February 2012
OOCL is sponsoring the Books for Asia program, distributing over 400,000 new books to students in need from 18 developing countries across the continent. The programme has distributed over 46 million books and other education materials to a wide range of learning institutions since 1954.
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The freight industry is rallying around to try to save TruckPol, the once publicly-funded body that aims to fight crime against trucks and their drivers on the roads of Britain. Described by RHA chief executive Geoff Dunning as “the only police resource dedicated to collating and disseminating data and intelligence ...
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China said it had banned all its air carriers from taking the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The controversial ETS, which came into effect on 1 January, levies a charge on flights in EU airspace based on carbon emissions. It has been strongly criticised by carriers outside Europe and by ...
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Hungarian national airline Malev has shut down operations with debts of about US$270 million. The 66-year old carrier went bankrupt after the European Commission ruled in January that the carrier should return the equivalent of $390 million in state aid fit had received from 2007 to 2010. The closure of ...
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Airfreight and express wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has moved into its new London Heathrow hub facility at Polar Park, Bath Road. AMI’s cargo division – one of the largest movers of airfreight in the UK - has already transferred all operations from its previous base in Stanwell. The Express ...
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Woodland Group boss Kinga Garner is getting on her bike to raise money for Transaid, the international development charity. The 45-year-old Manchester Airport-based general manager has signed up for the 2012 Transaid Cycle Madagascar event, which takes place in June.
She will be cycling 500km across remote villages, paddy fields and ...
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines containership MOL Summer rescued 116 survivors from the ferry Rabaul Queen, which sank about 17km east of Papua New Guinea on 2 February. She and eight other merchant vessels near the scene rescued a total of 246 people. Associated Press said on 3 February however that over ...
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DFDS and LD Lines have released details of their new Dover-Calais route that will start operations from 17 February. The service will be operated by two French-flagged vessels – one will be the Norman Spirit, owned by LD Lines but which lately had been operated by DFDS on its Dover-Dunkerque ...
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All imports to Argentine require a pre-loading declaration of goods (DJAI - Declaración Jurada Anticipada de Importación) from 1 February, reports shipping line CSAV. Information required includes importer ID, FOB value and currency, type of commodity and volume, origin of the goods and place of loading. The government will confirm ...
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The Swansea-Cork 'Fastnet' ferry service is to close with the loss of 78 jobs, following the failure of a rescue attempt. The operation had been suspended in November due to rising fuel costs but owners, West Cork Tourism Co-operative Society, had to resume in March. It said that EU state ...
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