June 2014
Cargolux Airlines has launched its scheduled 747-8 freighter service between Luxembourg and Zhengzhou on 14 June after obtaining the necessary permits from the Chinese authorities. Delays in getting authorisation led to the cancellation of the inaugural flight initially planned for 24 April. The new service will initially operate twice weekly, departing Luxembourg on Thursday and Saturday but, from July 2014, the airline plans to operate four weekly services and six ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has launched what is says is the most comprehensive supply chain security standards for facilities and trucking in its 17-year history, to combat increasingly sophisticated thefts by organised criminal gangs.
The new 2014 versions of the Association’s Facility Security Requirements (FSR) and Trucking Security Requirements ...
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Rugby-based Exact Logistics has celebrated its fifth birthday by appointing Olivia Godfrey as European sales negotiator. She moves to the palletised freight specialist from her role as account freight manager at the Birmingham office of Kuehne + Nagel.
Her role is to create bespoke solutions by offering a single point of ...
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Etihad Cargo has started a weekly freighter service from Abu Dhabi to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania returning via Nairobi, Kenya. The carrier will deploy one of its three Airbus A330-200 wide-body freighters on the route, offering up to 64 tonnes of capacity.
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FPS Sri Lanka – a founder member of the group of independent forwarders and consolidators - has opened a new office in Galle, 120km south of the country’s capital Colombo. The new branch will act as a satellite of FPS’ main Colombo operations centre, providing multi-modal forwarding, logistics and consolidation ...
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A senior official from the International Road Transport Union (IRU) has called for a uniform legal framework for freight forwarders in the EU, including EU-wide regulations on access to the profession and shared liability with road hauliers.
Speaking at a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) workshop on 12 June, ...
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DBSchenker is moving a huge amount of technology and team equipment to Brazil for the World Cup on June 12 – around 230 ocean containers and 270 tonnes of air freight. Moreover, nearly halfof the national teams are using the forwarder to transport their equipment to their camp – anything ...
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Toll Group is building a AUS$150 million (£84m) freight sorting facility at Melbourne Airport, the largest of its kind in Australia. Work has started on the 71,000sq m facility which will help increase the capabilities of Toll’s dedicated online parcel delivery service, Toll Consumer Delivery and triple our current parcel ...
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Delta Air Lines is restructuring its cargo organisation to align it more closely to the passenger business. Cargo sales will become part of the global sales team, and cargo operations will be aligned with airport customer service. The move follows senior vice president and chief cargo officer, Tony Charaf's decision ...
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Europa Worldwide Logistics has become one of the first tenants in the Rushcliffe Technology and Enterprise Centre in Nottingham, overlooking Trent Bridge Cricket ground, Nottingham Forest Football Club as well as Trent Bridge, the gateway to Nottingham and the city beyond.
The new office will cover collection and distribution requirements across ...
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