January 2012
Yusen Logistics (UK), the logistics arm of the NYK Group, has launched a direct weekly LCL (less than container load) route from Shanghai to Southampton as part of launch programme of new services. It follows introduction of a similar service from Singapore. With de-vanning under its own management, Yusen Logistics says it can prioritise customers’ requirements and has direct control over the release of cargo at destination, allowing immediate availability ...
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DFDS is adding the Anglia Seaways ferry to its freight route between Immingham and Rotterdam to enhance capacity and frequency from 17 January. Bucking the general trend in the North Sea, the operator is increasing the number of vessels between Immingham/Felixstowe in the UK and Rotterdam from five to six, ...
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DB Schenker has opened a new branch office in Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region and its first in the area. Hohhot is major industrial city and a woolen textile production area, while the food industry is also important.
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Vietnam Airlines has chosen Globe Air Cargo as cargo general sales agent for its new route between London Gatwick, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The airline is operating four Boeing 777 flights a week from London to Vietnam, each offering 12 tons of cargo capacity. ECS will also market ...
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All-cargo operator CargoItalia has ceased and the company has been wound up, the airline said in a statement. The Milan Malpensa-based operator was established in 2005 and operated scheduled and charter services from Italy mainly to the , the Middle East, Far East and North America using a fleet of ...
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Logistics technology company CargoWise has moved into the road transport market with an agreement with French logistics provider Dimotrans. CargoWise will implement its ediEnterprise solution across Dimotrans’ 23 French offices providing forwarding and transport management functions. Following implementation in France, Dimotrans plans to extend ediEnterprise throughout its operations in the ...
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The European Commission has opened a public consultation on allowing longer trucks of over 25.75 metres and weighing up to 60 tonnes on the pan-European road network. The consukltation, which runs until 27 February, would revise Directive 96/53/EC.
However, the Commission added that it has no intention of authorising use of ...
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London Gateway, developers of London's new container port for DP World has turned to its local area for its latest senior appointments, all of whom come from Essex.
Finance director Clive Allen, is a long term resident, and most recently worked for P&O Containers and the Maersk group.Commercial director Charles ...
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Air Partner has extended its Time Critical door-to-door time-definite worldwide freight service to mainland Europe. In addition to the UK where it was unveiled six months ago, Time Critical can now be booked through Air Partner’s Cologne office where a specialist team can handle services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Central ...
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AP Moller-Maersk CEO Nils Andersen had emergency treatment for a heart condition in Switzerland over the New Year. The company said that doctors expect “a full recovery”. Andersen, 53, was admitted to hospital on 30 December and will be off work for about a month, the company added.
Maersk’s executive board ...
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