May 2014
Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding, owners of Leipzig/Halle Airport, signed a cooperation arrangement will China's Henan Province Airport Group on 8 May. It aims to develop air freight flights together and strengthen their airports as central hubs for the distribution of flows of goods between China and Europe.
Chairman of the Henan Province Airport Group, An Huiyuan said: “We selected Leipzig/Halle, because we value the airport’s central location, its outstanding intermodal transport ...
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Train operator GB Railfreight has signed a five-year lease with VTG Rail for 18 new Ecofret triple-platform container wagons. Designed to maximise the number of 40’ boxes that can be carried in a given train length, each wagon's outer platforms can carry one 40-foot container each, and the inner platform ...
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Multimodal 2014 was the biggest in the show's seven-year history, with over 290 exhibitors welcoming over 7,100 visitors in Birmingham on 28 April – 1 May, says director, Robert Jervis.
Supply chain executives took part in over 25 workshop and masterclass sessions hosted by over 60 expert speakers, and there ...
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ICHCA International , the NGO association for the global cargo handling industry, will host a CTU (containerised transport unit) Packing Roadshow at Harwich International Cruise Terminal on 3 June. The one-day event will provide practical education on the new IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for the Packing of Cargo Transport Units ...
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Spring, or even summer may be upon most of us in Europe, but heavy transport specialist Van der Vlist encountered some arctic conditions recently when it made a delivery of a 41-tonne bearing from from Hamburg to a power station in Norway, above the arctic circle. Snow spikes were the ...
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Norbert Dentressangle Overseas, the freight forwarding arm of the French-owned logistics operator, has renewed its contract with tablet and notebook computer and computer motherboard maker, ASUS.
The company appointed ND’s US freight forwarding business, NDO America in 2011, to manage the ocean freight of product from four production facilities in ...
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Logistics and transport specialist Aramex has signed a joint venture with InPost to provide automated parcel lockers across the Middle East and Africa. A network will be set up in all major cities and towns to support the rapidly growing e-commerce industry. Online retailers will be able to send goods ...
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American Airlines Cargo has opened a controlled room temperature (CRT) facility at its
London Heathrow Airport cargo warehouse, the carrier's first in Europe. The new 300-square-foot facility maintains a temperature range of 15 to 25 degrees Celsius and will be used for healthcare shipments such as pharmaceuticals and biologicals.
Managing director of ...
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Potter Logistics has appointed Nick Brightey to its senior management team as transport director. He has been with the company for 13 years, becoming general manager of the transport division in 2012 following the acquisition of House of James Ltd and establishing the York distribution centre as part of Potter’s ...
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The John Good Group has made a number of senior management appointments. Current sales director and main board director Seamus Jennings takes up the role of joint managing director.
Alan Steadman has been appointed as a director. He has been a driving force in the development of its freight forwarding activities ...
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