March 2013
Hamburg-based heavylift shipping operator Rickmers-Linie is launching a westbound Round-The-World Service, with calls including Yokohama, Masan, Xingang, Shanghai, Singapore, Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Vitoria, Philadelphia, Savannah and Houston. Two or three chartered multipurpose heavy lift vessels will launch the service.
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The WCA forwarder network says it set another new industry record at its 2013 WCA Family Annual Conference Week in Bangkok on 4-10 March, with over 2,400 paying freight forwarder delegates in attendance. Participation was restricted to WCA members and vendor partners but there was still a 25% rise in ...
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Lufthansa's high-speed cargo division time:matters has joined forces with maritime logistics specialist Golden Cargo to offer ship spares service. Golden Cargo has strong links with the shipping industry in Greece and other ports and maritime gateways and also provides specialised customs clearance processes and delivery services, such as on-board and ...
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Cardiff-based Freight Systems Express Wales says it has had another record breaking year, transporting more containers by rail than ever before. Working in partnership with Freightliner's Logico division, FSEW moved almost 7,500 containers during 2012 by rail between Southampton Docks and Freightliner’s Cardiff terminal - almost double the number in ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has appointed Csafe to provide its mobile refrigeration units on the carrier's Cool Chain Premium Service. The contract will provide units for SkyCargo’s important Dublin to Australia route, through Dubai. Upon completion of a successful test period, SkyCargo will analyse additional lanes for opportunities to further expand the ...
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PD Ports is creating 13 full time permanent positions for Teesport based apprentices.
The new dock operations roles in the bulk and container business will start at the end of April, after the existing apprenticeship programme completes. The 18-month programme is on track to achieve 100% success rate with all 13 ...
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Emirates SkyCargo and Qantas Freight have signed a deal to offer customers access to each other’s networks, to a combined total of 233 destinations in six continents (subject to regulatory approval). SkyCargo customers will initially have access to 28 destinations on Qantas Freight’s network including ten in Australia and eight ...
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Ruslan International – which manages and markets the combined Antonov An-124 fleets of its shareholders Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Airlines – moved a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter from Stewart International Airport in New York State to Stavanger in Norway, where it will be used for flying to and from offshore ...
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No, not the ship designers' latest energy- saving wheeze – just Stena Line celebrating Red Nose Day. There will be a host of on-board fundraising activities this week including red nose muffins, sales of which along with other activities will go to Children in Need.
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Cargo customers who shipped more than 1000kg of freight on the return leg of American Airlines Cargo's first B777-300ER flight to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport got a framed certificate to mark the occasion on 6 March. The new aircraft will boost capacity to over 70,000kg per flight. AA cargo operations ...
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