November 2014
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has appointed Andrew Cooke as site manager at its Lichfield branch. He will take on operational responsibility for transport and warehousing processes at the site, health and safety, facilities management and procurement and supplier management and was lately general manager of the Midlands region of DHL.
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Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has revamped its cool facilities at Cairo airport. A 124cu m room is now available for pharmaceutical products between 15°C and 25°C and the capacity of the 2°C-8°C cold room has been doubled to 420cu m to cope with large pharmaceutical shipments.
The pharmaceutical industry in Egypt has ...
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CMA CGM's short-sea operator MacAndrews is upping its service from Bilbao to Liverpool from three calls a week to four, having added a fourth vessel to its fleet. Liverpool will also be the first call on the new loop after departing from Bilbao; arrivals in the port will now be ...
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Emirates is to restart passenger flights to Erbil, Iraq from 16 November. The Dubai-based carrier will resume with two weekly flights with an A330-200 aircraft, increasing to four from 4 December. It already serves Baghdad and Basra.
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Associated British Ports' Port of Southampton says it is ready to handle the biggest ships in the world after completion of its £40million dredging project. The work ensures ships with a draught of up to 15.5m – the biggest container vessels currently in service – will be able to access ...
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Condor Ferries is to introduce a new, larger high-speed vessel on its Channel Islands routes from March 2015. A larger ferry serving the Channel Islands is due to come into service in March, Condor Ferries has announced. The £50m Austal-class Condor 102 vessel will have 40% more vehicle space but ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has opened a logisticscentre at Eastern Creek in Greater Sydney, close to a major motorway intersection. The 20,000sq m facility has eight loading docks and levellers, pick by voice technology and RF scanning.
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Midlands forwarder Surfair Logistics saw a 30% growth in turnover in its 2014/15 half year following its rebrand and relaunch earlier this year. Managing director, Paul Cannon
Managing director, Paul Cannon said the company had made a number of significant new contract wins. following last year’s programme of investment in warehousing, ...
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The Worldwide Project Consortium has appointed All Transport Middle East as its Lebanon member. A pure freight forwarding company founded in 1999, it is a sister company Smart Logistics, the WWPC member for Turkey and part of the Fevzi Gandur group of companies.
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Norbert Dentressangle has invested in two 15.65 metre trailers for its Mitsubishi Electric Europe contract, as part of the Department for Transport’s trial of two longer trucks. It follows introduction of a diesel/electric hybrid to the 20-strong dedicated vehicle fleet last year.
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