September 2022
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has become the latest global container shipping company to develop an air freight arm.
MSC, which by some counts in the world’s largest container shipping operator is developing an MSC Air Cargo solution to complement its seafreight services.
It follows similar moves by Maersk and CMA CGM.
The service will be available from early 2023, following the delivery of the first of four MSC-branded Boeing 777-200F aircraft that will ...
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Freight forwarder Aramex UK has joined the Pallet-Track network. Dubai-headquartered Aramex’s UK operation is based in an 80,000sq ft warehouse complex in Poyle nbear Heathrow Airport. It will service the SL3-6 and RG10 postcodes for Pallet-Track.
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and Diagnose are pioneering detection of undeclared lithium batteries using dogs. It follows a six-month trial in France.
Currently, there are few means to physically check for undeclared lithium batteries, which pose one of the biggest threats to flight safety due to their fire risk.
WFS and Diagnose ...
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Associated British Ports and Solent Stevedores are to invest £17.5m in upgrading the rail terminal at the port of Southampton.
The project will create an 18-acre facility, which will link the existing intermodal rail transport site with laden and empty container handling, storage, maintenance and repair within a single site boundary ...
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DP World London Gateway has handled its 10 millionth container since it opened nine years ago
Last year the port handled 1.8m TEU, an increase of almost 650 per cent compared with its first full year of operation in 2014. A new £350m fourth berth will further increase capacity by a ...
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UPS has appointed Susanne Klingler-Werner as the new president for UPS Supply Chain Solutions Europe. Since joining UPS from Menlo Worldwide Forwarding in 2005, she has held roles in Global Freight Forwarding (GFF) operations, air freight product management and pricing and revenue management. Klingler-Werner is also a member of the ...
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Emirates SkyCargo capacity is available for ebookings on the WebCargo platform on 27 September. It is part of a phased introduction, with the UK Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and Turkey going live on that date. Capacity will be available to customers across all of Europe at the end ...
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UK and Central Europe specialist forwarder Xpediator reported profits before tax of £0.2m in the first half of 2022, compared with £2.3m in the first half of 2021. Adjusted earnings per share were 0.27 pence compared with 1.58 pence in H1 2021.
The company said that the fall in profits was ...
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European freight ferry operator CLdN is to acquire all shares in Irish Sea carrier Seatruck Ferries from its Danish owner, Clipper Group, for an undisclosed sum.
The deal is subject to regulatory approval from the Irish competition authorities, expected before year-end.
Seatruck Ferries carries about a fifth of all Irish Sea freight ...
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A daily rail intermodal service has been launched between Peter D Stirling’s Mossend International Railfreight Park (MIRP) near Glasgow and iPort near Doncaster. Locomotives are provided by GB Railfreight and it carries Culina Group and Eddie Stobart containers.
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