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New harbour master for Cork

The Port of Cork Company has appointed Captain Paul O’Regan as harbour master and port operations manager and superintendent of pilots. He takes over from previous harbour master, Captain Pat Farnan, who retired in January 2013. [+]

Cargolux signs deal with airship firm

Aeroscraft Corporation, US-based inventor of a revolutionary new type of airship, has signed a memorandum of understanding with European-based freighter airline, Cargolux. Aeroscraft is developing a new design of airship that can control its own buoyancy, capable of handling heavy payloads but without the need to add or jetison ballast ... [+]

Second Russian warehouse for Yusen

Yusen Logistics is to open a 24,000sq m warehouse in Pokrov, near Moscow, in January 2014. With growing demand for consumer goods, especially large electrical appliances, warehouse capacity has become tight. The warehouse is located 20 kilometers south of Moscow and will be the second facility in Russia, the other being ... [+]

TNT extends freight service

TNT Express has expanded its Intercontinental Express Freight to include ten additional countries beyond Europe, bringing global coverage to 80 countries. The expansion includes key business locations in North America, the Middle East and South America. The Express Freight service offers same-day collection, door-to-door distribution and 1-3 day transit times for ... [+]

Ellesmere Port back on the shipping map

Peel Ports Group has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle and B8 Real Estate to master-plan and market the former Bridgewater paper mill site at Ellesmere Port as a logistics hub. Plans for the site on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal got the green light from local planning authorities earlier ... [+]

TAPA for DHL Belfast

DHL Express' Belfast gateway terminal has become the 100th facility in its European network to gain Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) ‘A’ security certification. This brings the total number of TAPA ‘A’ certified facilities in the DHL global network to 242. The TAPA certification process focuses on the way in ... [+]

Bus ride to Astana

One of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL-76 freighters recently carried an 18-metre bus from Turin to Astana, Kazakhstan. Iveco Italy urgently needed to deliver the bus to the capital of Kazakhstan for a special promotion on 25 November and the flight, was organised by Chapman-Freeborn Airchartering Italy was confirmed the following day. There were ... [+]

IAG’s new planes in service from March

IAG's new B787 passenger aircraft will go into service on routes from London Heathrow to Hyderabad on 30 March 2014, followed by Chengdu (5 May), Philadelphia (5 June and Calgary (5 July). Its new A380 will begin begin serving Heathrow/Johannesburg in February 2014 and Heathrow-Washington from 1 September. IAG Cargo managing ... [+]

LD Lines adds Ireland/Spain link and new link to Gijón

French ferry operator LD Lines is introducing a new weekly service between Poole and the Spanish port of Gijón from 5 January and another between Rosslare in Ireland via St.Nazaire in Western France and on to Gijón. There will be a two-ship operation using the Norman Asturias and sister ship ... [+]

FedEx early for Christmas

Express delivery company fedEx is reminding customers that its final FedEx collection date before Christmas will be 23 December, while the final delivery date will be 24 December. However, to ensure recipients are definitely around to receive goods, FedEx recommends sending any parcels as early as possible to avoid disappointment come ... [+]

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