May 2015
US-based Worldwide Aeros Corporation has been granted a patent for its flight system for a constant volume variable buoyancy air vehicle, with onboard control-of-static-heaviness (COSH) management. The company describes it as “game-changing advancement in the field of aviation. COSH technology overcomes a historical limitation of airships regarding their need for external ballast, and now permits the aircraft type to engage in missions including long-range, heavy-lift cargo transport.
Aero chief executive ...
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The CMA CGM Group has signed an agreement to operate a logistics platform in cooperation with Cuban company, AUSA. The deal, the first of its kind involving an international company, was signed by vice-chairman, Rodolphe Saadé in the presence of French president François Hollande, the President of the French Republic. ...
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GAC Netherlands will open an office at Schiphol on 15 June is to offer air freight solutions and dedicated support for the North Sea oil & gas sector. The operation is headed by business unit manager Maurits Mostert. It has also opened a new branch at the Netherlands’ northernmost port ...
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After a surprisingly weak last quarter in 2014, January and February freight volume in Europe was higher than it was in the last three years, according to the TimoCom's transport barometer. At the end of the first quarter of 2015, the barometer indicates a freight to vehicle ratio of 39:61 ...
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Freight forwarders, logistics companies and other transport operators doing business in Russia must understand fully their liabilities in delivering freight in the country, warns insurers, the TT Club.
A seminar at the recent conference on transport and logistics, Trans Russia in Moscow - led by TT Club’s general manager, EMEA, ...
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Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics and Kestrel Liner Agencies/Tropical Shipping are to extend their cooperation to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. SSL already acts as representative agent for Kestrel and Tropical in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Tropical Shipping specialise in services to and from the Americas, with offices throughout both North and ...
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Drinks forwarding specialist JF Hillebrand has opened a new wine and beverages facility in Piacenza, northern Italy. Located 5km from Piacenza rail terminal, and close to all major highways, the 2,860sq m warehouse includes a sq m temperature controlled zone and a 1,100sq m insulated area. It is fully insured, ...
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Whistl - the TNT Post are of the former express operator - has suspended its delivery services in London, Liverpool and Manchester and is consulting with 2,000 workers on redundancy after it lost the backing of investment partner LDC. Whistl will continue to provide a service, but will use Royal ...
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Toll Holdings Limited shareholders will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting in Melbourne on Wednesday 13 May at 10am to vote on the proposed offer by Japan Post to acquire the company. The results of the vote will be announced later that day.
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Within hours of David Cameron being confirmed as the next prime minister, the Freight Transport Association urged him and his new Government to recognise the importance of logistics in keeping the people of Britain supplied with essential goods they need.
FTA director of policy, Karen Dee, said that policies “must ensure ...
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