May 2013

Moving on up at Virgin

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has promoted Steve Hughes from regional sales manager, Continental Europe to regional vice president sales, for its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Based at Heathrow, he reports to head of sales, Nick Jones, who said: “With 50-60% of our business originating in the EMEA region, this is a key role in our organisation.”   [+]

Moving hay while the sun doesn’t shine – Nolan Transport to the rescue

The Irish transport industry has come to the rescue of the country's dairy farmers, reeling from the effects of bad weather which has virtually wiped out cattle fodder production in many parts of the country. Nolan Transport has been moving about 20 truckloads of hay every weekday from southern England ... [+]

More freighters from Etihad

Etihad Cargo's nine-strong freighter fleet will operate additional frequencies from Abu Dhabi to Benghazi, Dhaka, Frankfurt, Guangzhou and Khartoum in its new 2013 summer schedule. A new weekly route to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, will also commence in June, complementing the existing weekly freighter service to Dammam. There is also a ... [+]

E-booking from IAG

IAG Cargo says all customers can now book its Prioritise, Perform and Constant Fresh services via the iagcargo.com web portal for the first time. E-booking will be extended to further services later in the year.  E-booking gives faster confirmation of bookings and is available 24 horus a day, it adds. ... [+]

Swiss space for Schenker

DB Schenker held a ground breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of a logistics centre for its Schenker Schweiz Swiss subsidiary at Pfungen, near Zurich airport on 6 May. The nearly sq m building space will include storage, production supply, and other value-added services. CEO of Schenker Schweiz Jörg Eggenberger ... [+]

Tenth ship for Rickmers round-the-world route

Breakbulk and heavylift specaialist Rickmers-Linie has added a tenth vessel on its eastbound Round-the-World Pearl String Service. The 30,000dwt Rickmers Savannah is identical to the nine vessels of the Rickmers Hamburg class already deployed on the service.   [+]

First 747-9 for Etihad

Etihad Airways is to lease its first Boeing 747-8 freighter from Atlas Air Worldwide. The new plane will enter service with the UAE carrier in June and will have a payload of 138 tonnes, the largest in its growing freighter fleet. The delivery will take Etihad Cargo’s freighter fleet to ... [+]

Virgin back to Chicago for summer

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has relaunched its seasonal services from London Heathrow to Chicago.They will operate until 26 October leaving Heathrow at 1100 and arrive in Chicago at 1335. The return service departs from Chicago at 1800 and touches down in London at 0800 the next morning. [+]

Greencarrier buys in Borås

Sweden's Greencarrier Freight Services has acquired all shares in fellow Swedish operator, Trana Spedition, based in Borås, near Gothenburg. Trana specialises in road transport to and from Finland. Greencarrier CEO Peter Nevhagen said it would reinforce his company in the Nordic and Baltic. [+]

A350s from 2018 for IAG

IAG Cargo says that its new fleet of 18 Airbus A350-1000 long-haul aircraft due to come into service from 2018 - with options for a further 18 – will offer a payload of about 30 tonnes, along with enhanced features such as air conditioning in the cargo bays for temperature-sensitive ... [+]

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