May 2021
Cathay Pacific Cargo is flying relief shipments to India. Although passenger flights have been suspended between Hong Kong and India, in the past few weeks the carrier has been operating freighters and cargo-only passenger flights, delivering more than 100 tonnes to date of supplies to some of India’s major centres.
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The Phase 1 plans for Mossend International Railfreight Park (MIRP) have been approved by North Lanarkshire Council. MIRP will provide 2.2m sq ft of logistics space and Scotland’s first 775-metre electric rail terminal, able to handle 16 trains a day.
The Phase 1 application covers the detailed proposals and layout of ...
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Chapman Freeborn’s Magma Aviation arm is adding a Boeing 747-400F to its fleet, bringing its fleet to five aircraft. The company said the move was in response to the pandemic and grounding of passenger fleets which had created a significant lack of global capacity. The fleet operates to between Asia ...
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Turkish Airlines' ascendant air cargo brand Turkish Cargo keeps growing steadily by strengthening its flight network. After Frankfurt, Turkish Cargo has now added Munich, the developed economical city of Germany, among its destinations served with direct cargo flights.The dynamic brand of the sector, maintaining increase its number of direct cargo ...
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Gebrüder Weiss will open two locations in Hungary in June, at Zalaegerszeg in the west and Pécs in the south of the country.They will close a geographical gap in the Austrian-owned forwarder‘s network and allow it to offer its entire service portfolio across the country.
New handling and logistics areas of ...
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Lufthansa Group’s high speed logistics arm time:matters has launched a new booking channel that allows customers to book transports by air, rail and road as well as door-to-door shipments. They can now submit transport requests via the time:matters booking website in without having to take the time to register, and ...
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Le Shuttle Freight transported 113,089 trucks in April 2021, an increase of 42% compared to April 2020. Freight traffic for the four months from January to April 2021 was 418,192 trucks, 10% down on the same period in 2020. The passenger market remains severely impacted by the UK and French ...
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IAG Cargo’s British Airways flew 27 tonnes of medical aid to Delhi on the evening of 5 May. Some 1,349 items of aid were loaded onto a chartered a B777-200, supported by volunteers from the airline to ensure life-saving supplies reach the country as soon as possible. Charities contributing aid ...
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Global air cargo demand bounced back into growth in April after a -3% dip in March, with high load factors keeping the international airfreight system under significant strain as the traditional surge in summer capacity has so far failed to materialise for a second consecutive year, said industry analysts CLIVE ...
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May 2021 sees the start of Sweden’s first inland waterway container barge shuttle between Hutshison Ports’ new Stockholm Norvik port and Västerås. It will be operated twice a week by the German shipping company Deymann, using the 208teu shallow-keeled Emelie Deymann. It is expected to reduce road congestion and carbon ...
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