April 2014
A Volga-Dnepr Airlines An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ freighter aircraft has delivered the Luch-5V and KazSat-3 telecommunications satellites from Krasnoyarsk in Russia to Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome. The satellites, weighing a combined 21 tons, were secured inside a special shipping container. The Luch-5V is the third of four satellites designed to enhance information reception and real-time broadcasting in remote regions of Russia. The KazSat-3 will provide Kazakhstan with a range of telecommunications services. The ...
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Lufthansa Cargo’s new Boeing 777F made its first call at Shanghai Pudong, becoming the first city in the carriers global route network to be served with daily flights by the aircraft.
Regional director Christian Haug told over 100 representatives of the logistics industry in Shanghai. “The Triple Seven is already setting ...
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has added a monthly call in San Antonio, Chile to its South America West Coast schedule. The service calls at Southampton in the UK and also serves Cartagena, Manzanillo, Guayaquil, Callao and Angamos.
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Ireland's Transland Group has bought eight new bespoke trailers for its services to and from Ireland. It follows the new Irish Ministry of Transport height limit of 4.65m for trailers entering the country, as opposed to the standard 4.8m throughout the UK which has limited many logistics firms to single-deck ...
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MEPs voted in favour of a compromise deal reached with the member states at the beginning of March the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) for aviation, despite its earlier rejection by the Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on 19 March.
ETS will only apply to intra-EU ...
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Stena Line has started operating the Rosslare-Cherbourg ferry service following its acquisition of the route from Celtic Link. It is the company’s first direct ferry link between Ireland and the Continent and will operate an all year round service with three weekly sailings in each direction with space for up ...
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Transport Minster Stephen Hammond announced a £2 million fund to help smaller ports recover from the winter storms, at a British Ports Association lunch on 3 April. The BPA will be contacting all eligible ports with details and application forms shortly, he said. These will then be assessed by an ...
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ABP has welcomed a Parliament review of Able UK's plans to build a Marine Energy Park (AMEP)at East Halton in the Humber Estuary – a project that could conflict with its own development plans for the area. ABP, which operates the nearby port o0f Immingham said that it welcomed the ...
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Port of Tyne CEO, Andrew Moffat has been appointed chair of the British Ports' Association (BPA), taking over from Colin Parker of Aberdeen Harbour. The BPA represents a wide variety of UK port interests to government in the UK, Europe and internationally including many of the UK's largest ports and ...
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Manston airport's workforce has presented short- and long-term business plans to management to allow the airport to continue operating. The Unite union has also asked the company to extend the 45 day consultation period – due to end on 11 May – to allow all options to be explored. The ...
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