ...
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NOL Group shipping line APL is to move from a geographically-organised structure to a functional one. New management functions will be Trade, Commercial, Operations, Procurement and Planning & Strategy. A new management team, led by APL president, Kenneth Glenn comprises Peter Jongepier, chief commercial officer; Calvin Leong, chief trade officer; ...
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