July 2015
An erratic air and sea freight market, a shift in geographic focus and advanced technology and data analysis is bringing the traditional freight forwarding model into question, say consultants Ti.
In its annual Global Freight Forwarding 2015 report, Ti says that forwarders gained volumes but often found it hard to translate this into profits.
Meanwhile global trade is becoming more regional, with the top three flows in terms of valuebeing within Europe, ...
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Aircraft charter specialist ACS roared into action last week to transport seven wild lions from South Africa to Rwanda. This is part of a major conservation project to reintroduce the big cat to the country following the decimation of the population following the 1994 genocide and civil war in the ...
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Chilled distribution specialist NFT has started building its new port-centric logistics centre in Tilbury. Due to be open for business by late 2015, it will have capacity for 25,000 pallets or 2.5 million cases per week.
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TimoCom's transport barometer showed signs of a boom in the second quarter of 2015, with an impressive freight to vehicle ratio of 54:46 – confirming the recovery that appeared to have set in in the first quarter of the year. As well as holiday factors, tne factor for the strong ...
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Pegasus Airlines and Bahcesehir University are organising an international transport logistics conferenceat the Besiktas campus in Istanbul on 8 October. It will be of particular interest to students looking to make a career in these sectors.
Pegasus Airlines cargo vice president, Aydin Alpa said: “At Pegasus Cargo we believe that hands-on ...
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IAG Cargo will begin cargo services on its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on 25 October, on its five times weekly service between London Heathrow and Delhi. At seven pallets and 16 tonnes of lift, the new plane will offer around 17% more capacity per flight than the Boeing 747 it ...
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The British International Freight Association's annual Freight Service Awards competition is now open for entries.
All of the category sponsors from last year are supporting the awards once again, and they are joined by two new sponsors supporting two new categories. The Cool Award is open to providers of specialist refrigerated ...
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The EU Commission has approved a joint bid by the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the port of Brest, France and Leixoes in Portugal for the ATLANTIS project, part of the European Commission’s £1+billion Motorways of the Sea initiative.
The City Region gains £370,000 to fund a range ...
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CEVA Logistics has extended its existing one-year deal to provide customs brokerage to Volvo Cars of North America by a further two years. CEVA provides customs brokerage services to Volvo from its Detroit offices, and also gives the manufacturer access to its automotive sector expertise.
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Stena Line and the Port of Rotterdam are to jointly to build a second berth at the Stena Line terminal at Europoort, as part of a €27 million investment. Work to develop the new 212mlong, 6.30m draft facility, will start shortly and is expected to be completed in the first ...
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