July 2018
DHL Express announced an order for 14 Boeing 777 Freighters at the Farnborough International Airshow on 16 July, along with options and purchase rights for 7 additional aircraft. The delivery of the first four planes is expected to be completed in 2019. They are described as replacements for existing aircraft, and hence capacity neutral, but will bring significant cost, efficiency and reliability benefits. It adds that purchasing, as opposed to ...
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BIFA said it had “mixed feelings” about the Brexit White Paper, published on 13 July.
Director general Robert Keen said it “ addresses some of the issues that BIFA has highlighted over the past two years, including retaining something as close to the Single Market and Customs Union as is possible, ...
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Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight has achieved a record half-year with more than 845,000 trucks transported since 1 January. With 142,016 trucks transported in June 2018, it also recorded the best June in its history, beating the previous record in June 2016.
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One of FBJ's feline football pundits came within a whisker of accurately predicting the winner and scoreline in Sunday's World Cup final. And his suggested 3-2 result would have been spot-on were it not for an extremely dubious penalty decision. However, his colleague and brother Sammy's 1-0 prediction proved wide ...
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The four regional finalists in the TT Club- and FIATA-sponsored Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award have been announced, selected from among 17 entries by national associations.
They are: Miss Tjaka Segooa, South Africa; Mrs Kendyl Baptiste, Canada; Miss Sarah Kate Skrypec, Australia; and Mr Louis Perrin, UK.
The diverse ...
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CMA CGM has obtained all regulatory approvals for its plan to take a 25% share in Ceva Logistics. The shipping line has agreed not to increase its shareholding in the logistics firm for six months following the purchase. Both companies will now work together to expand their commercial cooperation and ...
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Panalpina has opened a new, purpose-built logistics center in Singapore. The new facility is constructed over six floors and offers 25,800sq m of usable warehouse space, most of it already rented out to customers.
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Two new quayside cranes have been positioned at Southampton port container terminal. Part of a major investment by terminal operator and owner DP World, the 129.8 metre high, 1,500 tonne electric cranes generate their own electricity when boxes descend onto the quay, with any surplus electricity being sent back to ...
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MSC says it will make a temporary adjustment to its Asia-Europe services around the end of the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of 2018 due to the anticipated slowdown in demand after the Golden Week holiday in the Far East. It plans to suspend one of its ...
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Airfreight industry veteran Ulrich Ogiermann (pictured, below) has joined Russian-owned Volga-Dnepr group as senior vice president for operations and deputy general director for CargoLogicManagement. He will be responsible for the implementation of Volga-Dnepr’s international cargo airlines group strategy and will manage control of the airlines’ annual operational results and operational ...
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