August 2016
The airfreight industry and battery manufacturers have spelled out a stark warning over the dangers of rogue Lithium battery shipments.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), and manufacturer’s bodies the US Rechargeable Battery Association (PRBA) and the European Advanced Rechargeable and Lithium Battery Association (RECHARGE) have written to trade, transport and aviation ministers in the world’s largest lithium battery ...
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Ceva Logistics has appointed Willie Parra Fonseca as country manager Costa Rica. He will be based at the company’s San José office. Over the last eight years in he has worked in retail, fast-moving consumer goods, technology, life science and the healthcare sectors.
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With public consultation on a new lorry park for the Dover area getting underway on 12 August, the Freight Transport Association called for a solution to future problems on Kent's roads. The Highways England consultation on the proposed Stanford West lorry area lasts until 23 September.
FTA's head of policy for ...
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Russian Railways’ JSC RZD logistics arm is testing a new temperature-control system for perishable goods from China to Russia.
The first refrigerated container train carrying fruit and vegetables left Dalian on 8 August and is expected to arrive at in Moscow railway in 18-20 days.
Containers are connected to a diesel-generator wagon ...
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ABP’s Green Port Hull development at Alexandra Dock has handled its first commercial ships. Stema Shipping’s MV Bulknes and MV Beltnes delivered almost 400,000 tonnes of crushed stone from Norway which will be used to surface the windmill factory site that is being built by Siemens. Ultimately the berths will ...
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Power station developer MGT Teesside has concluded financing arrangements for a 299 MWe biomass fuelled combined heat and power renewable energy plant on the Teesport Estate.
It will cost about £650m to construct and will be built under a turn-key “engineering, procurement and construction” contract by a consortium of Tecnicas Reunidas ...
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Palletways Group has appointed Dave Walmsley (below, left), the company’s former member and network development director as its new UK managing director, as well as a raft of other senior management changes.
Previous UK managing director, Luis Zubialde (below, right), becomes the group’s chief operating officer and will oversee the managing ...
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There has been further migrant trouble in Calais, reports the Freight Transport Association. It said that in a recent incident, hundreds of migrants were marched from trucks in Calais and lorry roofs were slashed to shreds as stowaways tried to escape from queuing vehicles.
Belfast-based driver Tony Henderson - whose own ...
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Aircraft charter firm Chapman Freeborn and specialist heavylift airline Volga-Dnepr played a key part in the recent success of Solar Impulse 2’
s historic mission to become the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the globe.
The two partners provided comprehensive logistical assistance including cargo and passenger chartered aircraft to transport spare parts, ...
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SEKO Logistics has added 100,000 square feet of warehousing and fulfilment capacity in Hong Kong for its e-commerce gateway to China’s online consumer market. It includes a new 50,000 square foot warehouse on the border of Shenzhen in southeastern China, with 10 dock doors and employing 50 staff. It also ...
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