July 2016
Freight forwarder Geodis is has opened a new oil and gas warehouse at Aberdeen harbour. The 1,850sq m facility has direct access to Aberdeen port and is within easy reach of the airport and will be managed by personnel with specific knowledge and skills in sector. Geodis already has similar hubs at Antwerp, Dubai, Houston, Shanghai and Singapore.
Geodis Aberdeen will also serve oil and gas projects in the rest of ...
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British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general, Robert Keen is urging the new transport secretary and new secretary of state for international trade Government to stop procrastinating over the expansion of UK aviation capacity “and move forward with the recommendations made by the Airports Commission by building more capacity at ...
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Korean shipping line Hyundai Merchant Marine is to become a member of the 2M container alliance, joining existing members MSC and Maersk Line. Operations will be merged from April, subject to approval processes. At one stage, troubled Hyundai was reported to be seeking a merger with fellow Korean operator Hanjin, ...
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Stansted-based all-cargo carrier CargoLogicAir took delivery of a Boeing 747-8 freighter at the Farnborough International Airshow on 14 July. The carrier started operations in February with a Boeing 747-400, mainly services on behalf of other carriers between the UK, Europe and Africa and the arrival of its second 747 will ...
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APM Terminals Cotonou commissioned two large mobile cranes in the Benin port at a ceremony presided over by Benin minister of transport, Hervé Hehomey. The new cranes will bring the terminal's operating total to five, and have a lifting capacity of 144 tons, making them the largest in the port area.
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Dutch-based forwarder Damco has expanded its Hub-in-Transit programme with new locations in the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Morocco. The system allows companies to postpone decisions on final delivery date and final destination, by using container transhipment hubs as “decoupling points” in the supply chain. It is of especial interest ...
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The UK arm of German-owned project forwarder FH Bertling and seven individuals have been charged with bribery, reports the Financial Times. The seven - Peter Ferdinand, Marc Schweiger, Stephen Emler, Joerg Blumberg, Dirk Juergensen, Giuseppe Morreale, Ralf Peterson - are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 4 August. ...
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Ro ro freight on the English Channel and the Irish Sea increased by 4.8% to 4.41 million units in 2015, according to figures published by industry group, Discover Ferries. Introducing its first-ever freight figures, Discover Ferries, which represents 12 UK and Irish operators, said that growth was driven by a ...
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Davies Turner is to include its Bristol and Manchester hubs in its direct trailer services between the UK and Poland. The two-way route already serves London (Dartford) and Birmingham. Davies Turner operates in partnership with Raben Group, the largest independent forwarder in Poland. Services into Poznan where Raben has its ...
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Russian airline group Volga-Dnepr confirmed an order for 20 Boeing 747-8 freighters at the Farnborough Air Show on 12 July. It has also signed a reciprocal deal to provide logistics support for the plane maker and its partners using the 747-8 and Antonov 124-100 freighters operated by its subsidiaries, AirBridgeCargo ...
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