April 2015

UASC starts London Gateway calls

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has started its previously announced services to London Gateway on its South America 2 service. it is part of an existing fixed day weekly service to ports including Paranagua (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Montevideo (Uruguay), Rio Grande (Brazil), Itapoa (Brazil) and Santos (Brazil). [+]

Bradford tops UK export table

Bradford is the UK's top exporting city – followed by Leeds, London, Manchester and Southampton, according to a new survey by FedEx Express. The global parcels and freight carrier has just published a survey – the UK Export Epicentres Report - that questioned 2,500 small and medium-sized firms in manufacturing, technology, ... [+]

Dublin – for Addis Ababa?

Ethiopian Airlines is to move its European hub to Dublin Airport in May. A total of ten transatlantic flights per week will stop at the airport for refuelling only – and in the westbound direction only - en route to destinations in the US and Canada. However, thrice-weekly commercial flights ... [+]

Three cargo heists a day in Europe, says TAPA

Major cargo crimes in Europe are running at an average of three a day with an average loss of over €205,000, according to the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA). The association's 2014 Incident Information Service (IIS) Annual Report for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region recorded 1,102 incidents of ... [+]

Virgin’s on the road again

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has extended its road feeder services contract with Jan de Rijk Logistics by three years and extended its network to over 50 airports in Europe. As well as onward connections from London to major desinations such as Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Paris, served by next morning deliveries from ... [+]

New deal to make Muscat an air cargo crossroads

Cargolux Airlines and Oman Air signed a joint venture on 16 April to turn Muscat International Airport into a regional air cargo hub, at a ceremony on board a Cargolux 747 freighter. Under the deal Cargolux would gain access to Oman Air’s bellyhold capacity, while the Middle Eastn airline would ... [+]

AV Dawson takes charge of its train set

North-east based logistics firm AV Dawson has signed a 99-year lease with Network Rail to manage Middlesbrough Goods Yard. It comes as the Teesside firm completes work on its £12.5m expansion plans including a new deepwater river Tees quay; a rail freight terminal the Tees Riverside Intermodal Park (TRIP) and ... [+]

Royal honour for warehousemen

Transaid patron Princess Anne will visit the Annual Convention of the International Federation of Warehousing Logistics Associations (IFWLA) at Liverpool Town Hall on 2 June. She will meet representatives from the UK and global logistics community and will also speak about the importance of the work of Transaid, which UKWA adopted ... [+]

Paul Newman is BIFA’s latest star

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) – www.bifa.org – has engaged Paul Newman in a consultancy role for the trade association’s London East and South East region. He replaces Nigel Peall, who is retiring, and becomes one of five consultants appointed by BIFA to engage with members and other stakeholders at ... [+]

New boss for Dentressangle Air & Sea

Loïc Gay has joined Norbert Dentressangle to lead the group’s Air & Sea division. He brings with him over 14 years air and sea freight management experience, in France, Belgium, Australia and the US. Norbert Dentressangle’s Air & Sea business achieved turnover of €206 million in 2014, up 42% from ... [+]

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