January 2013

Davies Turner ships real-life plane kit

Freight forwarder, Davies Turner has delivered a full-sized 'Airfix kit' from Britain to South Africa. Parts from a de Havilland DH 100 Vampire discovered in a domestic garage in Dorset were moved to South Africa as part of a project to rebuild two classic post-War British fighters - one of the largest international movements of ex-military aircraft spares for a foreign private buyer, requiring seven ocean containers. Philip Stephenson, group chairman at ... [+]

Malta connection for Evergreen

Evergreen Line is to launch a new 10-day service linking Greece, Turkey and Malta at the end of January.  The new GTM service will be operated by a 600teu vessel Kirsten with a port rotation of Piraeus–Thessaloniki–Gebze –Marsaxlokk–Piraeus. It will improve global connections to Thessaloniki and, with a direct call ... [+]

Coyne to Africa

Coyne Airways has launched services to over 30 African destinations via Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg, South Africa. It uses interline partners and the airline’s own 575 through air waybill, which helps to reduce delays. [+]

Train tests successful

Eurotunnel says that it successfully completed systems and safety tests of a latest generation Siemens Vectron locomotive through the Channel Tunnel on the night of 25-26 January. The loco hauled wagons with a total weight of 1,350 tonnes and completed a series of traction, braking and electrical tests. Eurotunnel’s ambition ... [+]

Less paper, more freight

A Netherlands Government funded project to encourage paperless air cargo at Schiphol - e-Freight@NL – has increased e-Freight shipments five-fold since its launch in July 2010. In 2010, only 1,665 shipments were sent as paperless e-freight; but by December 2012, the annual total had risen to 21,176. Schiphol's top ten ... [+]

Woodland man takes on BIFA legal & insurance role

John Stubbings, group director and company secretary at the Essex-based Woodland Group, has been appointed chairman of the British International Freight Association's Legal and Insurance Policy Group. Having served as a member of the legal group for the past two years, Stubbings has also been active at London East regional ... [+]

More power for Torque

Warehouse and transport company Torque has appointed Shaun McKenna as business development manager for the North East and Scotland and Ian Winstanley as business development manager based in Wigan. Their combined expertise includes the international air and ocean markets, parcels, European road freight, transport and warehousing, processing as well as ... [+]

Agility opens new Malaysia centre

Agility has opened a logistics centre in Melaka on the Malay Peninsula. The bonded 47,500sq ft, 5,000 pallet position warehouse will support a variety of industry sectors, including automotive and renewable energy industries.       [+]

Pellets to Newcastle

The Port of Tyne has unveiled a £180m investment plan to develop new wood pellet import, storage and transport facilities at its main Riverside Quay. The Port is already the largest handler of the commodity in Europe and talks to find an investment partner are well underway, says the port. ... [+]

From Thames to Tayside

Forth Ports’ Stuart Wallace has returned north of the border to the new role of divisional director for Scotland. He has been with Forth Ports for over ten years, and has spent the past two years at the company’s London port, where he oversaw the integration of the UK’s third ... [+]

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