March 2016
Cargo airline Bright Flight has based an Antonov An-26B freighter at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport, about 100km east of Duesseldorf. Urgent deliveries up to 5.5 tons of freight can now be transported at short notice and to any location throughout Europe from the airport, which is open 24 hours a day.
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The English Commercial Court has thrown out a case brought by the Djibouti government against its former Port and Freezone Authority chairman Abdourahman Boreh alleging improper practice in awarding an operating concession to DP World. In a statement, the global port operator said: “We have invested significantly in Djibouti over ...
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Maersk Line's intra-European arm Seago is to introduce a direct service between the Mediterranean transhipment hub of Algeciras in Spain and Liverpool from 13 April.
Liverpool's new Liverpool2 large container berth is also due to start handling its first commercial boxes at about the same time.
The service, which also calls in ...
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Logistics and forwarding operator Delamode – hitherto best known as an East European specialist - has launched new groupage services for Italy and Germany. Customers can ship from the UK to any destination in Italy and Germany using Delamode’ network with daily departures for Germany and twice weekly departures for ...
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Freight forwarder FS Mackenzie Group (FSM) – the UK and Russia member of the FPS Group network of independent forwarders and NVOCCs – has opened a new office in Tbilisi, Georgia, to act as gateway for imports to the Caucasus region. It is the company’s 17th branch.
The new operation is ...
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The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has called for a Maritime Industries Supply Chain Forum to be set up to tackle the poor quality of service since the consolidation of the world’s top 20 lines into ‘super alliances’,
One year on from the publication of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is to market the belly capacity of holiday airline Eurowings’ long-haul flights from the start of the summer timetable on 27 March. The network includes routes from Cologne/Boon to the Caribbean (Varadero, Cancun, Dominican Republic) and Thailand (Phuket, Bangkok).
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FTA Ireland says that there is still just time to book a place at its Transport Manager Conference on Wednesday 9 March at the Johnstown House Hotel and Spa in Enfield, Co Kildare.
Key speakers at the event include Andy Coram of the UK Border Force, who will discuss the ...
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Damco – the forwarding arm of the AP Moeller Group - has expanded its Southern Vietnam Logistics Center in Binh Duong Province. Now covering 37,150sq m and with 141 loading bays, the C-TPAT certified multi-purpose warehouse will allow Damco to perform new value added activities for its customers.
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Integrated weighing system specialist RAVAS says that its forklift-mounted iForks system and associated app can provide data in line with the new Solas method 2 requirements. With iForks on the forklift, every pallet lifted is immediately weighed, without taking the goods out of the process. Total weight in the container ...
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