April 2012
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has started to cancel bonds that have not been used for 12 months. The move is causing consternation among forwarders and logistics operators, who say such a move may restrict their ability to attract new business. Just because an operator has not used its bond recently does not mean that it will not do so in future and having a bond available can be an ...
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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), which oversees the rules for dangerous goods in air cargo in the US, says it plans to harmonise its rules for transport of lithium cells and batteries with those of the (ICAO).
Proposed PHMSA rules had been criticised by the air cargo ...
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Ruslan International – the company which markets and manages the combined Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Airlines An-124 fleets – has completed a programme of 15 flights for the Japanese peace keeping contingent of the Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). The flights – each covering 13,000 km from Narita and Chitose ...
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DP World’s London Gateway has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle as sole property agents for its logistics park development, which it says is the largest in Europe. The property firm will provide specialist advice to support the delivery of the park connected to the new 3.5m teu deep-sea container port, located ...
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Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering has won a multi-million pound contract to build a new rail terminal capable of handling the longest trains in the UK for DP World’s new London Gateway port development. The engineering firm will develop the first of three rail terminals and double track the branch line ...
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Shortsea 12, The European Shortsea Convention in Dublin , will take place on 24 May. Coastlink has entered into its first ever joint venture with the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) to organise a shortsea conference, although IMDO provided substantial assistance to Coastlink when it organised a conference in Dublin in ...
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French logistics specialist GEFCO has is to develop its own rail transport network in Europe.
Since 11 December, GEFCO has worked with three private railway operators to transport automobiles to destinations throughout France and Europe and now uses rail for 25% of its automotive activity, compared to a European average of ...
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Humber ports-based businesses are to launch a new partnership to promote the estuary internationally at the Multimodal Logistics conference at the NEC on 2 May.
HumberPort brings together major players, including Associated British Ports (ABP), Able UK, Danbrit and DFDS Seaways to promote in a coordinated way what it says is ...
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Emirates will operate a daily passenger service from its Dubai hub to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 4 June. Emirates SkyCargo will offer 240 tonnes of belly-hold capacity a when the 17-tonne capacity Airbus 330-200 starts operating on the route but, from 28 October, a Boeing 777-300ER takes over, ...
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Hauliers are being invited to bid for a slice of a £9.5m invested by the Department for Transport and the Technology Strategy Board in a low carbon truck demonstration trial. The scheme will deliver fleets of low-emission heavy goods vehicles as well as supporting infrastructure such as fuelling stations and ...
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