November 2012
Dover Harbour Board (DHB) has sold its customs clearance arm, Freight Services Agency (FSA) to Ulster-based Motis Ireland. The port's chief executive, Bob Goldfield, said he was “excited by their plans for the FSA” which would “give Dover an edge in the marketplace.” Paul King, Finance director of Motis, said his company would support the local economy help the port “to provide world-class services to its customers.”
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Rugby-based Exact Logistics has bought into the German CTL transport system. The deal gives Exact Logistics the right to deliver and collect from CTL’s 130 partners between Germany and the UK and Ireland. It will also speed up deliveries to and from Germany and the company targeting a 48-hour transit ...
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AEB has published the fourth of its white paper, 'Putting Freight Costs in their Place'. It demonstrates the advantages of accurate freight cost reallocation and how to do it efficiently with real-life examples of how successful businesses manage the freight cost reallocation process. There are also case studies from the ...
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FedEx has extended its SenseAware high-tech shipment monitoring service to the UK, Canada, Australia and Singapore. Previously only available in the US, the latest version of the tracking device, the SenseAware 2000, offers customers more accurate, near real-time location information, more reliable connections and longer battery life.
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Etihad Cargo re-introduced a weekly, 124-tonne capacity 747-400 freighter service from Abu Dhabi to Lagos, Nigeria on 15 November along with 16 new interline destinations across West Africa. The network consists of Libreville (Gabon), Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Douala (Cameroon), Accra (Ghana), Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Conakry (Guinea), ...
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The Universal Postal Union (UPU) voted to make its security standards mandatory for its 192 member countries at its congress in Qataron 7-11 November , creating a legal basis for the provision of advance electronic data to Customs and aviation security authorities. The move was welcomed by the World Customs ...
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Door-to-door operator Containerships is to add 200 new 45’ pallet wide containers to its fleet. They will have a capacity of 88.7cu m or 33 euro-pallets.
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NEO Air Charter – the European member of the Global Charter Alliance – has opened a new office in Istanbul, Turkey. Based on the Asian side of the city, it will also cover Central Asia. Sales manager Mrs Ahu Ozturk is in charge.
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Fresh from its exploits in repatriating a lost sea turtle to the Gulf of Mexico, KLM moved two year old panda Fu Hu from Amsterdam to Chengdu, China on one of its 747 Combi aircraft on November 8. Born inSchönbrunn zoo in Vienna, she was headed for the panda park ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo is restarting winter flights from Cape Town, providing a timely boost in capacity for South African perishable exporters to the UK and US, says the carrier. As well as bringing general cargo, fish and fresh fruits to the UK market on the 17-tonne capacity A340 flights, fast ...
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