October 2016

Spain may raise truck weight

Spanish Land Transport Director General Joaquin del Moral has indicated that the Government is coonsidering increasing the country’s maximum truck weight to 44 tonnes. This would bring Spain into line with other EU countries including the UK, which already allow trucks up to that weight. [+]

UK and China sign air deal

The UK and China agreed on 11 October to more than double the number of flights between the two countries. Under the deal passenger flights can now increase from the current maximum of 40 per week for each nation to up to 100 and there will be no limit on ... [+]

Rwanda gets first commercial drone service

US company Zipline says it has started the world’s first commercial drone delivery service, in Rwanda, the BBC reports. Rather than the familiar quad-copter design, it uses automatically-flown fixed-wing drones that resemble small light aircraft. The drones release small packages attached to parachutes and do not land at delivery points ... [+]

Doncaster Sheffield gets its skates on

Doncaster Sheffield Airport has handled two 747 freighters for Feld Entertainment on behalf of Disney on Ice, bringing set and staging equipment to the UK for this year’s Frozen tour. The two cargo aircraft arrived at Doncaster Sheffield Airport from Narita, Japan on 4 October in preparation for the start of ... [+]

DFDS breaks the million mark ahead of schedule

Ferry operator DFDS has smashed all freight records on its Dover-Dunkirk and Dover-Calais routes, breaking through the million lorry mark earlier than expected. Freight sales director Wayne Bullen said: “We knew we were on course, but the special moment came earlier than we originally predicted. Milestones such as this emphasise the ... [+]

Forwarder to partner Lufthansa private shipper service

Freight forwarder Militzer & Münch has been appointed exclusive agent in Europe for Lufthansa Cargo’s new myAirCargo for private shippers. The recently announced new service is aimed at individuals sending international airfreight shipments such as furniture, motorcycles or art objects that are too large or heavy for airline carry-on luggage. It ... [+]

UPS extends early morning footprint

UPS has extended its early morning package delivery service, UPS Worldwide Express Plus to 28 new countries and it now covers more postal codes in 25 existing countries. It includes 3,000 additional postal codes in the UK and 2,000 in Canada. New countries include Romania, Turkey and Serbia. UPS Express ... [+]

Forwarder launches Sri Lanka-East Midlands freighter

US fashion fowarder Trinity Logistics has signed a deal with Etihad Cargo for a weekly wide-body freighter service from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Columbus, Ohio and on to East Midlands Airport in the UK. Etihad Cargo operated several charter flights for Trinity Logistics over the summer, and has now signed a formal, ... [+]

Flying rhino

The live animal department of international freight forwarder a. hartrodt (Belgium) is doing its bit for global conservation by moving a young rhino from a German zoo via Brussels airport to Australia. The beast, which despite its youth weighed a hefty 1100kg (3150kg including its transport box) was destined for a ... [+]

A new box terminal for Basra

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has formally opened the first phase of its new Basra Gateway Terminal BGT) in Umm Qasr North Port, Iraq in a ceremony attended by Minister of Transport, Kadhem Finjan al-Hamami and , ICTSI chairman and president, Enrique Razon Mr Razon said: “Today represents a milestone in ... [+]

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