December 2012
Britain's Rail Freight Group has welcomed the decision of the French Competition Authority on 18 December to fine SNCF € 60.9 million for preventing or delaying the entry of new operators into the rail freight market. RFG chairman Tony Berkeley said: “For UK operators and customers wanting to run more trains to and from the continent through the Channel Tunnel, this judgement should ensure better competition in France, better reliability ...
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Hugh Cushing, head of logistics provider Toll Group’s global forwarding division, is to retire in November 2013. Paul Coutts, currently Toll Global Forwarding’s product, marketing and sales director will take over the role from February this year.
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The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) may buy Cardiff Airport from current owners TBI. First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, said on 18 December that the WAG had entered into an exclusive ‘due diligence’ agreement with TBI and, subject to satisfactory completion may then buy the airport.
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Five more companies have joined the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS), created in late 2010 by , five of the top 20 liner shipping operators to capture key data about potentially dangerous incidents. The members have meanwhile been populating the database – hosted by the COA (Container Owners’ Association) – ...
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German-owned shipping lines Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd are investing a possible merger. According to a press release, the two companies’ executive boards are investigating whether, and under what conditions, such a move would be of interest.
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IAG Cargo, the single business created by British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has airfreighted a donation of wheelchairs from Swiss Paralympic champion Heinz Frei to Mpanshya Hospital in Zambia. The wheelchairs will provide better mobility for patients and orphans in and around the hospital. The wheelchairs were flown ...
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DHL Freight has opened a new terminal in Almaty, Kazakhstan It is located at the crossroads of the Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia (TRACEA) and the Great Almaty Circle Motor Road (BAKAD) and offer a full range of logistic services, including bonded warehousing and customs brokerage services as well as ...
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Air service provider dnata has started two new UK cargo handling operations in the UK – Airblue’s new four times a week A340 service between Islamabad and Lahore and Manchester and Aeromexico’s B767 three times a week flights between Heathrow and Mexico City. Connections will be available to UK regional ...
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German-owned shipping lines Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd are investing a possible merger. According to a press release, the two companies’ executive boards are investigating whether, and under what conditions, such a move would be of interest.
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Peel Ports has gained a Marine Management Organisation licence to build its
Liverpool2 £300 million deep water container terminal in the River Mersey at Seaforth. Work will get underway in the New Year, said the port.
Managing director of Peel Ports Mersey, Gary Hodgson, described the news as “a fantastic boost not ...
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