September 2018
E-commerce expert Tigers has opened an office in Suzhou, China, and a new fulfilment centre in Selangor, Malaysia. The latter is Tigers’ second Malaysian operation, after the automotive fulfilment centre in Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia. The new Suzhou office is located close to Shanghai, where Tigers has recently opened a new facility to meet growing e-customer demand in both the business-to-business and business-to-customer sectors.
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Shipping minister Nusrat Ghani dropped in on the Port of Tyne on 20 September. She enjoyed a trip on the Port’s pilot boat and was able to see first-hand the offshore renewable cluster of businesses based on the Tyne. This was followed by a tour of the port’s 600 acre ...
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Palletways says it has added 36 new members over the past 12 months in 20 countries. At the start of 2017, Palletways had 320 members, but today there are over 350 – an all-time record for the network.
As well as 11 new UK members 25 have joined the European network.
Palletways ...
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Etihad Cargo is to “refresh” its global freighter network from 1 October, simplifying its route network and maximizing its freighter flows by redeploying capacity on core trade to and from Abu Dhabi. It will add weekly rotations into Shanghai and Chennai, bringing total services to five and three respectively. It ...
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The first ever intermodal TIR operation between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the EU was launched on 20 September when a container left the UAE bound for Europe under a single customs transit document and a single guarantee.
It operated the SAIF Zone in Sharjah and was bound for Olomouc ...
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Rail Freight Group (RFG) is complaining that the remit of the Government’s new rail review, announced on 20 September, does not appear to include freight. It says that any proposals to change the structure and operations of the railways will have implications for the sector, and needs to be considered ...
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DFDS will expand its services between Norway, Zeebrugge and Immingham from February 2019.
The route is currently served by the side port/container vessel Lysbris Seaways, mainly shipping forest products, along with various types of container cargo.
The improved route will be served by a larger ro-ro vessel, Finlandia Seaways to carry additional ...
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GB Railfreight has operated the first train to the new iPort Rail inland port at Doncaster on 18 September. The fully loaded service departed Solent Stevedores in Southampton at 05:07 on Tuesday morning, arriving at iPort Rail at 14.33 the same afternoon, where its intermodal cargo was unloaded. The service ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has launched a platform for its US customs brokerage customers. Customs Connection replaces the previous DHL platform and acts as a one stop-shop for all customs processes backed by a sophisticated technological architecture. It complements the Customs Brokerage services offered through our team of 800 experts across ...
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American Airlines Cargo has promoted Jessica Tyler to vice president, strategy and development. She joined American Airlines in 2012, where she led the team that merged the cargo divisions of US Airways and American Airlines, an integration that the industry considered the most successful cargo merger to date.
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