March 2022
Qatar Airways is to resume flights to London Gatwick Airport from 5 June. A daily 787 Dreamliner service will operate from Gatwick to Doha. It complements recently launched flights to Doha from Gatwick by Qatar Airways’ partner IAG Cargo/British Airways.
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Aer Lingus has relaunched transatlantic service from Shannon to Boston and New York JFK. Both routes, which had been suspended because of the Covid pandemic, will be operated with Airbus A321LR aircraft. Aer Lingus already operates from Dublin (to several US gateways and from Manchester to New York JFK and ...
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Finnish forwarder Nurminen Logistics said on 17 March that it would close its office in Russia for the time being, “due to extensive changes in the operating environment”. Export and import transport operations in Russia have ceased although container train traffic from China will continue to be operated by Nurminen ...
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Ports of Normandy says that its new multimodal terminal will open in 2024, linking the south-east of France to the UK.
The scheme, which has been under development for the past two years, although progress has been disrupted by Covid, has received a major boost with confirmation of participation by Brittany ...
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Specialist livestock broker Intradco Global and Etihad Cargo have transported 75 thoroughbred horses from Shannon Airport in Ireland to Shanghai Pudong Airport on board a B777-200F aircraft, despite ongoing Covid restrictions
Equine cargo account manager at Intradco Global, Sara Havers, said, “Restrictions pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic combined with the task ...
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P&O Ferries says its services will not operate for the "next few days" after it issued redundancy notices to 800 seafaring staff in a bid to secure the future of the lossmaking business.
The RMT union is reported as saying that they are being replaced with foreign seafarers. Staff were reportedly ...
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Pharma supply chain information platform Validaide has launched an online platform - logistic-aide-ukraine.org- to connect relief organisations wanting to transport healthcare supplies to Ukraine with specialist supply chain companies.
It has already matched a global non-governmental organisation (NGO) with a warehouse provider in Poland and has over 900 subscribers specialised in healthcare ...
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Swiss WorldCargo’s ground handling partner Cargologic has gained CEIV (Center of Excellence for Independent Validators) re-certification for the third time from IATA for pharmaceutical products at Zurich Airport.
Swiss WorldCargo’s Zurich hub was first CEIV certified and recognised as GDP compliant in 2016 by Swiss authorities Swissmedic
Head of cargo for Swiss ...
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Yusen Logistics says it had delivered over 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine across the globe by the end of 2021.
The Amsterdam-headquartered forwarder – part of the Japanese-owned NYK group – said that since the AstraZeneca vaccine was approved for use in the UK at the end of 2020, ...
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Rail freight from northern Italy to the UK, via Rotterdam, will be a major focus for Swedish owned forwarder NTEX’s new London office.
NTEX’s UK arm already has a headquarters in Immingham, as well as offices in Bristol and Glasgow, and the new office in London is part of the drive ...
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