March 2012

Safer cargo: It’s in your hands, says TT Club expert

A large proportion of insurance claims are the result of deficiencies in operators' own systems or processes, according to a paper presented by by TT Club director Laurence Jones to the TOC conference. The Club’s director of global risk assessment told the conference on 14 March that 43% of the cost of claims resulting from operational factors and were a result of errors or faults in an operator’s systems or ... [+]

Freight fears could cripple UK life science, warn scientists

So many freight companies have been frightened off carrying animals for medical research that the UK's life sciences industry is under threat, warn scientists. A report by the BBC said that campaigns by animal rights activists, bombarding airlines, ports, ferry operators and handling agents on social media sites and with letters ... [+]

Work starts on Felixstowe’s third rail terminal

  Under-secretary of state for transport, Mike Penning gave the ceremonial green light for work to start on Felixstowe's North Rail Project, the port's third terminal. It will be the first in the UK to handle 30-wagon (90teu) trains and will have three rail-mounted gantry cranes, increasing to six when the ... [+]

Axe local trains to make way for freight, urges Felixstowe chief

Hutchison Ports UK chief executive officer David Gledhill has called for off-peak passenger trains on the Ipswich-Felixstowe line to be axed to create more paths for freight trains. Speaking at the ground--breaking ceremony for the port's new North Rail Terminal on 14 March, he said that with the partly single-track ... [+]

Menlo achieves Singapore security standard

Menlo Worldwide Asia Pacific has achieved  Secure Trade Partnership (STP) from Singapore Customs. The voluntary STP programme is consistent with the World Customs Organization (WCO) SAFE Framework of Standards and serves to secure and facilitate global trade. Menlo is one of only 75 companies that have been certified under the ... [+]

New joint Far East service – details revealed

Cosco, “K” Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin and Evergreen have published further details of the new joint service announced in December last year. The lines will sign individual cooperative arrangements on the Asia-Europe trades from April 2012 with eight weekly services between North Europe and Asia and four between the Mediterranean ... [+]

New chairman for Welsh freight firm

[caption id="attachment_3029" align="alignright" width="300" caption="FSEW's new Chairman Anton Woodhouse"][/caption] Freight Systems Express Wales (FSEW), has appointed Anton Woodhouse as its new chairman. He led a management buy-out of retailer Peacocks in 1997 and, after opening a new distribution centre, expanding the company to 320 stores and floating on the stock market ... [+]

Heroes help heroes

No, there hasn't been a mass outbreak of freemasonry in Yorkshire. Potter Group Logistics chairman Derrick Potter and directors Matthew Lamb, Stuart Taylor, Jim Thomson and Ken Watson have set their sights on completing the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday, 31 March, to raise money for Help for Heroes. The ... [+]

INTTRA offers e-invoices

INTTRA has signed an alliance with secure online electronic invoice network, Tradeshift. The partners say it will allow enable ocean carriers and their customers to manage ocean freight invoices, disputes and payments on a common platform with a single connection. They add that benefits include automated matching of carrier invoices to ... [+]

New China air link

All-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines has launched a new route from Hannover Airport to Beijing via Moscow. The new weekly Boeing 747-400 freighter service will primarily transport engineering and automotive parts from the industrial region in North Germany to the Far East with Kühne + Nagel as the main customer.   [+]

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