December 2020

Miami gears up for Covid vaccine airlift

Over 50 representatives from Miami-Dade County’s air cargo community attended the second virtual meeting of a Miami-Dade Aviation Department task force on 16 December to lead preparation for the arrival and mass distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The task force’s action plan includes identifying additional cooler space available outside the airport itself  mapping out the airport’s parking capacity for large freighter aircraft, designating potential cargo truck parking and staging areas, and ... [+]

Tyne signs first phase of Dogger Bank deal

Port of Tyne has signed an option agreement with Dogger Bank Wind Farm, successfully concluding the preliminary phase of the development to build the operations and maintenance base for the world’s largest offshore windfarm. Dogger Bank is a 50:50 joint venture between Equinor and SSE Renewables. The port is currently ... [+]

UK ready for TIR surge, says IRU

The UK government has confirmed it is ready for increased TIR transits between the UK and the EU when the Brexit transition period ends, reports the International Road Transport Union. Responding to questions from EU road haulage companies at an IRU dialogue this week, senior figures from the Department for Transport ... [+]

Ashwin Bhat moves from Swiss to Lufthansa

Ashwin Bhat is to take over as member of the executive board in charge of Lufthansa Cargo's product and sales division on 1 March 2021, from Dorothea von Boxberg, who will become chairwoman of the Executive Board and chief executive on the same date. Bhat has been vice president and ... [+]

Baxter Freight and DHL Freight to work together

The road arm of DHL Deutsche Post Group, DHL Freight, has appointed Nottingham-based Baxter Freight as its UK sales partner for transport in the UK and between the UK and continental Europe. Baxter will offer DHL customers access to its UK network while DHL Freight will give Baxter Freight access ... [+]

South Coast needs a fair wind, says union

The GMB trade union has called for employers and further education providers to lobby for wind turbines fabrication jobs on the South Coast. It says that areas such as Chatham, Thanet, Portsmouth, Southampton, Poole and Weymouth should get investment to be in the supply chain for the additional 2,700 giant ... [+]

PD Ports tees-up future growth

PD Ports has launched its ‘Future Teesport’ vision – outlining how it plans to make the River Tees the country’s most successful port region by 2050. As Statutory Harbour Authority for the River Tees, PD Ports is committed to delivering a strong and sustainable future for the river, driving economic growth ... [+]

Chartered plane to the rescue of Brexit Britain

Broker Air Charter Service has contracted a UK-registered BAe 146 freighter ahead of the end of Brexit transition on 31 December. The aircraft is the first of what ACS hopes to be a number of options that would ensure that it can continue to offer its clients competitive solutions during any ... [+]

Maersk and MSC to makes Liverpool debut in December

The Maersk-MSC TA2 2M Alliance transatlantic service is due to make its inaugural call at Peel Ports’ Liverpool2 terminal from December. The weekly route calls at Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Le Havre and Liverpool before heading to the US East Coast ports of Newark, Baltimore, Norfolk and Savannah. Managing director of group ports, David ... [+]

BA axes long-haul flights

British Airways is to cancel over 15 long-haul routes next year, reports the BBC website (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55348474). The cull includes Pittsburgh, Calgary and Charleston in the US, and Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and Osaka in Asia, plus Muscat, Jeddah and Abu Dhabi. The carrier said it would also “temporarily suspend” flights to ... [+]

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