September 2014
A recent test in Ivory Coast shows that West Africa’s mango trade can be extended by special containers that place the fruit in hibernation, says Maersk Container Industry. Star Cool containers were upgraded to work with controlled atmosphere for the trade from the Ivory Coast, operated by Africa Express Line (AEL). Star Cool CA reefers adjust O2 and CO2 levels, which in turn keep the fruit’s respiration and ripening under ...
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CMA CGM is to join forces with United Arab Shipping (UASC) and China Shipping in a new east-west trade vessel sharing agreement, according to recent reports. The new CUC Alliance will operate on all major trades, but particularly on the Asia/Europe axis, along with Transpacific services to and from the ...
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Hull City Council’s Planning Committee has given its consent to the Green Port Hull development at Alexandra Dock, Green Port Hull, following the submission of detailed plans by Associated British Ports and Siemens plc in June this year. In March Siemens and ABP announced a combined investment of £310m to develop ...
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Delta Air Lines will offer daily services between Manchester International Airport and New York John F. Kennedy International Airport from 2 June 2015 and launch its first nonstop service between London-Heathrow and Newark on 29 March. Both routes will be operated in conjunction with joint venture partner Virgin Atlantic.
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BIFA is encouraging its members to object to a paper air waybill (awb) surcharge that airlines are planning for export AWBs that are not filed electronically. Director general, Robert Keen, said that while the association supports e-commerce and e-AWB implementation, “it should create value for forwarders and airlines alike, and ...
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DFDS is increasing in capacity on its Rotterdam-Immingham freight route. From 9 September there will be two extra round trips departingf on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Rotterdam and on Wednesdays and Fridays from Immingham, all at 14:00. They will be operated by the Anglia Seaways which is joining the existing ...
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Freight audit and payment provider enVista has opened a Europe, Middle East and Africa office at Ellesmere Port, near Liverpool by effectively taken over the EMEA representative office formerly operated by rival company nVision.
Indianpolis-headquartered EnVista has bought nVision Ltd, which was a separate stand-alone company and is rebranding it as ...
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Lufthansa Cargo have gained antitrust immunity for a Japan-Europe joint venture, claimed as the first of its kind in the cargo field. ANA has received approval for the joint venture from the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transportand it has been positively assessed by ...
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Volga-Dnepr has moved a 15-metre, 24-ton ‘Cigarette Marauder’ power boat from Doha to Nice on board one of its IL-76 freighter flights. The boat (the name is presumably a reference to its shape and not a suggestion that it will be used for trans-med smuggling operations) needed a special loading ...
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Freight Transport Association Ireland says that it has received complaints from its members about the country's new Eircode postcode system to be rolled out in 2015. They say that Eircode appears to be optimised for the delivery of postal mail, but not adequate for location or navigation. If Eircode is ...
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