March 2012

KN offers TC service

Kuehne + Nagel is rolling out a tailored service for the pharmaceutical and health care industry. KN PharmaChain offers door-to-door temperature control, a 24 hour alert system and optional wireless temperature measuring.It offers four service levels, depending on the temperature control requirements and handling demands. Temperature controlled shipments are monitored by the KN PharmaChain CareTeam, 24 hours a day from two locations in Europe and the Americas and an electronic alert system ensures ... [+]

New air option from US

Freight forwarder BDP International is offering a new t service from the US to Europe. BDP AirStar expedites shipments from Chicago,New York and Houston to Amsterdam for immediate transit to all major destinations in Europe. BDP has also entered into a partnership with KLM, AirFrance and Delta.   [+]

Kallas has yet another rethink on gigaliners

Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas is facing a revolt from some members of the European Parliament's Transport Committee over his apparent change of heart on whether to allow cross-border operator of so-called , where two adjacent member states allow the longer units to operate domestically on their respective territories. At a ... [+]

Dover chemical exercise

The Port of Dover held a mock chemical emergency exercise on 23 March, based on the scenario of a chemical leak from a lorry being unloaded from a ferry. It was attended by Kent Fire and Rescue Service’s Incident Response Unit, capable of decontaminating large numbers of people and ferry ... [+]

Lincs goes to Hull

Lincs Wind Farm has chosen ' Port of Hull as one of its logistics bases . The Albert and William Wright Docks will be used for storage and distribution of transition pieces for the new wind farm being developed in the Greater Wash area.   [+]

More time off for Maersk chief

AP Moller-Maersk chief executive, is to have his sick leave extended by six to eight weeks pending further surgery to fix a heart problem, according to Reuters. Andersen, aged 53, has been off work since the end of December when he was admitted to hospital in Switzerland and underwent ... [+]

DFDS and LD get it together

DFDS and Louis Dreyfus Lines have formed a new joint company combining all their Channel routes plus an LDA Mediterranean service. From 1 July, the new company will operate nine passenger and freight ferries on four routes in the Channel and one in the Mediterranean, with DFDS owning 82 % ... [+]

Smart way to go Green

The SmartWay Europe industry-led initiative to improve the environmental performance of road freight transport in Europe has been renamed Green Freight Europe. The group, which includes shippers, carriers, retailers and associations, helps companies reduce carbon emissions by calculating and monitoring them through a central database, with shippers encouraged to compare ... [+]

Fourth ship for Seatruck

Seatruck Precision, the final vessel in Seatruck’s series of four new ro-ro freight vessels, was launched at FSG Flensburg Yard, Germany, on 23 March. She will join her three sisters on Seatruck’s unaccompanied freight routes across the Irish Sea in June.   [+]

Felicitations in Felixstowe

Suffolk logistics provider, Dooley Rumble celebrated its 25th anniversary on 23 March. Neil Dooley and Simon Rumble founded Dooley Rumble in 1987, with the main area of business being freight forwarding. Now the company has customers around the globe and find ourselves moving goods as diverse as Formula One cars ... [+]

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