July 2021
Lines in the Ocean Network Express (ONE) consortium are carrying empty ISO tank containers from Taiwan to Mundra free to address the oxygen shortage and support India’s fight against Covid. ONE offices in Taiwan, Singapore and India came together in June 2021 to work together to execute the shipments.
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The Cargo Integrity Group – the Container Owners Association, Global Shippers Forum, ICHCA International, TT Club and the World Shipping Council - are calling for urgent action to reduce the risk of pest transference through international cargo movements.
It follows a declaration by pest control experts under the auspices of the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is now marketing the freight capacities of the new long-haul flights of its Eurowings Discover subsidiary. Initially, these will be routes from Frankfurt to the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana), Kenya (Mombasa), Namibia (Windhoek) and Tanzania (Zanzibar).
Eurowings Discover is the new tourist airline of the Lufthansa Group and a ...
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Portuguese carrier TAP Air Cargo is now using the CargoAI online booking solution. TAP operates an average of 2,500 flights per week from its hub in Lisbon and the roll out will start in France, then the US and will the full worldwide network available at the end of August. ...
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Maersk Line is enhancing its ME7 service from Mombasa to Felixstowe and Rotterdam, by providing a single transhipment at Salalah. It says the changes will make for more predictability and flexibility.
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Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Republic of Tatarstan government to develop cargo sector at Kazan airport, about 600 miles east of Moscow in central Russia.
The signing ceremony was part of the official meeting between Tatarstan President, Rustam Minnikhanov, and chairman of the Volga-Dnepr Group’s Board, ...
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Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) and a consortium of specialist suppliers have secured UK government funding to develop a Rail Freight Energy and Emissions Calculator (REEC) that will be deployed on the existing NR+ platform used for rail- freight planning. The project is one of 30 ...
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Recent flooding has caused significant delays to transport in Belgium and Germany, reports supply chain visibility firm FourKites. It says that there have been delayed shipments and soaring wait times soaring in these two countries for road transport. The impact has been less severe in the Netherlands, it adds,
Late shipments ...
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands processed 837,671 tonnes of cargo in the first six months of 2021, up 27.7% on last year. Some 572,111 tonnes were on freighter flights, up 23.4% and 265,560 tonnes in bellyhold, up 38.1%.
Schiphol has been facing capacity shortages for freighters due to slot restrictions, ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Ian Henderson as head of property for the Southampton region, taking up the role in October. He is currently group property director at Wincanton. A chartered surveyor with over 20 years of property experience, he has managed diverse property portfolios, and is also aboard ...
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