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A delivery flight of a new A330 aircraft has been pressed into used to send water sanitation equipment and food to help typhoon victims. Airbus and Philippine Airlines (PAL), in conjunction with Action Against Hunger, used the delivery flight of PAL’s brand new A330 aircraft to send 19 tonnes of water sanitation equipment and food to the Philippineson 28 November. The A330 was the first of the latest tranche of ...
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FedEx Express is doing its bit for the environment by replacing 32 tons of paperwork including navigation charts and manuals carried on its planes and distributing over 4,300 iPads to its pilots. The express carrier says that the move is equivalent to removing 780 cars from the road driving 12,000 ...
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Russian Customs says it plans to work with other Russian authorities, Belarus and Kazakhstan towards a single transit system in Euraasia, reports Finnish logistics specialist, Nurminen. The Russian customs service also plans to open negotiations with the International Road Transport Union (IRU) on updating the TIR Convention.
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Cash for Felixstowe road, but more work needed on port demand
Improvements to the A14 main road link to the port of Felixstowe aare included in the Government's £375 billion National Infrastructure Plan, unveiled on 4 December. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said the plan, partly funded by investment from the ...
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JF Hillebrand Group has acquired fellow drinks logistics specialist Satellite Logistics Group, based in the US. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Satellite specialises in reverse logistics solutions and related services for the beer and beverage industry, with a customer base including brewers throughout North America, Latin America and Europe. The acquisition ...
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A UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has thrown out an earlier decision by the Competition Commission to ban Eurotunnel subsidiary MyFerryLink from operating on the Dover-Calais route. The CC ruled in June 2013 that Eurotunnel's ferry subsidiary amounted to unfair competion, but held back from banning the service for six months, ...
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IAG Cargo celebrated 80 years of flying freight to Singapore - the first regular service by its ancestor, Imperial Airways landed there on 9 December, 1933. The arguments for using freight remain just as pertinent as when the brochure was published, even though in those days the journey to Singapore ...
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Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo flew a B747 freighter filled with 100 tons of relief cargo from Amsterdam to Cebu in the Philippines on 22 November. The goods were provided by Unicef and the Red Cross to support the humanitarian effort in the aftermath of devastating typhoon Haiyan. Two further 747F flights ...
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The National Skills Academy Logistics (NSAL) has been put into liquidation by its National Employer Board members (NEB), amid much controversy.
The NSAL was established to help employers meet legislative requirements and develop customised skills training solutions. Skills for Logistics provided support to the NEB as they worked with the Skills ...
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Ruan Courtney has taken over as managing director of Air Charter Service. He replaces long-standing MD, Tony Bauckham, who will remain at ACS for one year to help Mr. Courtney’s transition. Bauckham has previously been MD of the cargo aircraft operator, Volga Dnepr UK and has also been an executive ...
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