November 2016
Hapag-Lloyd is setting up customer service desks for coffee in selected offices handling large volumes of the commodity. They are staffed by employees who can satisfy the requirements of coffee customers even more quickly and include an export desk in Brazil and an import desk in Hamburg, Europe’s largest centre for coffee. The line adds that the roll out of steel floored containers will also benefit its coffee customers as ...
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Harwich International Port has joined its sister its sister port at Felixstowe in gaining Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status from HM Revenue & Customs. AEO status gives quicker access to certain simplified customs procedures and in some cases the right to ‘fast-track’ shipments through some customs procedures.
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Stena Line celebrated the fifth anniversary of its Belfast – Cairnryan service on 21 November. The service opened in 2011 and was part of an £80m investment by Stena Line included a new Loch Ryan Port being built at Cairnryan in Scotland and the introduction of the two largest ferries ...
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Turkish-based Ekol Logistics’ multimodal arm – Alternative Transport - launched its sixth vessel the Meleq on 18 November in Flensburg, Germany.
The ship has a 280-trailer capacity and will join Alternative Transport’s five-strong fleet in February, 2017, on the Turkey to Italy route.
Ekol Logistics and Alternative Transport chairman Ahmet ...
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It’s a triple delight for DFDS as it selebrates three significant events.
The company is celebrating 150 years in business, while later this month it celebrates the 70th year of the arrival in the UK of the world’s most famous Christmas Tree as well as welcoming the world’s largest Lego model ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov Airlines are to dissolve their An-124-100 freighter joint venture, Ruslan International, on 31 December. The Russian and Ukrainian companies set Ruslan up in 2006 to jointly market their combined fleets and improve availability.
Volga-Dnepr said it would continue to operate a fleet of 12 of the ...
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Steve Crosland has joined the board of the Port of Tyne as a non-executive director. He was previously director of human resources with NetJets Europe and group personnel director for Northern Electric.
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P&O Ferries has formally opened its expanded terminal at Zeebrugge which doubles capacity to around 700,000 units a year with a fourth berth and significantly enhanced rail capacity. In addition to Teesport, P&O Ferries also serves Tilbury and Hull from Zeebrugge, which has rail links across the continent including Romania, ...
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Vladimir Zubkov will be TIACA’s new secretary general, replacing Doug Brittin, who retires at the end of the year. Zubkov has more than 40 years’ experience in the air transport industry, including senior roles with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and, most recently, as vice president of Volga-Dnepr Group. ...
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Manchester Airport said that capacity constraints in the South East of England helped it to a huge growth in exports from over the last six months, as its half year cargo figures (1 April – 30 September) were released on 16 November.
Cargo handled increased to 58,372 tonnes, with ...
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