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May 2013

Papua-bound

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has is operating a series of AN-124-100 freighter flights to carry equipment to a new natural gas field in Papua New Guinea. The airline completed its first flight from Port Moresby to Komo in Papua New Guinea on 3 May in support of the new gas conditioning plant being built by CB&I on behalf of Exxon Mobil. Deliveries will operate only in daylight hours because of harsh conditions, ... [+]

Geodis Wilson honours innovators

Geodis Wilson has announced the winners of its annual “Innovation Masters Award”. This year's award was presented to two teams of innovators and two individuals at a ceremony in Dubai, are: From The Netherlands Cynthia Liauw, Erik Goosens and Rutger Jonker for their Milestone Scan Events project which is about linking ... [+]

SkanTrans-PSL wins Bookseller Industry Award

Forwarder SkanTrans-PSL won the Supply Chain Innovation prize at the Bookseller Industry Awards on 13 May. The awards, set up by Book Industry Communication, aim to promote supply chain efficiency in all sectors of the publishing industry. left to right are, Michael Douglas - IT Director, Karina Luke - Executive Director ... [+]

Allied flies to Freetown

Allied Air Limited is introducing a weekly service from Ostend and Lagos to Freetown, Sierra Leone. The MD11 freighter operated service flies on Saturdays from 11 May.   [+]

Unions expose ‘shameful’ Black Sea working conditions

The International Transport Federation (ITF) and its affiliated maritime unions in Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine have mounted a campaign to expose substandard working conditions in what they dub 'The Sea of Shame'. They say the Black Sea is one of the most dangerous places on earth to be ... [+]

Subdued start to year for IAG

IAG Cargo said its first quarter revenue from January 1 to March 31, 2013,was down 7.2% to €270 million against the same period in 2012. Volume, at 1,364 million cargo tonne kilometres, was down 8.0% while cargo capacity was down 1.7% per cent, so overall yield was up by 0.8%. ... [+]

Vive la difference

French logistics student Pauline Bourderiou is about to sit her final examinations, with the help of a four-month internship at UK freight and customs software supplier, Impatex. During her stay with Impatex, she worked behind the scenes on the company’s 24/7 Help Desk to learn about the company’s software and the UK ... [+]

Power supply

Projects FPS – a division of FPS Sri Lanka – handled the urgent shipment of six giant wind turbines from India, to a site 200km inland from the port of Colombo. The shipment - for Naladanavi, the largest private sector power supplier in Sri Lanka - comprised 41 pieces, with ... [+]

Royal Brunei signs GSSA deal

Royal Brunei Airlines has signed a cargo sales agreement with general sales and service agent (GSSA) Air Logistics Group. The carrier's capacity will be marketed through Air Logistics Sdn Bhd (ALSB), a joint venture company between BIACC Sdn Bhd, one of its subsidiary companies and UK-based Air Logistics Networks Limited, ... [+]

Minster calls for Holyhead diesel checks

Northern Ireland environment minister Alex Attwood has promised to write to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) asking it to step up enforcement action against truckers using illegal laundered diesel. He told the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont that more than half of Ulster hauliers could be using illegal diesel, ... [+]

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