February 2014
The deadline has been extended for nominations to he 2014 FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards until Monday 17 February. In its seventh year, the aims to uncover role models and shine the spotlight on those women who are enjoying career success in the industry.
www.everywoman.com/tlawards
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Emirates will operate a one-off A380 service from Glasgow Airport on 10 April to celebrate a decade of its service to Dubai. Glasgow will also be the first airport in Scotland to welcome the world’s largest commercial aircraft.
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The Chinese Ministry of Finance has clarified that shipping and airline agents who make payments to international transportation providers directly or indirectly are entitled to VAT exemption, rep[orts BIFA. When Notice [2013] No.106 was published on December 12th, 2013, it seemed to imply that only agents directly making payments to ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is filling its freighters with flowers to ensure that millions of red roses will be available on time for Valentine’s Day on 14 February. The airline will fly around 1,000 tonnes of roses from warmer climes to Frankfurt this year. And just in case the love of your life ...
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Etihad Cargo has signed a space-sharing deal with DHL on its A300-600 freighter services Abu Dhabi and Bahrain, Bagram, Lahore, and Karachi.
The DHL Abu Dhabi service started in January 2014 and has improved transit times for DHL cargo coming to the UAE from cities in Europe, the Middle East, Asia ...
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Road freight from to the EU could be disrupted by an escalating dispute between Turkey and Bulgaria over truck permits. Smaller Bulgarian freight operators have been blockading border crossings aftger Turkey said it would slash the number of one-off transit permits issued to Bulgarian operators from 250,000 in 2013 to ...
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UPS has completed the purchase of UK-based temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical specialist Polar Speed. It specialises in active temperature-controlled deliveries to hospitals, pharmacies, wholesalers, surgery centres and even direct to patients. It operates a fleet of 118 actively monitored temperature-controlled vehicles for transporting both 2-8°C refrigerated and 15-25°C products in accordance with ...
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Yusen Logistics has renewed its UK collection contract with Honda of the UK Manufacturing. Honda initially appointed Yusen to convert its UK suppliers from delivered to ex-works back in 2006 and it was appointed sole provider for HUM’s UK inbound collections in 2011, supporting the Swindon-based production of the Honda ...
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P&O Ferrymasters has been awarded a new €225 million pan-European UK road transport contract by Tata Steel Europe (TSE), extending by three years a partnership dating from 2001 with Europe’s second-largest steel producer. It covers UK exports across Europe - excluding Ireland, Italy and Scandinavia – managed by TSE’s UK ...
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CHAMP Cargosystems has launched CargoUpdate, described as a comprehensive airfreight community platform designed to enhance communications among airlines and freight forwarders.
Champs says that airlines and GSAs can easily publish and disseminate operational and news announcements to the global air cargo community and the portal is fully prepared and optimised for ...
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