May 2019
Virgin Atlantic is relaunching flights between London Heathrow and Mumbai from 27 October, complementing the airline’s long-established route between London and Delhi. The daily service will be operated by Boeing 787-9 aircraft, providing up to 26 tonnes of cargo capacity.
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Freight software firm AEB is offering a central platform with a network of customs brokers, based on a co-operation between brokers Bongers in the Netherlands, and ChannelPorts in the UK, to allow goods to move easily after Brexit. The exporting party only has to submit the data to the carrier, ...
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Emirates SkyCargo senior vice president of cargo operations worldwide, Henrik Ambak has been appointed chair of the board at airfreight quality organisation Cargo iQ while Kuehne + Nagel vice president and head of global air logistics operations Kerstin Strauss takes over his former position as Cargo iQ vice-chair. Other new ...
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The European Union and China signed an aviation agreement on 20 May. All EU airlines would be able to fly to China from any EU Member State with a bilateral air services agreement with China under which unused traffic rights are available. Up until now, only airlines owned and controlled ...
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The Unite trade union said on 16 May that it was considering strike action over failures to credit pension contributions of some XPO Logistics UK employees. Unite national officer for road transport and logistics Matt Draper said he had “repeatedly tried to get iron-clad guarantees at the XPO annual meeting ...
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Dachser Air & Sea Logistics has opened an office for air and sea freight in Gothenburg. It currently has eight employees at the new location with plans for in the long run. The head of the new country organization for air and sea freight in Sweden is Anna Bergdahl. Dachser ...
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GB Railfreight has launched a new service between the port of Felixstowe and iPort Rail, the new multimodal logistics park in Doncaster. It departs the port’s South Rail Terminal at 04:05 on Tuesday to Saturday, arriving in iPort at 10:47. The return service departs at 15:32 arriving in Felixstowe at ...
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines has rolled out its first ‘abc XL’ aircraft livery on one of its Boeing 747 freighters to celebrate surging demand for its oversized and heavy cargo service. It said that demand continued to grow in the first four months of 2019, with volumes up 3% year-on-year to more ...
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ICHCA International, the global cargo handling association, is inviting submissions for the 3rd TT Club Innovation in Safety Award from all involved in cargo handling and logistics who have shown a demonstrable improvement in operational safety.
The Award will be presented at the International Maritime Organization at ICHCA’s international conference in ...
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Peel Ports has acquired Cheshire-based chartering and port services company Quality Freight for an undisclosed amount. It operates from a 40 acre multi modal facility at Ellesmere Port on the Manchester Ship Canal, where it operates six berths and has its own private rail siding.
It is a major operator in ...
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