January 2012
Heathrow airport could be massively downsized or even closed under plans currently being mulled over by the Government. A consultation is being held on the future of UK aviation and the options for maintaining the UK's aviation hub status in March, including the plans for the 'Boris Island' airport in the Thames Estuary.
Colin Matthews, chief executive of airport operator BAA, told the BBC that a new airport would inevitably mean ...
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Air Partner has opened a specialist cargo department at its Milan office. The group now has specialist freight teams in nine of its 21 worldwide locations based at the company’s UK HQ and in France, Germany, Japan, Dubai, Hong Kong, Turkey, the US and now Italy.
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Peel Ports-owned BG Freight Line will introduce a third weekly departure from Rotterdam to Grangemouth from 24 January. Departures from Rotterdam will be on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. and from Grangemouth on Thursday, Saturday and Monday. In Rotterdam the service calls regularly at RST South, ECT City and ECT Delta ...
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Etihad operated its maiden flight from Abu Dhabi to Tripoli, Libya on 17 January. The three times a service will be operated by an Airbus A330.
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A new freight ro-ro service is to start operations between Killingholme and Gothenburg on 24 January. North Sea RoRo, which has been established by industry veteran Mårten Carlquist, said it aims to offer a competitive alternative to the dominant operator, DFDS. Initially, three round trips per week will operate in ...
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Following the appointment of Grant Daly as its new CEO from 1 February, Safmarine has made three further additions to its commercial team. British-born Nick Gough, currently strategic sales and key accounts director based in Antwerp, assumes the role of global key account director based in Copenhagen, while fellow Brit, Stephen ...
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NEO Air Charter – the recently-launched 'forwarders only' cargo charter broker - has appointed Stefan Kohlmann as joint managing partner, jointly heading the company alongside Adnan Duran, who launched NEO last October. Kohlmann has spent a total of 23 years in airfreight, initially working for MSAS (now DHL), and then ...
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GEFCO has been named European Logistics Company 2012 and UK Automotive Logistics Company 2012 by the Institute of Transport Management (ITM). Managing director of Gefco UK, Tristan Balayn, said: “We pride ourselves on the service we offer our customers and have been working to expand both our offering and client ...
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Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, carried a record 310, 000 tonnes of cargo in 2011 - 18% more than in 2010. The strongest growth was seen out of Europe as exports from markets such as Germany and Italy held firm despite challenging economic conditions. The ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has added a dedicated area on its website offering logistics advice in connection with the Olympic and Paralympic games. It gives those involved in supply chain activities information to help mitigate disruption to cargo collection and delivery activities.
BIFA director general Peter Quantrill said: “We ...
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