October 2015
US carrier Delta has blamed “subsidised state-owned airlines” in the Gulf for its decision to axe its Atlanta-Dubai service from 11 February next year. Delta, American and United have, through the Partnership for Open and Fair Skies asked the US government to open consultations with Qatar and the UAE to address the issue of $42 billion in government subsidies given to the Gulf carriers, which it says violates Open Skies ...
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The high speed vessel Stena Explorer has made her last journey on the Irish Sea before heading off to a new owners in Turkey. Once hailed as the future of sea transport and one of the few fast ferries in the world able to carry full-sized freight vehicles, the 40-knot ...
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Britain's Network Rail is to join the management board of the Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Mediterranean European Economic Interest Grouping. Current RFC North Sea - Med members include Eurotunnel the rail network bodies of the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Luxembourg. The aim is to make planning of freight ...
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FedEx Express is the busiest cargo airline in the world according to the latest IATA World Air Transport Statistics Report. The carrier transported over 7.1 million tonnes of airfreight in 2014, well ahead of its nearest rival UPS's 4.2m tonnes. FedEx also led the field on a tonne-kilometres basis, with ...
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Qatar Airways revealed plans for a new double decker cargo terminal at Hamad International Airport on 27 October, a day on which it also announced that it had become the third largest international cargo airline in the world, according to IATA figures. The new facility would have a capacity of ...
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Break-bulk shipping line Spliethoff is introducing a twice-monthly winter sailing to North America between Antwerp/Zeebrugge and Baltimore. The summer service operates to the Great Lakes but these freeze over in winter. There will be a connecting rail service from Baltimore to Cleveland, Ohio.
As soon as the Great Lakes unfreeze ...
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Asian-based forwarder Kerry Logistics has appointed Thomas Blank as its new managing director of Europe, based at the Central Europe office in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. He has held senior positions in a number of major logistics companies across Asia and Europe having previously served as managing director of South East Asia ...
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The Palletways freight network won an Operational Excellence accolade at this year’s Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport awards. It was presented to group member development director, Craig Hibbert by Princess Anne and the Institute’s president, Beverley Bell. CILT was impressed by the largest UK pallet network's Vision 20:20 IT strategy.
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Following the completion of its new bulk terminal earlier this month, the Port of Liverpool despatched its first trainload of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station in Yorkshire.
A freight train with 25 specially-designed wagons carrying 1,600 tonnes of pellets left the port on 26 October for the 99-mile journey ...
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No, not a British Airways safety video warning of the dangers of getting too close to aircraft engines - models Suki Waterhouse and Neelam Gill - were marking the debut of IAG/British Airways' first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its London-Delhi route.
The new plane will offer up to 22 tonnes ...
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