June 2016
PD Ports is spearheading an initiative to promote greater use of rail and short-sea shipping to and from Teesport.
The Freight Management Partnership has been launched in collaboration with multi-national shipping companies, Network Rail, Highways Agency and the Road Haulage Association as well as Tees Valley Combined Authority.
The group has been set up as part of PD Ports’ wider group strategy for Teesport as the gateway for shippers serving northern markets ...
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Geodis India has appointed Sushma Fulsunge, as regional director - Western Region. She brings over 20 years of experience in the industry and in-depth knowledge of the local market. Geodis has been present in India since 1998, operating from 14 locations in the country.
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FedEx and the UEFA Foundation for Children have helped opening a new community football pitch in one of Madrid’s most deprived areas - Cañada Real.
As well as giving local children and young people a safe place to play the new pitch will provide a fully functional and environmentally sustainable facility, ...
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Australiasian and international logistics provider Mainfreight has opened new US warehouses in Newark (New Jersey) and Dallas, Texas, of 135,000sq ft and 129,000sq ft, respectively. The US network already includes sites at Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta.
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) and FTA Ireland (FTAI) have called for urgent postponement of a new French employment requiring all drivers and similar road workers visiting the country to carry documents proving they earn the country’s minimum wage.
With just 15 days before the 1 July deadline, the situation for ...
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IAG Cargo has appointed Pravin Singh as regional commercial manager for Asia Pacific and India, replacing John Cheetham, who moves to a strategic role. Singh was most recently area commercial manager, South Asia.
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Pilots and flight engineers at US cargo airline Kalitta Air - which supplies much of the air lift for the DHL Express global network – are threatening to walk out after negotiations between management and the Teamsters union broke down.
The union says that its members have already voted overwhelmingly in ...
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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has imposed a $350,000 fine on Amazon for sending a leaking one-gallon container of corrosive by UPS. Moreover, it added, the online retailer has a history of violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations, totting up 24 other breaches of the rules from February 2013 to September ...
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Stena Line’s Sustainability Report for 2015 said the operator has exceeded its targets for reduction of emissions of both sulphur and CO2. New regulations on sulphur emissions laid down in 2015 have resulted in a reduction of over 4,000 tonnes of sulphur from 2014 to 2015, or 15%, across its ...
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WACO System member Freightworks has moved a 155-tonne compressor skid and equipment from Ukraine to Abu Dhabi on the world’s largest cargo plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya. This was only the second journey to Abu Dhabi for the colossal aircraft, which has twice the wing area of a Boeing 747.
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