June 2012
Maersk Line has announced plans to restructure its global HQ function (Centre) operations and reduce the number of positions by 400, 250 at its main Copenhagen base. The line said the move follows efforts to 'de-layer' and off-shoring of work to shared service centres. Centre locations include offices in Copenhagen, London, Singapore, Mumbai, Pune, and Manila.
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The UK's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has described proposed new cabotage rules as not fit for purpose t in its response to a call for feedback on the issue. It said that was essential to use non-UK hauliers to meet the surge in demand around the surge in demand ...
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Erik Lindbergh, grandson of world famous Charles Lindbergh and a renowned aviator in his own right has joined global aircraft charter specialists Air Charter Service as a 'brand ambassador'.
Erik Lindbergh’s grandfather, Charles was the first person to successfully fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927. In 2002 Erik recreated the ...
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Emirates Airline has introduced a second daily non-stop flight from Glasgow to Dubai. The new service departs Glasgow at 21:30 and arrives in Dubai at 08:00 the following morning.
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Joint BA-Iberia carrier IAG Cargo and forwarder Pinnacle International Freight, have moved a Mid Infra Red Instrument (MIRI) – a key component of the James Webb Space Telescope from the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, US. The James Webb Telescope – regarded ...
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The 10,700teu APL Southampton made her maiden call at DP Worlds' Southampton’s container terminal, and her visit to the UK, on 30 May. The third in a series of 10 new vessels of this size being delivered for the global container carrier, she sails on Loop 4 of the G6 ...
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Supply chain management company ModusLink Global Solutions has extended capacity of its Brno, Czech Republic Solution center, one of ModusLink’s five operational sites in Europe. The 32,000 square meter production hall enables ModusLink to provide value-added warehousing, distribution, multichannel fulfilment, returns management and other critical supply chain capabilities to global ...
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The EU and the US formally agreed to recognise each other’s air freight security requirements under a mutual recognition agreement signed on 1 June. The deal by the European Commission and the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), aims to eliminate duplication in security controls as well as the need to ...
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The Port of Cork officially opened its extended container handling facility at the Sean Lemass Deepwater Terminal, Ringaskiddy on 30 May. The facilities have allowed Maersk to commence its first ever direct service to Ireland operating weekly from the Mexican port of Vera Cruz and calling to Costa Rica, Belize and ...
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has become an Active member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ABC, part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest all-cargo carrier, is already participating in IATA programmes to improve safety, quality and efficiency in the air cargo supply chain and recently completed the audit to be ...
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