July 2017
Qatar Airways Cargo is flying out a herd cows to help get its home country’s dairy industry off the ground.
The first two shipments of 230 Holsteins – available in any colour you like, as long as it’s black and white - have been moved from Europe on a Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777 freighter, the first part of a 4,000-head herd that marks the launch of a completely new industry ...
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Insurers the TT Club is to continue its sponsorship of FIATA’s Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (YIFFYA), now in its nineteenth year.
The competition provides opportunities for all candidates, of which there were 17 this year, to demonstrate and develop their knowledge of the industry.
The overall winner of the International ...
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Ferry operator DFDS has appointed Mark Henderson as its new regional sales manager for the North of England, Scotland and Ireland. Previously, he was an officer on board the company’s Newcastle-Amsterdam ship, King Seaways, where he was in charge of all entertainment, the casino, and on board bars.
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P&O Ferries reported a 14% year on year increase in freight volumes at its two continental rail hubs, Zeebrugge and Europoort, in the first half of 2017. Between January and June the ferry and logistics company handled 42,421 units across the North Sea to the east coast of Britain. Zeebrugge ...
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AXA Investment Managers’ Baytree Logistics Properties arm has entered the German market with an up to 30,000sq m build-to-suit development in Hannover.
Located in the industrial Brink-Hafen area of the city, Baytree says the site is close to major road, rail and river routes, 10 minutes from the city centre or ...
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PD Ports achieved Silver status at the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards in Birmingham on 13 July.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents made the award to the North-East firm for its commitment to continued improvement in health, safety procedures and exceptional health and safety standards, ensuring the wellbeing ...
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Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) has called for a solution for Ireland – including the critical border issue – to be given top priority.
Production processes and supply chains on both sides of the Ireland/Northern Ireland border are highly integrated, with many businesses operating on an island of Ireland basis and ...
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Espace has launched an Express PLUS 1 service, a heavily discounted semi-express service by co-loading two express shipments on the same van. The Express PLUS 1 service takes an extra day to deliver the shipm,ent and compliments Espaces’ dedicated ‘Freight Emergency Service’. EXPRESS Plus offers a Money Back Guarantee.
Espace says ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has expanded its perishables logistics activities by acquiring US-based airfreight specialist CFI, Commodity Forwarders and Trillvane one of the largest perishables operators in Kenya, both for undisclosed suims.
The Swiss-based forwarder said the purchases would add more than 150,000 tons of perishables traffic a year.
CFI operates 14 locations ...
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FedEx revealed further information on the cyber attack that hit its newly acquired TNT subsidiary in June in its annual Form 10-K report for fiscal year 2017 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. It said that the worldwide operations of TNT were significantly affected by Petya virus which was ...
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