August 2013
The Seafast Group is to double the capacity of its Seafast Celsius temperature controlled handling facility at Felixstowe and will re-brand it Seafast Cold-Chain Logistics.
The expanded facility, set to open in early September 2013, will continue to cater for multi-temperature cargoes, developing the company’s business in chilled and fresh produce, whilst expanding its frozen capability.
It will provide a much larger warehouse area for the cross-dock handling of chilled and frozen ...
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The first line serving London Gateway port has been announced, ending months of speculation over the identify of the first customer for the new DP World-owned port. Europe/South Africa operators the SAECS group of lines - Maersk, MOL and DAL - announced on 5 August that they would switch their ...
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Former secretary general of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), Daniel Fernandez, has left the association. Following the succession of Douglas Brittin to that role from 15 August, TIACA had originally stated that Fernandez would retain “a substantial continuing role at the association”. Brittin, who has 33 years in the ...
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The port of Dover says that its freight traffic grew 11% in the first six months of the yea, in contrast to Eurotunnel whose truck volumes have dropped by 7%. The port and its ferry operators now account for 60% of the market.
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The new Grimsby River Terminal (GRT) - the ABP-owned port’s single biggest investment project in over 160 years – handled its first vesse when the MV Ems Highway discharged over 800 Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda vehicles onto the Terminal’s 7,000 tonne concrete pontoon on 1 August. The £26 million GRT, ...
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IAG Cargo – the joint carrier formed by British Airways and Iberia - said its cargo revenue was down 8.3% in the first half of 2013, to €541 million. Freight carried was down 8.4%, to 2,756 million cargo tonne kilometres while cargo capacity was also trimmed, but by only 2.7%.
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More industry representatives have added their concerns over Russian plans to suspend the TIR system.
The forwarders' associations umbrella body CLECAT has joined the British International Freight Association in raising concerns over Russian threats to suspend TIR arrangements for trucks transiting its territory. In a letter to the UK's HM Revenue ...
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DHL Freight has appointed Marc Bernitt as its new head of customs management. He has held various management positions during his 27-year career, among them with Archer Daniel Midland and Olympus Europe and, most recently, managed the Trade & Customs practice at KPMG Switzerland.
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FedEx has expanded its temperature controlled packaging portfolio to include a new “cold shipping” packaging option for customers that require a refrigerated environment of 2-8° C and for up to 96 hours. The new packaging is aimed at the healthcare industry. The patented NanoCool system achieves a temperature of 4°C ...
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Zim Line has started a new west coast of Central America service. The weekly rotation ,operated by wo ships is:Balboa (Panama) - Acajutla (El Salvador) – Puerto Quetzal (Guatemala) - Lazaro Cardenas (Mexico) – Puerto Quetzal - Acajutla – Balboa. There are connections to the line's global network
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