June 2015
Freightliner Group chairman, Peter Maybury, is to retire after 18 years with the company. He joined Freightliner in 1997 from the Ford Motor Company, subsequently became commercial director for the intermodal business and managing director in 2005. Soon after the sale of the business to Arcapita, he became Freightliner Group CEO in 2009, from which position he retired in 2013 to become chairman.
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is alarmed at reports of a delay to the Airport's Commission's announcement on options for runway expansion in south-east England.
An announcement on one of three options outlined by the Commission last November was expected this month, but reports claim there will be no response ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo teamed up with motorsport freight forwarding specialists first-air to deliver two Chevrolet Corvette CR.7 cars and 16 tonnes of equipment to the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race. The cars travelled from the headquarters of Pratt & Miller Engineering in Hudson, Michigan, to London onboard Virgin Atlantic's daily ...
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Abnormal load forwarding and transport specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Abnormal Load Services (WWL ALS) has opened a new office in Dubai. It is close to Jebel Ali Port and Dubai World Central airport. The company said it would allow it to take advantage of one of the world's pivotal trading ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is to extend its joint venture with Japan's ANA Cargo to the eastbound leg from 3 August. The two carriers launched a joint venture, initially between Japan and Europe, in December 2014. It will give customers in Europe access to the two carriers' shared network, including over 90 ...
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Menzies Distribution has acquired Inverness-based AJG Parcels in order to enter the e-commerce parcel market. It will focus on hard-to-reach areas, where it will act as a neutral consolidation partner for major parcel carriers. Beginning 20 years ago as an owner-managed operation, AJG Parcels now makes around 9,000 deliveries and ...
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Cargo crime data recorded by Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) Europe, Middle East and Africa’s Incident Information Service (IIS) in the first quarter of 2015 shows the UK and the Netherlands with the highest levels of reported incidents, accounting for over 67% of the 206 freight thefts or attempted thefts ...
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PD Ports has completed a £22m project, which included the reconstruction of 305m of quay to enhance handling facilities at Teesport. It will enable Teesport to accommodate fully laden panamax bulk vessels carrying 70,000 tonnes of cargo with loading ability at any level of tide.
The 12-month project, which is part ...
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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport's supply chain benchmarking club has published the findings of a recent Logmark survey on driver shortage.
The 100-plus participants from companies including Norbert Dentressangle, Marks & Spencers, Doddle, Mark Thompson Transport Ltd and Premier Foodsfound that 74% of club members surveyed were experiencing ...
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IAG Cargo is rolling out its new e-Booking system, starting in Spain. It says that enhanced features such as self-service registration, template bookings and auto-rating make it the easiest and fastest way yet for freight forwarders to book with the joint British Airways-Iberia-owned, with bookings taking less than three minutes ...
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