December 2011
Status Quo and comedienne Vicki Stone entertained Pall-Ex members at the pallet distribution giant’s annual dinner dance and nearly 400 guests at the Lancaster London Hotel on 26 November.
ADD Express, Premier Logistics and Gibbs Transport were all recognised award winners, with STD Logistics Shears Transport, Cartwright Logistics and Linkline runners up.
Pall-Ex chief executive Hilary Devey, who also spoke on the night, commented:
“This event is designed to say thank you to ...
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A senior Chinese aviation industry delegation will travel to Scotland in early 2012 to examine the possibility of setting up direct air routes, First Minister Alex Salmond said during a visit to China on 6 December. He met senior executives of China's Civil Aviation Authority and senior airline representatives in ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has begun operations at its new Cargo Cool Center at Frankfurt airport. The 4,500sq m facility is equipped with four cool storage rooms for four different temperature ranges as well as a deep-freezer cell and will handle all temperature-controlled shipments carried by the airline in Frankfurt.
Lufthansa board member ...
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Freight industry recruitment specialist Headford Consulting is moving into new offices close to its existing base at Aztec West, near Avonmouth and plans to boost its team of consultants to ten by the end of 2012.
Senior consultant Craig Headford said that two new recruitment consultants would join Headford in January ...
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Stobart Group has re-started its seasonal rail freight service between Valencia, Spain, and Barking, east London. Operated by Europorte Channel, Eurotunnel's through rail subsidiary it can carry 30 45-ft chilled containers of fruit and vegetables from Spain. The first train arrived into Barking on 25 November, monitored throughout the 50-hour ...
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Secretary of State for Transport Justine Greening visited the Port of Felixstowe on 5 December, to see it take delivery of its latest consignment of new cranes. She was shown the port’s new Berths 8&9 where she took the controls of one of the port’s gantry cranes under the supervision ...
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The Famous Pacific Shipping Group network of NVOCC and freight forwarding companies has appointed a new advisory board. It will be chaired by Gihan Nanayakkara, FPS Sri Lanka, who is joined by Michele Dougal, FPS Brisbane; Jens-Ole Holmager, Team Freight Denmark; and Hendratmoko Walujo, FPS Indonesia.
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Schenker Limited, the UK arm of the global logistics services provider DB Schenker, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to become official supplier to the International Sailing Federation for the next three years as its provider of shipping and logistics services.
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Road transport operators can now submit free electronic pre-declarations to Serbian Customs and benefit from shorter waiting times at borders. It follows the successful integration of the IRU's TIR Electronic Pre-Declaration application into the Serbian customs system. IRU's TIR-EPD system now covers 19 countries.
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DP World will expand its flagship port at Jebel Ali in the UAE by an additional 4 million teu a year, bringing total capacity to 19m teu by 2014. DP World will be investing around $850 million over three years adapting 1,860 metres of quayside and 70 hectares of yard ...
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