January 2014
Cargolux's senior vice president sales and marketing of 14 years and member of the executive committee Robert van de Weg has resigned. The all-cargo carrier said there had been differences with the board regarding Cargolux’s strategy for the future. Senior vice president legal affairs and compliance, Henning zur Hausen, will assume responsibility for marketing and sales role on an interim basis.
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Keswick Enterprises Group, the UK-based logistics and co-packing group founded in 2004 by former Tibbett & Britten boss, John Harvey, has appointed Andrew Austin to the new position of senior executive officer. Mr Austin, who was previously CEO of Priority Freight, also becomes deputy chairman of the Group's Spatial Global ...
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IAG Cargo will offer three extra flights between London Heathrow and Cape Town from 1 May, bringing the total number of weekly frequencies to 10. The new flights will be serviced by a 777-200ER, giving greater capacity across the entire year, whereas other carriers typically only supply additional capacity seasonally, ...
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DHL is offering a new risk management solution which it says will enable businesses to turn supply chain disruption and global environmental and socio-political volatility into competitive advantage. DHL Resilience360 promises “a holistic, end-to-end view of their supply chains and real-time risk visibility.”
DHL Resilience360 allows customers to assess critical hot ...
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CMA CGM is offering feeder service from Durban to two new ports in Mozambique - Quelimane and Pemba. The Rhino express will also provide a faster and reliable connection from Europe and other places, as well as offer cabotage service within Mozambique itself. It also serves Maputo, Beira and Nacala.
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Etihad Airways will increase its Abu Dhabi - Dublin service from ten flights per week to double daily from 15 July. The route will be operated by a Boeing 777-300 ER and there will be connections to 45 destinations in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, including Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, ...
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DHL Global Forwarding is offering a temperature-controlled option on its new China-Europe rail service. Diesel-powered reefer boxes allow internal temperature control and tracking for temperature sensitive products that traditionally were unable to use the rail corridor, during harsh winter and hot summer months that can range from above 26C to ...
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A joint customs operation in Lithuania and other EU member states seized almost 45 million smuggled cigarettes, nearly 140,000 litres of diesel fuel – much of it in the UK - and about 14,000 litres of Vodka, the European Commission reported. The Operation code-named 'Warehouse' was carried-out in October 2013 ...
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An IRU delegation led by secretary general, Umberto de Pretto, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Deputy Minister of Finance and President of the Iranian Customs Administration, Mr Masoud Karbasian to further secure the functioning of the TIR System in Iran and facilitate trade with neighbouring countries.
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Dover's new Port Users Group (PUG) has elected James Ryeland, managing director of terminal operator George Hammond as its first chairman and Robert Hardy, general manager of MOTIS Freight Services Agency as vice-chairman. The PUG represents ferry operators, cruise lines, the cargo terminal operator, sister ports, tenants, other local port ...
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