May 2012
Air France-KLM Cargo is moving its headquarters to the Schiphol TransPort building on the east side of the airport on 14 May. The move brings together the management, commercial and central services departments of Air France-KLM Cargo and Martinair Cargo. The KLM Cargo Operations and the AF-KL Cargo and Martinair Cargo Benelux Market organisation remains at the current location, next to the warehouses at Schiphol-Center.
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Cargolux is to launch twice weekly scheduled flights to Chongqing from mid-May. The inaugural service operates on 14 May from Luxembourg via Doha and Sharjah to arrive at Chongqing’s Jianbai International Airport in the late evening of 15 May. The aircraft will return to Luxembourg via Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and ...
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A trial batch of 20 20-ft boxes has been sent up the Thames to the Stratford Olympic site. Thursday 17 May saw the first trial delivery by water in conjunction with The Port of Tilbury and marine logistics experts, Bennett’s Barges. The containers and their contents were loaded on to ...
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FedEx has signed an agreement to acquire French business-to-business express transportation company, Tatex,subject to regulatory approvals and conditions. Founded in 1976, TATEX, a privately-held company, has over 1,000 employees and a nationwide network with a central hub at Lieusaint, just south of Paris, and 35 shipping centres including six regional ...
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Hull City Council’s Planning Committee gave its consent to the proposed Green Port Hull facility on 9 May. Associated British Ports and Siemens plan to build a assembly plant at the site. Negotiations to secure and sign a commercial agreement between the two companies continue, and a deal is expected ...
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Global Container Terminals has unveiled final plans for a multi-million dollar expansion project to develop a 70-acre facility on the Bayonne, NJ, waterfront. When complete in 2014, Global Terminal at Port Jersey will be the most advanced marine terminal in the, it says. It is designed to handle the largest container ...
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Networking and support group, Women in Logistics UK, has launched two annual to celebrate the talent in the industry. The winners will be announced at the Women in Logistics Ball on 6 July.
The Jean Haslam Woman of the Year (Individual Award) is open to any logistician who challenges pre-conceptions as ...
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Norbert Dentressangle, is to use the River Seine to transport goods to stores in Paris on behalf of retailer, Franprix.The logistics specialist will use the river to deliver to 80 stores in the capital, saving almost half a million road miles each year. From September 2012, Norbert Dentressangle will manage ...
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Tilbury dockers are due to stage their first strike since 1989 on Monday 7 May in protest against new 'follow the ship’ contracts. This means that staff work when the ships are ready for unloading, and not to set shift patterns. The 45 employees of paper terminal, Enterprise Distribution Centre ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has set up a new airside service at Heathrow airport's Terminal 3 for critical aerospace parts. It allows engineers to remain on stand with the grounded aircraft while KN delivers parts directly to them, helping to reduce aircraft downtime. Storage of critical spare parts at the airport ...
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