December 2011
Not many passengers get to fly direct from China to Edinburgh airport but Sweetie and Sunshine managed the feat on board their own chartered plane, courtesy of FedEx. Sweetie (aka Tian Tian, an eight year-old female panda, and eight-year old male Sunshine (aka Yang Guang) arrived on board the specially panda-decalled FedEx Express Boeing 777F. They are also the first giant pandas to take up residence in the UK for ...
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Hamburg Sud and Seago merge in the Med
Hamburg Süd and AP Moller-Maersk's short-sea subsidiary Seago Line are to merge four of their existing North Europe/Eastern Med services into a single three-loop service from January 2012. The lines said the move would speed up transit times, gfve comprehensive port coverage and ...
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Europorte Channel, which provides traction services for rail freight trains through the Channel Tunnel and international haulage from Spain and Italy to the UK, has been granted approval to use of its Class 92 electric locomotives on the High Speed 1 route between London and the Channel Tunnel. The move ...
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French logistics giant Norbert Dentressangle has completed its acquisition of Chinese freight forwarder, APC Beijing International, following a memorandum of understanding signed on 26 July 2011. APC Beijing International operates a network of 16 offices covering all China's key coastal and inland regions. The purchase strengthens Norbert Dentressangle's network in ...
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Swiss-Italian MSC and France’s CMA CGM, respectively the second- and third-largest container lines in the world have signed a broad-based operating partnership. The deal between the two companies, spans several trades including Asia/Northern Europe, all south American markets and Asia/Southern Africa.
It aims to improve performance and service quality and raise ...
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Chancellor George Osborne announced plans for a network of Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges and to improve access for rail freight to and from the country's major ports as part of a £55m in the Strategic Rail Freight Network in his Autumn Statement. The money will be used to double the ...
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EU and US leaders, meeting in Washington DC on 28 November, finalised the 'Trusted Trader' agreement to simplify and speed up customs procedures for transatlantic freight shipments. Both sides will mutually recognise each other’s ‘trusted trader’ programmes that cover 4,600 EU businesses and 10,000 US firms and the deal will ...
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Supply chain consultancy Total Logistics has appointed Martin Brickell and Ben Wright as partners. Ben Wright is a chartered engineer with experience in manufacturing. Martin Brickell has over 16 years experience in production and general management.
Left - Martin
Right - Ben
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UPS is to purchase Italian based pharmaceutical logistics company Pieffe Group. The family-owned business has offered storage, distribution and cold chain solutions to some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical brands for the past 35 years. UPS said the move supported its global healthcare strategy, and follows the opening of five ...
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UK-based Woodland Global has completed the shipment of three condenser units from Italy to Ireland via the UK. Working on behalf of Italian manufacturer Lu-ve and its client, Core Air Conditioning, Wioodland move the units, each weighing around three tonnes and 8m long on specialist low-loaders at the client’s factory ...
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