July 2015
Luxembourg-based all-cargo airline Cargolux has reached a deal with the OGBL union in a long-running dispute over a new collective work agreement. It signed a declaration of intent on 24 July under which, among other things, the number of aircraft operated under the carrier's new Cargolux Italia will be capped.
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July’s Stifel Logistics Confidence Index slipped for a second consecutive month to 56.4, reports consultants Transport Intelligence (Ti) While it still remains higher than the same periods for 2013 and 2014, concerns over what the six month outlook may bring appears to be weighing on the market.
Indeed, demand appears to ...
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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has announced its plans for the Women in Logistics and Transport (WiLAT) conference at its International Convention in Dubai on 13 September.
WiLAT Middle East Regional Coordinator, Nadia Abdul Aziz, will welcome delegates before handing over to WiLAT founder and global convenor, Aisha ...
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Freight forwarding and logistics company Panalpina said on 23 July that it had kept profitability stable in the first half of 2015 despite a challenging environment. While the group’s gross profit decreased 5% (adjusted at constant currency rates: +2%) to CHF 736.1 million, earnings before interest and tax and consolidated ...
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The first freight train from China arrived at the Rail Service Center Rotterdam on Thursday evening (23 July). Carrying 80 containers, it departed from Kumming on 5 July and traveled via the Zabaykalsk with Russia, – Belarus Brest/Malaszewicze (Polish border) and Malaszewicze (Poland) where the units destined for Rotterdam were ...
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Port delays on both sides of the Channel are costing the UK logistics industry £750,000 a day according to Freight Transport Association (FTA) figures. Problems in France with migrants, striking ferry workers and protesting farmers mean drivers are spending hours stuck in Operation Stack on the M20 in Kent and ...
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Jet Services recently moved three LPG storage tanks from Turkey to Malta for a leading gas distributor on the island.. Following collection by truck from the plant at Gaziantep, they were lashed to three mafi trailers for the ro ro voyage from Izmir to Malta Freeport, with a transhipment in ...
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It's not only cross-Channel truckers who have suffered during the recent strike and stowaways crisis in the port of Calais – operators of through rail services have also been under immense pressure.
In a statement issued on 23 July, the Rail Freight Group warned: “The impact on cross-channel rail freight services ...
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Davies Turner has appointed Alan Williams, previously director at Dartford, as national sales and marketing director, responsible for developing the Group's logistics, overland and ocean freight operations. His replacement as director at Dartford is Edward Stephenson, a graduate of the company's apprenticeship scheme, he was previously one of the company's ...
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Somewhere out there in the gloom are Peter Ward, senior asset manager at Port of Tilbury, London and Derek McGlashan, Forth Ports’ group safety, health and environment manager in Grangemouth. They managed to climb five of the six highest mountains in the UK in one day at the Cairngorm mountain ...
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