August 2012

Plan now for Syria, urges air charter chief

Any future relief effort to Syria promises to be difficult and complicated and air operators would need as much early information as possible, said the boss of one of the world’s leading charter operators. Air Partner chief executive, Mark Briffa, said: “Significant aid and international support will be needed in Syria.  However, the situation may well deteriorate further, before there is any chance of it improving, and that will make providing ... [+]

Small is beautiful for Stena North Sea

Stena Line is to replace its Stena Carrier and Stena Freighter on the Rotterdam-Harwich route with two new, but smaller vessels chartered from Cobelfret. The Capucine and Severine join the fleet on a five-year contract. Stena Line area director for the North Sea business area, Pim de Lange, said: “The market ... [+]

Daily to Brisbane

Etihad Airways is to increase its A330-200 flights between its home Abu Dhabi hub and Brisbane from three times a week to daily from 1 February next year. Like the existing service, the new flights will operate via Singapore in both directions. [+]

New Warehouse for KN in NZ

Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new warehouse in Auckland. With an available space of 86,000sq ft, including a 65,000 sq ft outdoor secure yard for the handling and storage of bulk cargo, it is the third facility managed by Kuehne + Nagel in New Zealand. [+]

BA back to Sri Lanka

British Airways is to resume flights to Sri Lanka on 31 March next year, after a break of 15 years. The existing thrice weekly 777 London Gatwick – Male service will be extended to Colombo, although it does not have local traffic rights on Male – Colombo sector. The service last operated via ... [+]

Parcels merger delayed again

The European Commission has temporarily suspended its investigations into UPS's bid to acquire TNT Express, putting further doubt on whether the deal can be completed by the two companies hoped for date of late 2012. Brussels said it was seeking more information. [+]

Fuel for thought

Bristol’s Royal Portbury Dock imported its ten millionth tonne of jet fuel in mid-November. Aviation fuel is transported by large product carriers from Kuwait and stored in tanks, before being moved onwards by the GPSS (Government Pipelines and Storage System) pipeline to London Heathrow. The fuel goes to Q8Aviation’s customers ... [+]

Tilbury wins UK’s first Motorways of the Sea funding

The Port of Tilbury has become the first in the UK to win a grant under the European Commission's Motorways of the Sea scheme. A joint bid with Spain's Port of Bilbao announced on 14 August for the €32m (£25.2m) IBUK – Intermodal Corridor project will include container terminal redevelopment ... [+]

Cuslink is model solution for clay firm

Clay supplier Sibelco UK has become the latest company to implement Pentant’s ‘CusLink’ service for clearance of shipments through the ports of Bideford, Plymouth and Teignmouth. HM Revenue & Customs no longer have presence in the small Devon ports, forcing Sibelco to complete manual forms and submit them by fax to ... [+]

72,000 TEU shipper commits to London Gateway

Mark Lyndon UK, one of the UK’s largest exporters of used paper, has confirmed that it will significantly reduce haulage costs and increase the efficiency of its export operations by moving cargo through London Gateway. The Nottingham based paper company, which exports through deep-sea shipping to Asia, will be routing a ... [+]

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