June 2019
Theft from road vehicles accounts for 84% of global cargo theft with ‘slash and grab’ the largest type of cargo offence at 26%,according to the second edition of the TT Club and BSI report.
There were however significant regional variations within the overall figures; food, beverage, alcohol and tobacco was the most common commodity group at 34% while South America topped the regional analysis of median value for each theft at ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has become the first UK airline to announce a firm order for 14 Airbus A330-900neos, plus six options.
The new planes are 13% more fuel and carbon efficient than the A330-300 they replace and will deliver a 50 per cent reduction in airport noise.
The order, valued at $4.1billion, ...
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New research commissioned by Associated British Ports (ABP) claims that there are major benefits in choosing Hull and Immingham for moving cargo between key logistics hubs in the UK and EU.
The Humber ports could offer a better deal for shippers, drivers and the environment, according to new research commissioned by ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is promising a significant presence at the Multimodal show, which starts tomorrow (Tuesday 18 June). Staff from its secretariat as well as its regional consultants will all be on hand at its booth at the event.
The trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics ...
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Forth Port’s has confirmed an investment in five new Kalmar straddle carriers for its port of Grangemouth to be delivered in early 2020, part of an 11-strong-order that has already seen six of the machines delivered to its London Container Terminal (LCT) this week.
Three of the six new straddles for ...
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La Poste and Swiss Post international mail organization Asendia has opened a fulfilment centre, at Singapore Changi Airport. Based in the city state’s Free Trade Zone (FTZ), it allows customers to manage their cross-border e-commerce fulfilment operations from Singapore, regardless of where their parent company is based, particularly useful for ...
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The Port of Tyne has appointed Simon Brett as commercial director port services. He joins from Associated British Ports (ABP) where he was most recently head of projects on the Humber.
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Kerry Logistics Network has signed a joint venture with Spain’s national postal service Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos to provide e-commerce solutions from China to worldwide destinations. An automatic sorting centre will be set up in Southern China and will have a capacity of 500,000 parcels per day when ...
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Peli BioThermal has officially opened its new network station and service centre in Dublin for its reusable Crēdo on Demand temperature controlled equipment.
Located in Harristown, next to Dublin Airport the facility is ideally located to serve the pharma industry in Ireland, and is part of a plan to open over ...
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The Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) has called on the Irish government to provide urgent funding and support for the country’s logistics operators to reverse the current skills shortage ahead of Brexit.
The alternative, says general manager, Aidan Flynn, could be a serious impact on domestic and international business:
With Ireland’s workforce ...
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