September 2014
Dover Harbour Board has reappointed George Jenkins as chairman. He will serve a further minimum term of one year.
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FedEx has launched a Global Returns service. It helps retailers manage their customers’ returns, including editable return labels, customs documentation and flexible return destinations via FedEx Express or FedEx Ground. Retailers using FedEx Global Returns can choose a return location anywhere FedEx delivers and there is return-specific reporting in FedEx ...
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The Secretary of State for Transport has confirmed the Port of London Authority’s (PLA) application to buy Orchard Wharf in Tower Hamlets, east London. Orchard Wharf has been unused for over 15 years. The case for the ‘compulsory purchase’ of the wharf was heard at a public inquiry last year. ...
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CEVA Logistics has opened a branch office in Hanoi. It will handle the full range of supply chain and logistics services including airfreight and oceanfreight, contract logistics, warehousing and distribution, local transportation and other domestic value added services. CEVA already has a presence in Ho Chi Minh.
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Manston Airport has been sold to a regeneration company that plans to develop it for non-aviation use. Trevor Cartner and Chris Musgrave, part of the consortium behind Discovery Park, Sandwich, have bought a majority stake for an undisclosed fee, the BBC reported. The site was bought by transport magnate Ann ...
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The Rail Freight Group says it has real concerns that the industry could be “marginalised” as Network Rail moves back under Government control and the Labour Party announced proposals to bring infrastructure management and passenger franchising closer together. RFG said it had “real concerns that rail freight could be marginalised ...
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P&O Ferrymasters has joined forces with Transmec Group to launch an intermodal Belgium-Romania service with three departures per week each way by dedicated train.
Trains run between Zeebrugge (Belgium) and Curtici in Romania and collect and ship services are also offered in the UK, Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. Forward shipment ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has developed what it describes as a cost effective LD3 container for temperature sensitive cargo. The White Container has been designed as an intermediate temperature control solution for generic healthcare products and perishable food. The inside of the container is coated with thermal insulators, which prevents the transfer ...
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MSC has published details of the additional charges it plans to introduce when the Emissions Control Area comes into force from 1 January 2015. They include a $105 per teu increase from the UK and Ireland to the US North Atlantic, $125 to the US South Atlantic, €140 to Canada ...
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Panalpina has launched an online less than container load (LCL) sailing schedule. It aims to simplify service sxelection on its network of nearly 35,000 point-to-point connections worldwide. Global head of ocean freight LCL Clas Thorell explained: “Our new tool gives customers a clear and precise way to search through our ...
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