November 2016
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has published the list of finalists for next January’s Freight Service Awards.
BIFA director general, Robert Keen, commented: “We were pleased by the response once again this year. The awards encourage entries from small, medium and large companies, with the
goal of identifying the highest standards of quality across the British freight forwarding and logistics sector.”
The victors will be revealed by guest host, Sharron Davies and ...
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The new Liverpool2 container terminal will be officially opened today (Friday 4 November) by the Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr Liam Fox MP.
The £400 million investment by Peel Ports, one of the UK’s biggest port operators, will provide a state-of-the-art ocean gateway for a catchment area of over ...
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Members of the new Ocean Alliance - COSCO, CMA CGM, Evergreen and OOCL – have set out their service plans when the new grouping starts operations in April next year.
They will be branded as the ‘Day One’ network, deploying around 350 ships with capacity of 3.5 million teu and include ...
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Container line APL has confirmed that OCEAN Alliance from April 2017, as part of its new parent company, CMA CGM Group. While it will be joining a grouping comprising 350 ships on seven major, APL says it will differentiate itself “through compelling propositions and customised supply chain solutions” including “proven ...
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Maersk Line says it made a $116 million loss in the third quarter of the year, compared with a $264m in the same quarter of 2015. Average freight rate decreased by 16% compared to the third quarter of 2015, but it had increased 5.5% compared to the second quarter of ...
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Thanet District Council has failed in its bit for £4.17m worth of match funding to develop the ro ro terminal at the port of Ramsgate, according to Kentlivenews.com. It said that a Freedom of Information request submitted to the South East Local Economic Partnership by former councillor Ian Driver has ...
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British Airways owner IAG will launch new services from London Gatwick to Oakland three times a week and to Fort Lauderdale four times a week in March 2017. Both will be served by B777-200 aircraft. Major commodities likely to be shipped from Oakland include aircraft engines, electronics and fresh produce ...
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines is to launch a twice-weekly 747 freighter services between Heathrow and its Moscow hub, from 3 November.
The Thursday and Saturday flights have over 100 tonnes of cargo capacity. And will be the Russian-owned carrier’s 14th European destination. It says the new service is in response to growing market ...
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Staff volunteers at Maritime Transport (Maritime) fixed over 1,000 poppies to the company’s fleet over the weekend of 29-30 October in a military operation across 27 sites. The haulier is once again supporting the Royal British Legion as its chosen charity for 2016 - a cause close to its heart ...
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CMA CGM short-sea arm MacAndrews has made some adjustments to its Iberian service including a new trial call in Algeciras, southern Spain and in Figueira Da Foz. The revised east coast service departs Figueira Da Foz on Wednesday, Setúbal on Thursday and Leixões on Fridays and calls in Tilbury in ...
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