November 2016
Eurotunnel’s Le Shuttle Freight carried 1,483,741 trucks between 1 January and 25 November, the same number as in the whole of 2015, which was itself a record breaking year. In the first ten months of 2016, Le Shuttle Freight grew by more than 12%, largely outperforming the market, which only increased by 5%.
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Etihad Cargo had its busiest month ever in October, uplifting 53,785 tonnes of cargo and surpassing its previous best, achieved in November 2014, by 501 tonnes. This reflected growth in perishables traffic from Africa, US inbound and outbound traffic, and volumes from Europe to Asia Pacific.
Etihad Cargo has also enrolled ...
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Nominations close at the end of November for the PD Ports Northern Powerhouse Export Awards 2017, which will take place on 9 February at Leeds Marriott Hotel. There are nine award categories - from e-commerce exporter to export team of the year - and entry is completely free.
Visit: http://www.chamber-international.com and ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) Multimodal Awards 2017 are open for nominations online, and include a new category for Innovation in Infrastructure Projects.
Now in their second year, the Awards reward best-in-class across air, road, rail, and maritime services, as well as a young logistics professional, an innovative infrastructure project, and ...
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Freight forwarder Röhlig UK has appointed Mark Conway (picture, left) and Rob Lawry (right) o its commercial team. Mark Conway brings 20 years’ experience in the business and Rob Lawry 18 years. Their appointments are part of the Röhlig UK operational excellence strategy, which focusses on serving customers throughout its ...
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Air Charter Service’s Brazil and Florida offices chartered Antonov Airlines’ giant AN-225 to carry the heaviest single piece of air cargo to be flown in the Americas, a 182 tonne transformer from São Paulo to Santiago de Chile. From there it was transferred to its final destination, where it replaced ...
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DSV Road said that its Purfleet and Tamworth centres both handled over 10 million freight kilos for the first time on record, with Tamworth repeating the feat in October. At the same time, its UK Domestic network handled over 60,000 consignments in September and again in October, the highest on ...
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Russian carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has become the first airline in Russia - and the seventh in the world - to gain IATA CEIV (Center of Excellence for Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics) certification for pharmaceutical shipments through its Moscow Sheremetyevo hub.
The carrier completed its preparation in just four months before ...
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Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) secretary-general Chris Welsh has been invited to join the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) board. GSF itself joined ICHCA in 2012 to promote cooperation between shippers and the international cargo handling community and to enhance safety standards in the maritime supply chain. Mr Welsh said ...
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Teesport is celebrating the second anniversary of the opening of its Intermodal Rail Terminal in 2014.
The hub enjoys regular Freightliner trains to and from Felixstowe and Southampton by Freightliner and services to Mossend and Grangemouth by DB Cargo UK.
PD Ports’ business development director, Geoff Lippitt, said: “We are nearing capacity ...
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