May 2022
IAG Cargo has restarted cargo-only services from London Heathrow to Bangkok and Hong Kong to cater for an increase in consumer online spending. Flights operate daily to Hong and four-times weekly to Bangkok.
All are serviced by a B787-9 aircraft.
Since the start of the Covid pandemic IAG Cargo has completed over 250 cargo-only flights between London-Heathrow and Hong Kong. The early cargo-only flights in April 2020 mainly carried PPE, such as ...
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Swiss WorldCargo has joined Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo in their joint business agreement, created in 2016.
The three carriers will collaborate on international lanes via their respective hubs with cargo handling in Hong Kong coordinated at the Cathay Pacific terminal at the International Airport.
Under the expanded joint business agreement, they ...
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Nippon Express Belgium has opened a Logistics Centre in Genk. Its fourth location in the country, the 20,000sq m building is adjacent to the port for barge transport from Antwerp, rail terminals and Liege Airport. Equipment includes 23 truck docks, six stretch-film wrapping machines and 38 sorters.
Green features include solar ...
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XPO Logistics has promoted Nigel Rouch to senior vice president, technology – Europe. He will be responsible for XPO’s technology organization and digital strategy for its European business. He was previously vice president, information technology and operational excellence – UK and Ireland. He joined XPO’s predecessor company in Europe, Norbert ...
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Peel Ports Group has pledged its support for a national shipping salute to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
The initiative, organised by the UK Chamber of Shipping and supported by the Department for Transport and UK Major Ports Group, will see ports across the Country encourage vessels in their harbour to ...
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The port of Valletta hosted the christening ceremony for Grimaldi Group’s latest ro-ro vessel, the Eco Malta on 30 May.
Delivered in March, she is the sixth of 12 hybrid ships belonging to the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class from the Jinling shipyard located in Nanjing, China.
The Eco Malta has ...
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UPS has appointed Rick Fletcher as its new president of UK, Ireland and Nordics. He has been with the company for nearly 25 years, and has held several positions in engineering and operations including in Sweden and Turkey. His most recent role was president, operations, Europe Region.
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Emirates SkyCargo has received another Boeing 777F, taking its dedicated 777 freighter fleet to 11 aircraft.
From Boeing’s Paine Field in Seattle, A6-EFT headed to Hong Kong to pick up its first load before touching down on Saturday morning at its new home, Dubai World Central, with a full load of ...
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Veteran shipping and logistics journalist Mike King is hoping to raise $15,000 for International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) by hiking 200 miles along the Offa's Dyke path from South to North Wales.
His motivation for the ten mile trek is the poor treatment of many ships crews who have ...
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A freight train shuttle service has been launched between Umeå in the North of Sweden and the port of Gothenburg. It will initially depart one day a week in each direction and is operated by the forwarding company First Row Shipping and Logistics. The 68 container capacity train leaves Gothenburg ...
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