March 2015
Air Charter Service says its North American and Asian offices did more than $25m worth of business during the port strike on the US west coast. The London-headquartered broker has arrangedover 40 charter flights on large aircraft, carrying almost 5,000 tons of automotive parts, perishables and other urgent cargo to prevent production lines from being shut down
Managing director of ACS’s Asian offices, Stephen Fernandez (pictured), said aircraft availability was the ...
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Transport and logistics insure, the TT Club, has appointed Justin Reynolds as regional claims director, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in London, he has over 20 years’ dispute resolution experience. Prior to joining the TT Club, he was a partner at international law firm Holman Fenwick Willan.
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Tilbury's London Container Terminal says it is creating 75 new permanent jobs this year. They include straddle carrier drivers who currently work as contractors at the port but who will now have permanent employment at LCT. A major training programme is also underway to enhance the skills of straddle carrier ...
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Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI says it has installed the most powerful cargo X-ray scanner available at its London Heathrow site. The Astrophysics XIS-1818DV is a dual view machine (as required by security regulations from 1 January) with a 180x180cm tunnel aperture. Its powerful 320kv generator enables it to penetrate ...
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The Goodwood Festival of Speed has named DB Schenker as its ‘Preferred Logistics Supplier’ under a three year contract. The forwarder will offer a one-stop shop for complete event logistics, such as onsite handling services, international shipping, health and safety and joint IT systems.
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French-owned forwarder Geodis has united the commercial identity of its operations under a single brand. Geodis Calberson, Geodis Wilson, Geodis BM, Geodis Logistics and Geodis Supply Chain Optimization will disappear and be replaced by Geodis.
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