Chris Lewis
AV Dawson, owner and operator of Port of Middlesbrough has gained a Gold award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
Companies who receive a RoSPA award are recognised as being world leaders in health and safety, demonstrating well developed management systems and culture, outstanding control of risk and very low levels of error, harm and loss.
RoSPA Gold is the highest accolade in the health and safety industry.
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Emirates SkyCargo has established an API connection with forwarder DB Schenker. The host-to-host connection with DB Schenker’s internal booking engine gives agents direct access to schedules, standard and contract tariff rates and available capacity, on its network of over 140 destinations.
Launching first in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the connection will ...
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Etihad Cargo has added cool dollies to its Abu Dhabi tarmac transportation fleet for pharma and perishable shipments. The specialised containers offer a closed, temperature-controlled system to ensure the reliable and seamless transport between aircraft and the cool chain warehouse.
They can be set to between +2 and +25 degrees Celsius, ...
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A new report on workplace satisfaction among UK workers in 2024 shows that transport and logistics professionals are the least happy sector.
The Career Happiness Index, collated by careers transformation specialist The Futures Group, also said that accounting and finance and healthcare appear to be the most satisfying sectors to work ...
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XPO is holding its fourth annual Female Drivers Forum today at the company’s national distribution centre in Crick, Northamptonshire.
As in previous years, all XPO Logistics female drivers are invited to attend the Forum, which is designed to provide a safe space to bring any matters of concern to the attention ...
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CMA CGM Air Cargo will launch a transpacific route connecting Asia to North America in summer 2024, after it takes possession of two Boeing B777-200F aircraft. The first aircraft, scheduled for delivery in June, will enable operations to begin on the transpacific route during the summer ahead of peak season ...
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Dunaverty has celebrated a successful first year as operators of the lifeline ferry to Rathlin Island, which lies about three miles to the north of Ballycastle off the coast of Antrim. The operator set sail within two days after the previous operator stopped the service.
Since taking over the service in ...
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Any moves towards 100% physical inspection of pharma packages in the US to tackle the fentanyl crisis would grind air cargo operations to a halt, warns executive director of the Airforwarders Association, Brandon Fried.
Instead, government should use advanced data analysis and detection technologies to target suspicious shipments without impeding the ...
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An updated version of guidelines on preventing contamination of shipping containers is now available. The 2024 update to the document - Prevention of Pest Contamination of Containers: Joint Industry Guidelines for the Cleaning of Containers - provides further detail on the concept of custodial responsibility – the inspections and measures ...
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Cross-border ecommerce shipments to the US face being rejected under changes introduced to Entry Type 86 in April, warnings tech firm Hurricane Commerce.
Entry Type 86 is a customs clearance procedure for low value shipments imported by one person on one day with a value not more than $800.
However, from 13 ...
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