November 2013
Following the success of its apprentices (pictured) the Port of Dover has set up bursary scheme for students in the local area. The aim is to encourage local students to take up study at university in a port-related field with a long term view of them gaining employment at Dovert. Eligible courses range from degrees in economics and business management through to civil engineering, mechanical engineering, marine technology and marine ...
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FS Mackenzie – the Russian and UK member of the Famous Pacific Shipping Group global forwarding and NVOCC system - has opened its sixth office in the country, at Vladivostok.
The new base will be a platform to develop import traffic from China, Japan, Korea, the US, Australia and New Zealand ...
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The House of Commons Transport Committee has called on the government to do more to tackle UK ports' bottlenecks in a report published on 26 November. The BBC website reported that Mps believe that the UK is at a disadvantage to other EU countries and there was inconsistency in who ...
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Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has positioned an Ilyushin IL-76 and an Antonov AN-12 freighter into the Philippines to delivery aid more quickly to typhoon victims. The (TAC).planes are available for charter from Mactan-Cebu, Manila and Tacloban airports.
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A FedEx charter flight has delivered over $10 million-worth of relief aid and medical supplies to the Philippines on behalf of Direct Relief and Heart to Heart International. The shipment, containing nearly 200,000 lbs. of both pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, departed from Los Angeles on Saturday, November 23 and arrived ...
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Forth Ports marine manager Ashley Nicholson has become the UK's youngest certified female harbour master and one of the first in the UK to achieve the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) accredited Harbour Masters Certificate. She and 11 other candidates from different port businesses across the UK volunteered to take ...
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Forth Ports has signed a two-year partnership with heavy transport specialist Collett & Sons to launch a Heavy Lift and Port facility at the Port of Grangemouth. The three-acre site will be Collett’s Scottish headquarters and will act as a central hub in Scotland for importing wind turbine components. It ...
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The global logistics market may have been transformed in the past 20 years but there is no let up in the rate of change, says a new by book by John Manners-Bell, CEO of industry research firm Transport Intelligence, the market leading supplier of research and analysis to the global ...
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International freight and logistics specialist Dachser has formed a joint venture in Indonesia. Headquartered in the capital, Jakarta, PT Dachser Indonesia offers services ranging from air and sea freight to customs processing.with Dachser as the largest shareholder. Additional locations will be added in 2014. Steven Ryan, who has worked for ...
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Evergreen Line has launched a new Group-operated feeder service from Piraeus to Tripoli, Libya. The LYS3 Service will begin operation at the end of November and significantly enhance network coverage for importers, says the Taiwanese-owned line. It will be operated by a 700teu capacity ship on a dedicated, fortnightly basis. ...
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