March 2020
Freight services to and from Italy are continuing at fairly normal levels, despite the near-lockdown of the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, says Phil Denton, managing director of Manchester-based specialist, ITAL Logistics.
He told FBJ: “As we have round trip trailers operating as normal, we have yet to reduce the service. As long as the freight is being booked and they allow the drivers in and out we will carry ...
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AIRFREIGHT
Airlines around the world have stepped into the breach after scheduled passenger flights were suspended or severely cut back in the face of travel bans in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak.
American Airlines is using its otherwise grounded passenger aircraft in ‘bellyhold freighter’ mode to move cargo between the US ...
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The Port of Antwerp says it has not seen any decline in freight volume so far but it expects that fewer ships will call in the coming days and weeks because of the COVID-19 outbreak. For example, 15 fewer large container carriers from Asia will call, corresponding to 115,000teu less ...
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Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) has welcomed a package of emergency measures by government to support logistics businesses through COVID-19 as a promising start but more needs to be done, including a relaxation of cabotage rules it says.
FTAI general manager, Aidan Flynn, said: “Businesses within the freight distribution and logistics sector ...
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Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) new Pharma Centre at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport has handled its biggest single shipment so far of 34 temperature-controlled containers, for AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Kuehne + Nagel.
Maintained within a +2-8 degrees Celsius temperature environment, the outbound shipment to Beijing spent 24-48 hours in the Pharma ...
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AP Moller Group’s forwarding arm DAMCO has moved its airfreight operations into a new 36,000sq ft warehouse at Heathrow Airport.
The bonded facility ’s has a Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) rating of Excellent and a Grade A Energy Performance Certificate.
Managing director, UK and Ireland, Anthony Akerman, said: “By ...
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Europa Air & Sea has been re-awarded its long-standing contract with The Works, a UK multi-channel specialist retailer of value books, arts, crafts, toys, gifts and stationery. The forwarder has worked with The Works for five years and will continue to oversee and manage its inbound movements for another term.
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Mark Briffa, chief executive of charter broker Air Partner says that this is “an extremely precarious time for the global aviation industry”, faced with widespread travel bans and to limit the spread of COVID-19.
While some of its activities, including the private jets division, is seeing high levels of activity in ...
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The British Ports Association says that emergency powers the new Emergency Bill allowing the Government to close ports and airports in the face of Border Force staff shortages should only be used sparingly and if there is real need.
Keeping the UK’s global gateways open for trade should be a priority, ...
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The Multimodal exhibition and conference at the Birmingham NEC is to be rescheduled from mid-June to 4-6 November, due to the corona virus outbreak.
Rob Jervis, portfolio director at organisers, Clarion Eventsn said: “I suspect that this announcement won’t be a great surprise to you. Despite strong support from our stakeholders ...
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