October 2019
GAC UK has launched a new service to move pets by air to and from the UK in partnership with airline general sales agent, ECS Group. PetCare allows animals to travel on the same flight as their owners (subject to aircraft limitations and routes), in a temperature-controlled environment. In addition, they advise customers of the documentation required for the country they are travelling to under the IATA Live Animal Regulations.
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Groupage operator Transmec UK has appointed Imran Mohammed as its new branch manager at its West Thurrock headquarters. Mohammed, who has worked for the logistics company for 18 years, was previously UK finance director.
UK general manager, John Simkins, said: “Imran is the ideal person to help us build on the ...
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Shortsea shipping line Samskip has launched a new, direct weekly service between Portugal and the UK, introducing its own vessel operating between Tilbury, Lisbon, Leixões and Rotterdam. The chartered 1,000teu ship will sustain a UK-Portugal transit times of five days, while continuing to offer four-times weekly services from Rotterdam to Leixões ...
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Former managing director of Dachser Air and Sea Logistics’ Asia Pacific region Edoardo Podestá has become chief operations officer. He replaces Jochen Müller who has agreed not to extend his contract when it expires in 2020 but will stop working for Dachser with immediate effect. Podestá joined Dachser in 2003 ...
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Aerospace group Avia Solutions has completed its 100% acquisition of UK-headquartered aircraft charter firm Chapman Freeborn after obtaining all necessary approvals. Chapman Freeborn’s expertise include delivering time-critical shipments, heavy and outsize equipment, humanitarian goods and other types of freight. It will maintain its existing product portfolio and continue to operate ...
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Hermes Logistics Technologies is to implement its cargo management system at Menzies Aviation facilities across six continents. The most recent version of HLT’s CMS, Hermes 5 (H5), will be rolled out at cargo facilities from the first quarter of next year. Menzies Aviation operates cargo handling facilities in nearly 40 ...
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The DSV Panalpina Group has told employees at the former Panalpina headquarters in Basel that overlapping corporate functions and positions will either be cut or relocated to the headquarters in Denmark, with up to 165 job losses. But at the same time, the company intends to expand its logistics footprint ...
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Turkish Cargo has taken delivery of its sixth Boeing-777 Freighter at Seattle’s Everett Paine Airport. The new plane brings many substantial benefits in terms of operational costs, efficiency and reliability. Turkish Cargo will have a total of eight similar machines by 2020.
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A wildlife area created six years ago to offset losses of habitat from Tilbury’s London Distribution Park development has been ranked by one of Britain’s foremost entomological consultants as of national importance for insects and other invertebrates. The site at picturesquely named Mucking Landfill was created in 2013 by spreading ...
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DHL Express has signed a concession agreement with Incheon International Airport in South Korea for a €131 million expansion plan. The expanded facility will have 58,700sq m, compared with the current 20,000sq m and will be equipped with the latest technology for faster, more secure and efficient handling.
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