April 2018
Aircraft operator Weston Aviation says it has increased its cargo and business aviation activity by 212% in the seven years since starting operations at Humberside International Airport in 2011. Chief executive and founder Nick Weston said the base was an ideal location for offshore operations, military training and transit flights, with quick access to North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
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Mark Whitehead, the recently-retired former chief executive of Hong Kong airfreight handler Hactl has died in his sleep whilst competing in an ocean yacht race.
He joined Hactl in 2010 and, under his outstanding leadership, the company successfully navigated a period of unprecedented change, while continuing its investment and modernisation programmes. His tenure as Chief Executive was also ...
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Project logistics specialist, KOG Worldwide is being rebranded as Rhenus Project Logistics following completion of integration with its German parent company. Rhenus Project Logistics now has 24 companies in 20 different countries including Europe, Asia North Africa and North America and with new sites recently opened in Chicago, Bremen and ...
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Dutch short sea operator A2B-online has acquired an additional container vessel to introduce a new three days a week service from Rotterdam to Teesport. The service will be operated by a 500teu vessel and is expected to start operations in May.
The A2B service operates from the Broekman Distriport terminal (picture ...
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Taiwanese owned shipping line Evergreen has opened an office in Cambodia. It currently delivers cargoes to and from the country by common feeder, via the Vietnamese port of Cai Mep and Singapore, where long haul vessels connect into Evergreen’s global network across 115 countries. It will however use two 1,618teu ...
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Russia-based freighter operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines is to start scheduled services at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, US. Weekly scheduled 747F flights on Thursdays will carry freight inbound from the airline’s global hub in Moscow and return through Liege, Belgium, from 5 April.
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DHL has opened a 6,500sq m e-fulfilment centre at Radlett, north London as part of a programme to expand its worldwide network. The carrier says it is also planning to expand across Europe, including in the Netherlands, Poland or Switzerland. It adds that with the e-commerce market placing aggressive demands ...
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