May 2013
The Sailors’ Society is looking for adventurous types to compete in its Wilderness Challenge fundraising event in Cairngorms National Park. Teams from the shipping and related industries pit their wits against the environment and each other in a bid to raise £2,200 for the charity and support millions of seafarers worldwide.
The challenge, which will take place on Sunday 22 September 2013, will consist of a 50km mountain bike trek through native ...
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FFG International has added a part load service from Izmir and Istanbul to all UK locations. Departures are weekly and sailing time is ten days. The forwarder says it is ideal for smaller consignments of tiles and crated marble.
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DB Schenker Logistics is to build a new terminal at Vantaa, in the Viinikkala logistics area, close to Helsinki airport. It will consist of heated and unheated terminal buildings and an office building totaling about 52,300sq m and will handle land transport, parcel services and home deliveries as well as ...
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American Airlines Cargo is to offer a one-time use program for its FlightSafe GPS and sensor-based tracking device. Delivered in partnership with OnAsset Intelligence, the devices monitor temperature, pressure, shock, location and vibration, can be added to US domestic and international shipments on American beginning May 7.
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DPD is to build a new £100m parcel hub at Hinckley Commercial Park in the East Midlands. The company has appointed property group Goodman to develop a 330,000 sq ft parcel hub on the site, close to J1 of the M69. Subject to planning permission being granted, the facility will ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ has delivered 80,000 kilos of space satellite and launch support equipment to Kazakhstan.
The carrier says that it carries one in three of all space satellites to their launch site due to its proven expertise in safely delivering highly sensitive and valuable cargoes and the unique capabilities of its ...
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Felixstowe-based container haulier Deben Transport has bought-out struggling fellow operator, Elite Transport Services, or an undisclosed sum, according to press reports. The purchase of Elite, which had gone into administration earlier in April,. will give Deben a presence in Leeds and a bigger operation in Manchester, while boosting its existing ...
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DHL Global Forwarding's Freight arm has extended its Asia to Europe rail service to two routes – daily from Shanghai via the trans-Siberian route and a weekly departure from Chengdu via China's West Corridor rail line. Door-to-door times can be up to 21 days quicker than ocean freight, says DHL.
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Piracy remains a threat to shipping, said leading container operators CMA CGM, MSC, Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd when they met to discuss the issue on 6 May. “Although we have seen a decline in piracy activity over the past year, piracy continues to be a concern for the shipping ...
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The Panalpina Group returned to profit in the first quarter of 2013 after last year's loss said the company, in announcing a consolidated profit of CHF 14 million for the first three months of the year. Net forwarding revenue increased by 4% to CHF1,602m and gross profit by 0.5% to ...
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