December 2021
Portsmouth stevedore Portico is helping local firefighter Storms Menri raise funds to buy gear for his underequipped colleagues in Ghana. It is covering all customs clearance and shipping costs for a container full of protective gear.
During a recent trip to the country, Storms saw for himself how hard local fire personnel work to protect their communities with only limited access to protective equipment such as fire-proof tunics, trousers, helmets, gloves and ...
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IAG Cargo is to restart flights from London-Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro, paused during the past 20 months due to the Covid pandemic. They operate four times per week with a B787 wide-body aircraft. IAG Cargo also services Sao Paulo with a daily service from its Madrid hub.
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Volga-Dnepr Group’s Atran Airlines express carrier arm has launched a new weekly freighter route between Shenzhen (China) and Cologne/Bonn, operated by a Boeing 737-800BCF. The carrier already operates from Xi’an to Cologne. It recently enlarged its fleet which now consists of three Boeing 737-400SFs and six B737-800BCFs.
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) won the Sustainability Award at the Pride of Ground Handling Awards.
Hactl’s award submission majored on its Sustainability Matrix - a comprehensive model spanning decarbonization, energy, waste, health and safety, training, livelihood and community.
The award finalists were announced in a virtual ceremony hosted by ...
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The Port of Long Beach says it is on the verge of processing a record 9 million cargo containers by the end of 2021. Dockworkers and terminal operators had moved more than 8.6 million teus by the end of November, already surpassing the current annual record of 8.1 million teu, ...
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Air Canada put its first dedicated Boeing 767-300ER freighter aircraft into service on 9 December with an inaugural flight from Toronto to Vancouver carrying a full load of cargo. Originally scheduled to first fly to Frankfurt, Air Canada Cargo deployed the aircraft early to provide more capacity to relieve flood-hit ...
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The Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) has started construction works on an Heathrow airport-related warehouse development at Blackthorne Point on the Poyle Trading Estate. The new, 27,760sq ft (2,579 sq m) GEA building is close to Junction 14 of the M25 and alongside AIPUT’s Blackthorne Point Estate. The new ...
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Arvato Supply Chain Solutions has signed a deal with Roche Pharma France to handle warehousing, fulfillment and distribution throughout France, including the French overseas territories. Arvato will cover all requirements in ambient and cold temperature ranges at its Chanteloup-en-Brie site, east of Paris.
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Imperial Logistics has opened a new, multi-user logistics facility in Gelsenkirchen, near Essen, Germany, 8km from its existing multi-user business site in Herten. Launch customer will be agricultural machinery maker Lemken, a long-standing Imperial customer which will transfer its spare part logistics operations from Herten. The move will also give ...
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TX Logistik and Mercitalia Intermodal have launched a 15-month smart freight train pilot project to test the use of sensors and communication technologies in Combined Transport. Several freight wagons on commercial services operated by TX Logistik will be used to determine how digital technology can best be integrated into operations ...
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