February 2012
Lufthansa Cargo flights are currently moving over 30 million Valentine roses or the equivalent of 13 full MD-11 freighter loads from South America and Africa to Europe in time for Valentine's Day. Kenyan flowers are picked in the morning and transported immediately to Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, continuing the journey overnight to Frankfurt on board a Lufthansa Cargo freighter with the briefest of stopovers. The roses are shipped out by ...
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P&O Ferries’ second new €180 million ship, Spirit of France, sets sail on her maiden voyage to Calais on Thursday 9 February at 12.05. The new vessels, each capable of carrying 160 articulated lorries plus a further 195 cars, can ship twice the payload of previous generation Channel ferries for ...
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Peel Ports has appointed Douglas Coleman; one of the UK’s most experienced project directors, as programme director for the construction of its planned in-river container terminal at the Port of Liverpool, along with other key related projects on the Manchester Ship Canal including Port Bridgewater and Port Salford. Coleman said: ...
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The new G6 Alliance is to bring forward the launch of its combined Asia-Europe/Mediterranean service by a month to the first week of March. The G6 Alliance, serving the Asia-to-Europe-and-Mediterranean market was announced last December. The G6 Alliance members, formed by the carriers in the Grand Alliance and New World ...
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Agility has appointed Grant Wattman as president and CEO of its Project Logistics business. He brings 40 years’ experience on large projects in infrastructure, logistics, power, energy, petrochemical, mining, oil and gas. He is also chairman of the Exporters Competitive Maritime Council, serves on the board of The Logistics Institute ...
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DB Schenker plans to boost its weekly service between Mossend in central Scotland and Barking to three times a week by the end of this year and up to five a week within three to five years, said managing director for logistics Carsten Hinne in an interview with the Herald ...
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EcoHaulage Ltd is a newly-initiated, advanced online service designed specifically for the haulage industry and its requirements (Haulage Exchange). They aim to link haulage companies across the UK to create an intrinsic network for hauliers to increase revenue and efficiency by making use of stationary vehicles and empty back loads, ...
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Containerships is adding the Finnish port of Pori to its weekly service to Teesport and Sheerness from March. Sailings operate from Pori to Sodertalje, Klaipeda, Teesport, Sheerness and Ghent with connections to Rotterdam, Ireland and St. Petersburg via transhipment. Imports from Iberia, Ireland, Russia, Benelux and the UK can also ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has signed a new partnership with Itella Logistics in Scandinavia for round trip trailers running into Denmark and Sweden. Hellmann's Bradford and Lichfield terminals will be the export hubs for the trailers, while Bradford, Lichfield and Basildon will act as import hubs.
Headquarted in Finland, Itella is ...
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Transatlantic shipping line ACL will no longer provide road chassis for merchant’s haulage moves in the US from 1 April. Instead, it will provide a list of nominated suppliers in New York, Baltimore and Houston.
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