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Bullet Express to appoint commercial director

Bullet Express has appointed Martin Craghill, as commercial director designate. He will take responsibility for Bullet Express’s entire commercial programme, including worldwide and sales activities, alongside working with managing director, John McKail, on mergers and acquisitions strategy, when he joins the Glasgow-headquartered company in the Spring. He is currently trade lane manager for the supply chain and logistics company, CCL Logistics & Technology and has previously held senior roles with Braid ... [+]

Etihad streamlines for faster response

Etihad Cargo has restructured its contact centre team. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier has created two separate units, one dedicated to servicing UAE customers, and the other to servicing the rest of the world and global key accounts. To avoid overlap and improve response times, the separate units will have dedicated ... [+]

Road costs soar in December

Transport Exchange Group says its TEG Road Transport Price Index showed that courier prices in December eached the highest level recorded in the past four years. At the time of year when demand for rapid delivery is at its peak, the price-per-mile of courier vehicles rose by 9.3% since December2021 ... [+]

Dachser offers UK-South Africa LCL service

Dachser UK Air & Sea Logistics has launched an export consolidation service to South Africa. It offers weekly departures to Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth for smaller, less-than-containerload (LCL) shipments, supported by the forwarder’s IT tracking system. Dachser uses preferred ocean carrier partners from London Gateway with transit times ... [+]

A2B adds Teesport sailing

Shortsea operator A2B-online has added an extra weekly sailing between Rotterdam, Botlek and Teesport. The service increases to four times per week from the end of January and boost total containers handled on the route to 40,000 per year. A2B has operated into Teesport since 2014. This particular service has run ... [+]

New cranes to lift London Gateway rail business

DP World is investing £12m in two new rail mounted gantry (RMG) cranes at London Gateway to meet demand for rail transport ahead of the opening of a new fourth berth next year. The £12m investment will lift rail capacity at the port by 50%. Port operations director at London Gateway, Andrew ... [+]

Swissport workers accept pay deal

The GMB union reports that Swissport workers have voted to accept a 10% pay rise, the highest in the airport cargo and baggage handler’s history. The deal removes the threat of industrial action that has hit major gateways including Heathrow over the past few months. [+]

From one legend to another: Football star reveals winners of BIFA Freight Service Awards

Kevin Keegan revealed the winners of the annual BIFA Freight Service Awards on 19 January. The Scunthorpe United, Liverpool Southampton and Newcastle United legend said he was “delighted” for those crowned as champions in the various categories.All the winners demonstrated total commitment to both the industry and driving change: two ... [+]

Brussels to probe French rail support

The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether French support for the freight arm of the national rail system, Fret SNCF, are in line with EU State aid rules. Fret SNCF, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French railway operator SNCF has been constantly loss-making, except in 2021. Between ... [+]

London Thamesport gains Netherlands and Norway link

Norwegian-owned independent short sea operator Viasea Shipping has started a service between Hutchison Ports’ London Thamesport to Moerdijk in the Netherlands and the Norwegian ports of Oslo, Moss and Kristiansand, with onward connections to the Baltic and Poland. Director of London Thamesport, Mark Taylor, said: “The addition of their UK-Norway service ... [+]

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