March 2013
New routes on the Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo network from April include Paris-Montevideo five days a week, a continuation of the existing service to Buenos Aires, operated by a B777-200ER. There is also a new flight between Amsterdam and Fukuoka, Japan, three times per week with the same aircraft type.
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Isle of Wight specialist Steve Porter Transport has launched a consolidation service for the North and Midlands. Customers can deliver IoW-bound freight into a new warehouse in Derby as well as consignments for the south of England and the Channel Islands. The new Midlands consolidation service will be supported by ...
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Germany's 'Maut' electronic truck tolls are facing a major legal challenge, reports European forwarders' organisation Clecat in its latest newsletter.
On 25 October, the Higher Administrative Court of Münster ruled that the Federal Republic of Germany has to refund a road haulier “due to the lack of a legal basis” for ...
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Owing to an incorrect statement in a press release, we wrongly reported Turkish carrier Pegasus' cargo general sales agency arrangements in the UK in the last issue of FBJ (FBJ 2 2013) and on the FBJ website. The cargo GSA for the UK remains Airbridge International; the appointment of AviaCargo ...
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DFDS Seaways' renamed Calais Seaways sailed under her new branding for the first time on the Dover-Calais route on 17 March. Formerly known as the Norman Spirit, the ferry has been extensively refurbished. Facilities for freight drivers include the Road Kings restaurant, as well as a new relaxation area, showers ...
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Potter Logistics has won a two-year, £1m contract to handle bagged and bulk rice for Yorkshire-based Associated British Foods subsidiary, Westmill Foods. Potter's nearby Northern rail freight terminal and Selby distribution centre will take in containerised product delivered by MSC from Felixstowe and bulk rice shipped into the port of ...
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Cargolux operated its first Boeing 747-8 freighter revenue flight to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on 17 March. It has also increased its services to Hanoi to three weekly rotations and also serves Ho Chi Minh City once a week.
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Stena International Freight started operating its new Asian ferry service between Sokcho in South Korea and the Russian ports in Zarubino and Vladivostok on 19 March. The new service will initially be operated by one ship, New Blue Ocean, which has been liveried in Stena colours.
“It is exciting to see the ...
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Stena Line's publicity department took it upon themselves to turn their Lagan, seen here with the Liverpool waterfront in the background, ferry green to celebrate St Patrick's Day on 17 March. Fortunately for ship-lovers and hung-over Scousers, the creation on closer examination appears to be a computer mock-up, not the ...
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UK-based Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lufthansa Cargo. The global aircraft charter specialist will handle Lufthansa Cargo’s third-party chartering requirements - allowing the German airline to focus on marketing charter capacity on its own fleet of 18 McDonnell Douglas MD-11F aircraft. Chapman Freeborn’s global network ...
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