September 2022
The Port of Dover says it has taken a significant step towards becoming the UK’s first high-volume Green Shipping Corridor when, on World Maritime Day, transport secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said it had been successful in its bid to fund the Green Corridor Short Straits feasibility study to establish a zero-carbon trade route.
The GCSS partnership also includes French sister ports, Calais and Dunkirk.
The study will support the transition to zero-emission vessels, ...
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Emirates SkyCargo and United Cargo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding mirroring the broader commercial agreement between the two airlines.
Under the MoU, signed at the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in London by the carriers will expand cargo interline options and blocked space agreements, pending regulatory approvals. This will build on ...
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Air Canada Cargo is to operate a Boeing 767 freighter five times per week between Frankfurt, Germany and St. John’s and three times a week from Madrid to the Newfoundland gateway. The carrier already operates service to Halifax.
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IAG Cargo has launched its 2023 apprenticeship programme. There are 14 roles available in the scheme, which starts in January, combining on the job operational training with recognised qualifications.
IAG Cargo first launched the apprenticeship scheme in 2012 and has since welcomed over 100 apprentices across the business. The 18-month programme ...
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Football legend Kevin Keegan is to be the host for BIFA’s annual Freight Service Awards competition at The Brewery in London on Thursday 19 January next year.
Entries to the awards, which are now in their 34th year, are still open and BIFA director general, Robert Keen says that it’s not ...
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Intermodal operator CargoBeamer has run a test trailer carrying train between Marseille and Calais, the first ever it says. It carried 28 craneable and non-craneable unaccompanied semi-trailers using both CargoBeamer-railcars and twin pocket wagons. In Marseille, the train was handled CMA-CGM’s Marseille Manutention Ro-Ro Terminal,
Managing director of CargoBeamer intermodal operations, ...
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Decarbonisation will be the key topic under discussion at FTA Ireland’s Transport Manager Seminar, to be held at The Johnstown Estate, Enfield, County Meath on 19 October.
Delegates will be able to hear senior industry experts and policy makers discuss key legislation and topical issues and identify ways to reduce emissions ...
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Freight tech firm Forward Solutions has appointed Dan Clarke as an infrastructure engineer. He started his career within the IT team at Pall-Ex and was also senior IT engineer at a specialist software supplier to the hotel and events industry.
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Lufthansa cargo and forwarder Kintetsu World Express have signed an agreement on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Kintetsu will reduce around 5% of its total CO2 footprint of transported airfreight with the airline for one year by committing to using SAF from October 2022 to September 2023. It will also offset ...
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The first-ever fully electric commuter plane, Eviation Aircraft’s Allice has successfully completed its maiden flight at Moses Lake, Washington, USA. Alice lifted off yesterday on 27 September from Grant County International Airport (MWH), flying for a total of eight minutes and reaching an altitude of 3,500 feet.
DHL has ordered 12 cargo ...
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