February 2017
Maersk Line has applied for EU approval for its purchase of Hamburg Sud with an initial decision due by March 27- although the deadline can be extended for another 90 days. Main sticking points are seen as South American routes – for example, the combined carrier would have a 37% share of the Germany/Brazil market.
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The Irish International Freight Association (IIFA) is to joined the Clecat pan-European forwarders' group, president Tom Thornton told a meeting in Dublin on 21 February. It would give the industry a voice in the EU following the UK's decision last June to exit the Union, he told delegates to a ...
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Antonov Airlines used machinery it designed itself to speed loading of its first charter consignment from its new UK headquarters at London Stansted Airport - a British-manufactured helicopter almost 4.4 metres highen route to south-east Asia on one of its seven AN-124-100 freighters.
It was loaded at the Diamond Hangar at ...
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UK ro ro freight appears to have staged a full recovery from recession, rising 3.5% in 2016, according to annual figures published today by industry body, Discover Ferries.
Some 4.57m freight vehicles were carried on ferries in 2016 with increases on three main sectors surveyed between the UK and Ireland or ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has approved the promotion of Robert Windsor and Spencer Stevenson to directors.
Windsor (bottom), who joined the BIFA secretariat in June 2009 will continue to lead the trade association’s representational work with government and many other organisations that BIFA seeks to influence on behalf of ...
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DFDS has taken delivery of the first of two new ro ro freight vessels from the Flensburger Schiffbau shipyard.
She and her sister ship, due to be handed over in September, are 210 metres long with capacity for 262 trailers with a load space of 4,076 metres and are set to ...
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Following its entry into the Polish market in May 2015, Turkish-owned Ekol Logistics has opened another warehouse in the country, at Koninko near Poznań.
It is a cross-dock warehouse for international groupage transports, near the A2 east-west motorway and close to a railway terminal as it is a part of the ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines recently used a series of An-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD charter flights, along with the scheduled Boeing 747 freighter services run by its sister airline, AirBridgeCargo (ABC), to help Deugro Airfreight deliver equipment for a new liquefied natural gas plant on the Yamal Peninsula in northwest Siberia.
The first flight carried ...
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Freight on Rail said it welcomed planning approval for a rail freight interchange at Howbury Park in South East London. It said it was an important element of the network of strategic rail freight interchanges being developed across the country to ensure that consumer freight can be transported long distance ...
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Broker KGH Customs has created a site to help companies get ready for the new EU Union Customs Code (UCC). - uccmadesimple.com It includes a self-assessment tool to help firms ascertain quickly how prepared they are and what they need to do. There is also a checklist.
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