Chris Lewis
Maersk will host a week of festivities in Copenhagen on 18-21 September to celebrate the arrival of the world’s first container vessel sailing on green methanol.
The 2,100teu, 17.4-knot dual-fuel feeder vessel will outside the Danish operator’s headquarters on her way to her sphere of operations in the Baltic Sea. The vessel will bring experience for Maersk seafarers in operating the new type of fuel, ahead of the arrival of a ...
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Hapag-Lloyd has opened an office in Bucharest, Romania, with 21 staff members. The line currently operates a weekly service to the Black Sea port of Constanța.
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Qatar Airways Cargo has teamed up with ground handler Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals to offer detection dogs to sniff out hidden lithium batteries in air cargo.
The service is being provided by MSA Security. The dogs are specially-trained to detect specific odours, in loose, palletised or containerised cargo. In proving ...
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched an Advance Valuation Ruling Service (AVRS) to give importers legal certainty that their customs duty and VAT estimates are correct.
Traders can apply online for a ruling where HMRC will confirm the method used to calculate the value is correct. It is legally-binding for ...
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Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss has opened an air and sea freight office in Miami, Florida. . The new location is close to the international airport and currently employs six, headed by Marcin Gonzalez.
Miami primarily handles imports from Asia for onward transport to South and Central America, as there are only ...
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DSV reported s gross profit down 11% in its first quarter results, while earnings before special items declined by 28% compared to the strong results for the same period last year. The Air & Sea forwarding division reported a 31% decrease in earnings, due to lower freight volumes compared to ...
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Air cargo must align its security programs and push for a more risk-based approach to screening if it is to maintain secure supply chains, Airforwarders Association (AfA) chief, Brandon Fried, told an IATA panel at its World Cargo Symposium on 26 April.
He said that the industry must present a united ...
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Solent Stevedores and ABP have completed phase 1 of a £17.5 million project in the port of Southampton.
It includes 5.5 acres of fibre reinforced concrete to extend seven-high container stacking space together with new empty container handlers and offices.
Once the project is complete, it will create an 18-acre facility offering ...
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Peel Ports has developed a partnership programme and secured long-term agreements with a number of consultants to support infrastructure projects and deliver its capital investment programme for up to eight years.
The partners include Ramboll, Jacobs, Turner & Townsend, Currie & Brown UK, HaskoningDHV, Pell Frischmann, Tetra Tech, Tony Gee and ...
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Aircraft charter company Chapman Freeborn, part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Russell Cook as industry vertical director – automotive.
In a career in freight forwarding for over 30 years, 20 of which have been spent looking after automotive clients, his previous roles included Emery Worldwide, UPS and DB Schenker. He ...
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