April 2018
Robert van de Weg has rejoined Volga-Dnepr Group as vice president for sales and marketing. He previously spent nearly three years at the group before deciding in 2017 to pursue his personal interests. Since then, he has continued to provide valuable advisory and consulting services to Volga-Dnepr. In his new role, based in London, he will embrace the commercial activities of all the Group’s airlines, namely AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Volga-Dnepr Airlines ...
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DataFreight company co-founder and director, Sharon Brown, has elected to take part in the 21st MoonWalk® London 2018, organised by WalktheWalk®. This is an all-night, marathon distance walk of 26.2 miles starting from Clapham Common on May 12th, 2018 in aid of breast cancer. Details of WalktheWalk can be found ...
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APL has extended its Eagle GO. Guaranteed service to its Trans-Atlantic and Oceania routes. Shippers get guaranteed equipment and vessel space on board six US-bound services from 17 European ports, including Southampton, London Gateway and seven services destined for Australia and New Zealand from 15 Asian ports. From 23 April, ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched a new global certification program to improve the safety and welfare of animals travelling by air. The Center of Excellence for Independent Validators for Live Animals Logistics (CEIV Live Animals) gives assurance that certified companies are operating to the highest standards and ...
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Europa Worldwide Group recently gave over 200 students a taste of working life recently at a ‘mock interview’ day at Lampton School in Hounslow, close to its Heathrow branch.
Heathrow branch manager, Nick Robertson, national airfreight manager, Andy Serpant and internal recruitment and acquisition manager, Mark Chopping interviewed 238 students aged ...
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Russian-owned airfreight operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines recently carried a record 19 va-Q-tainers on a single flight, delivering products for a biotech customer.
The 19 high-performance passive containers, weighing around 15 tonnes in total, were delivered to Frankfurt ready to ‘load and go’ onboard one of AirBridgeCargo’s Boeing 747-8F services to Moscow Sheremetyevo ...
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The United Nations launched new technical standards to support the creation and exchange of electronic consignment notes on 4 April. Currently, transport operators often have to use different e-CMR services with varying standards but the International Road Transport Union (IRU) has worked with the UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and ...
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Manifest details for all containerised cargo arriving in South Africa will need to be reported to the South African Revenue Service no later than 24 hours prior to container loading 20 April. The new regulation applies to containerized cargo discharged at South African ports, including all transshipment cargo.
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Containerships has replaced the Moby Dick terminal with a call at Bronka in St Petersburg to its schedules. It includes the service to and from Teesport and Thamesport.
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Bristol Port received the first shipment from Brazil to Royal Portbury Dock in March under a new contract expected to bring significant volumes of wood pulp. Shipped by Fibria, one of the world’s largest manufacturers, the cargo arrives on Saga Welco vessels and will be warehoused at the docks before ...
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