July 2012

Dnata and Virgin sign quarter-century contract

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has signed a new contract with Dnata for air cargo handling in the UK, extending its partnership to well over 25 years. The new agreement covers all cargo handling for the airline at Heathrow, Gatwick Manchester and Glasgow Airports. Virgin Atlantic Cargo currently carries some 200,000 tonnes of freight per annum through the four airports. The relationship between the two companies dates back to 1987 when Virgin Atlantic ... [+]

Cambridge University Press to move but SBS stays

Logistics firm SBS Worldwide says it will continue to work with publisher Cambridge University Press, despite the latter's decision to end its own printing operations after 400 years and place its main European printing contract with MPG Books Group from the end of June. Most of the 69 jobs at ... [+]

Cool partners step up cooperation

Logistics service providers Post-Kogeko, Visbeen and DailyFresh Logistics said they planned to step up their cooperation and expand the scope of their services. The companies specialise in refrigerated and frozen food logistics including a frozen food logistics, distribution network in Benelux and chilled transport of fresh produce to and from many ... [+]

French triumph in Tour de France

The French cycling team may be licking their wounds after the historic triumphy of Bradley Wiggins and the British team in this year's Tour de France but Norbert Dentressangle at least has something to celebrate. The French-based logistics company has renewed its partnership with the Amaury Sport organisation to provide ... [+]

A new name for the Channel

Eurotunnel's new shipping subsidiary will be branded Myferrylink and could be in operation in mid-August, Eurotunnel chairman and CEO Jacques Gounon told a press conference on 23 July. Start of the new service would not have to await any decision by the competition authorities in Brussels, UK or France, said ... [+]

More space in the Midlands for Davies Turner

Davies Turner has bought a 7,000 sq m cross dock warehouse close to its existing distribution centre at Coleshill, Birmingham. The UK independent freight forwarder said it needed more capacity to handle its European and oceanfreight consolidation services. The cross dock terminal is purpose-built to handle fast-moving consignments for our daily ... [+]

Gatwick ‘may need second runway’

Gatwick Airport says that it may need to build a second runway after an agreement not to do so expires in 2019. Owners Global Infrastructure Partners unveiled a master plan on 19 July, which warned that the airport could soon reach its maximum capacity. Gatwick is currently the busiest single-runway ... [+]

EU steps up searches on Syria-bound ships

The EU is to oblige member states to search all ships navigating through their territorial waters or stopping in their ports if they are suspected of transporting arms or dual-use goods to Syria, under the latest round of sanctions against the country. Previously, EU countries could stop ships but were ... [+]

Cakes and flowers to mark first e-freight shipments

Schiphol Cargo, IATA and China’s Central Customs Department will exchange mooncakes - a traditional delicacy and Dutch flowers to mark the first e-freight shipments between China and Amsterdam on 1 October, which is also China's National Day. It follows a visit to Schiphol by a delegation of high-ranking officials from ... [+]

Polet oils the wheels of progress

Polet Airlines moved four giant oil-cable reels from the US to the Gulf of Oman on an An124 charter flight on 14-17 July. Each reel contained 200 metres of oil pipe which will be placed on the seabed for an oil exploration project by a US oil major. Hundreds of ... [+]

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