August 2013
Freight forwarder Damco has gained a permanent license in July to operate under its own legal entity in Myanmar making it one of the first supply chain solution providers to offer genuine end-to-end logistics services there, it says. Trade barriers with the country of around 60 million people were lifted in 2012.
Damco is working closely with the UK-based Institute for Human Rights and Business and the Danish Institute for Human ...
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The landmark container was loaded aboard the 13,800teu MSC Bettina by the UK Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin on 21 August driving a huge container crane under the guidance of one of the port’s crane driving instructors.
Clemence Cheng, CEO of Felixstowe's owners, Hutchison Ports (UK), said: "Passing this ...
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IAG Cargo - the single business created following the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo – has extended its Cargo Connector small freight collection service to include the catchment areas of Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson and Dallas Fort Worth international airports. For consignments of less than 200 kilos, freight ...
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Transport Security Expo has been the leading event for global heads of aviation, maritime, counter piracy, and supply chain security for the past ten years. Designed to deliver clarity to the complex task of protecting cargo and high risk assets from those intent on doing harm, Transport Security Expo is ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Dr Detlef Trefzger as its new chief executive officer. He has been a member of the Swiss-headquartered forwarding and logistics specialist's management board since March 2013 and responsible for contract and integrated logistics, which he will retain until further notice. Prior to joining Kuehne + ...
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Ceva Logistics says that it is among the first freight management companies to sign up to International Air Transport Association's electronic Air Way Billing (e-AWB) scheme. C
CEVA will be piloting the process in London, Frankfurt, New York and Atlanta and aims to roll out e-AWB to its entire 160-country network ...
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Former RH Freight joint owner Andrew Baxter has bought Europa Worldwide Group, one of the UK’s largest privately owned transport companies. Europa employs 500 people at nine UK branches and also has an office in Hong Kong. Its 2012 turnover was £73m, and it carried about 500,000 consignments. It also ...
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Asian-based Kerry Logistics has acquired a majority stake in Mexico-based logistics and freight forwarding company Cargo Master's Group (CMG). CMG has six offices throughout the country, including Guadalajara, Queretaro and Monterrey. This is Kerry Logistics' second major investment in Latin America this year following the acquisition of Braservice of Brazil ...
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A working group composed of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (FCS RF), the Association of International Road Transport Carriers (ASMAP) and the IRU help its first meeting to discuss the Russian TIR issue on 13 August. The IRU repeated its call on the FCS RF to withdraw ...
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The pilot and co-pilot of a UPS A300 freighter were killed when it crashed on the approach to Birmingham, Alabama, airport at 6.11am on 14 August. The plane was en route from Louisville, Kentucky. A fatal UPS 747-400F crash near Dubai in 2010 was blamed in a recently-published report on ...
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