March 2023
Lufthansa Cargo has signed a partnership with the cargo.one booking platform to give forwarders live offers and allow them to compare and book general cargo, passive pharma and perishables.
While the Lufthansa Cargo website will continue to be available as a central information and booking platform for the entire product range and digital processes, cargo.one will offer optimized search and booking functions for general cargo up to ten tons in particular.
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Air Canada Cargo’s first Boeing 767 freighter from Toronto landed in Liege, Belgium, on 30 March. Flights will operate twice per week, increasing to three later in the year. The service originates in Toronto with a stop in Halifax.
In April, Air Canada Cargo will start a twice weekly service to ...
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Port of Dover Cargo handled its largest amount of fresh produce, with 31 vessel calls between December and March. It distributed over 22,000 pallets and 700 containers of fruit to UK supermarkets from South Africa, and Central/South America, imported by GreenSea and Seatrade vessels. Dover’s cargo terminal can handle temperatures ...
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The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has awarded PD Ports Gold status for the third consecutive year for its commitment to health and safety excellence.
The port operator, which owns and operates Teesport, the sixth largest port in the UK, as well as 11 other ports and logistics ...
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Iraq has become the 78th country to accede to the United Nations TIR Convention. The TIR transit and guarantee system has been adopted by Oman, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and, most recently, Qatar. The International Road Transport Union said it is already significantly reducing border-crossing times and boosting trade in ...
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Road and rail operator Maritime Transport has promoted Alex Williams (pictured, top) and Tom Williams (second from top) to deputy chief executive officers under a longer-term succession plan. They will report directly to chief executive officer, Simon Smart.
Meanwhile, John Bailey (third) will head up a newly-created Intermodal division as managing ...
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DP World Southampton broke its all-time move count record, handling over 9,000 containers on the Ocean Network Express vessel ONE Trust when it arrived from Pusan last week. Some 9,315 containers were exchanged, including 5,824 discharges, 3,473 loads and 18 re-stows, taking 86 hours to complete. This call broke by ...
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Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA)’s Metrans rail subsidiary is boosting services to south-eastern Europe following its acquisition in March of a 51% stake in Croatian Adria Rail. Metrans is now operating services to Adria Rail’s terminal at Indija, near the Serbian capital Belgrade, from where it will offer various ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) regional director for Wales and short sea ports Andrew Harston will take up a new role as strategic adviser from 1 July. Most recently he spearheaded ABP’s role in the successful bid for the Celtic Freeport. He has also chaired the East of England Offshore Wind ...
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Hapag-Lloyd has introduced a new service between Morocco and West Africa. WA1 will operate fortnightly between Tanger Med, Nouakchott, Freetown, Conakry, Monrovia, and back to Tanger from 15 May. Connections are available in Tanger with Hapag-Lloyd's global network. On 7 May, the carrier will also introduce a new rotation and ...
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