August 2012
Staff at Davies Turner's Dartford depot have earned the praise of the Cats Protection society, no less, for their vigilance and kindness in rescuing a Turkish tabby that had stowed away on one of its trailers. The six-week-old, now christened Yonda, had taken an ill-dvised cat nap in an Ekol trailer and ended up 2,000 miles away in Dartford, nine days later. Ekol paid £385 towards Yonda's care, and staff ...
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DSV Air & Sea L has expanded its 'daily' air freight product to include Shanghai and Beijing as well as Hong Kong and South China to the UK. The DSV Everyday service offers Priority, Classic and Economy service levels and a fixed transit time of two days from Beijing and ...
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The European Investment Bank has approved funding for the Liverpool 2 project to build a major container hub at the city's port. The EIB grant is for €180 million (£150m) out of a total cost of about €365m. The scheme would ready Liverpool's Seaforth docks for the latest generation of ...
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Lithuanian shortsea and feeder container operator Sea Connect is introducing a direct sailing between St Petersburg and the Port of Tyne in North-East England, with John Good Shipping as UK general agent. It will operate every 10 days from the north east to St. Petersburg with transit times of six ...
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DP World handled 28.2 million teu at its 60 worldwide terminals in the first half of 2012, 7.5% ahead of the same period last year. Like for like gross volume growth was up 5.4%. Most of the growth came from the Asia Pacific and Indian Subcontinent region where there was ...
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A new IATA rule making time and temperature-sensitive labels mandatory for healthcare cargo shipments comes into force on 1 July. It is the responsibility of the shipper (or designated shipper’s agent by service agreement) to ensure the label is applied properly An IATA Information Notice is available here
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Logistics specialist Redhead International officially opened its new Northern Ireland depot in Mallusk, on 27 July. The opening ceremony was performed by Northern Ireland’s executive minister for regional development, Danny Kennedy MLA.
The new 33,000 square foot facility has warehousing and order fulfilment capabilities and a 20-ton overhead crane.
Redhead international’s director ...
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Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS) group Spanish member Operinter has opened a new office in Malaga and two in the Canary Islands.
Operinter Malaga is based at the local airport, strategically located for one of Andalucia’s two large industrial areas, and within easy reach of the port of Algeciras.
A new subsidiary - ...
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