February 2022
PD Ports, owner and operator of Teesport and the largest private employer in the Tees Valley, has partnered with a new Contractor Match initiative to increase opportunities for local businesses within the region.
The new platform aims to create equal chances for businesses based on their merits rather than just size. Other Tees Valley businesses signed up to the scheme include Wilton Engineering, The Mussel Club and Complete IT Solutions also ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo has approved Envirotainer’s Releye RAP temperature-controlled airfreight container, launched on 9 February.
Based on the same platform and technology as the three-pallet Releye RLP launched in 2021, the Releye RAP is the second in a family of temperature-controlled containers that Envirotainer is developing. Envirotainer says it offers the largest internal ...
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Air Canada Cargo saw exponential growth in 2021, said vice president, Jason Berry. The carrier reported revenue of $1.495 billion, an all-time high for the division.
He added that during the fourth quarter, the carrier welcomed its first Boeing 767-300 freighter aircraft, allowing it to deliver consistent cargo capacity on key ...
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Europa Worldwide Group says it Europa Flow delivery duty paid service has doubled its number of jobs since it was launched at the start of 2021 in response to Brexit. By the end of the first 12 months, it had dispatched over 100,000 consignments, delivering goods worth a total value ...
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Kuehne+Nagel has become the latest freight forwarder to operate its own airfreight capacity, signing a long-term dedicated charter agreement with US-based Atlas Air to operate two Boeing 747-8F freighters. The two aircraft are the very last two Boeing 747s ever to be produced, offering a 20% higher payload and 16% ...
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The CLECAT European forwarders’ organisation has called for an urgent enquiry into the container shipping sector to remove “unfair and discriminatory rules”, warning that smaller freight forwarders could be driven out of business..
In a letter to a letter to competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, the Brussels-based group says that European businesses ...
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A significant proportion of UK businesses deprioritised CyberSecurity amid the pandemic last year despite a rise in cyberattacks, according to a report by online security company, Kaspersky.
It said that 16% of businesses deprioritised CyberSecurity last year amid the pandemic, port closures, HGV driver shortages and other challenges associated with Brexit.
Companies ...
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Peel Ports chairman Tom Allison is standing down 4 April but will remain on the Peel Group board as a non-executive director while current chief executive Mark Whitworth will stand down but assume the role of chairman. Claudio Veritiero will take over as new chief executive.
Mark Whitworth (pictured, top) joined ...
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The Unite trade union is warning that Teesport is facing disruption due to a tug boat strike. Crews employed by AP Moller-Maersk subsidiary Svitzer Marine at Teesport, the UK’s fifth largest container port, will begin strike action early next month in a dispute over a pay freeze. The first strike ...
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Lufthansa Cargo says it will only use electronic air waybills from 27 March, with the few remaining paper AWBs digitized on acceptance.
Electronic AWBs will be mandatory on feasible lanes – those for which the regulatory basis for eAWBs is in place - for all forwarding companies. If local regulations require ...
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