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FedEx has opened its first European Life Science Center in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.The temperature-controlled facility joins a global network that can receive, store, kit, and pick, pack and ship healthcare products and is GDP (Good Distribution Practices)–licensed.
The 1,000sq m warehouse has four temperature-controlled rooms and freezers for temperatures ranging from -80 °C to +25 °C and is monitored 24/7, with each temperature zone having its own alarm system. It also ...
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Menzies Aviation has renewed its cargo and ground handling contract with Dutch flag carrier, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Menzies will provide cargo warehouse and ramp handling services for all KLM/Martinair freighter operations at AMS for the next five years, its largest contract ...
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Windracers, the maker of the Ultra self-flying cargo aircraft is trialling a drone delivery service in the Orkney islands in Scotland. It will run a scheduled service over 90 days in July and August with the twin-engine fixed-wing aircraft between Eday, Westray and North Ronaldsay ...
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The Port of Zeebrugge handled its deepest-draught vessel on 17 July – the Ever Greet, with a draft of 16.3 meters.
The vessel, which was almost 400m long and 58.8m wide was carrying 17,989 TEU from Sri Lanka.
The current generation of Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS), ...
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The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners has approved $400 million in private investment to construct a four-story cargo facility at Miami International Airport - the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
When completed, it will increase the airport’s total cargo capacity by at least ...
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Azerbaijan-based cargo carrier Silk Way Airlines helped evacuate two beluga whales from an aquarium in Ukraine to a new home in Spain.
Due to the war in Ukraine, direct flights were not possible so the Belugas were transported by road to Moldova from where Silk Way ...
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Maritime logistics innovator BidBird has launched Monarch, a system that allows containers to be bundled together when lifting them on or off vessels.
It has designed two sizes of clips, the Dragonfly that bundes two 20ft or 40ft the Monarch, which bundles four.
BidBiord saus the system ...
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Forth Green Freeport has appointed Sarah Murray as its first chief executive following its official opening for business on 12 June.
She is currently the director of Local London, a sub-regional economic growth partnership of nine London boroughs, and was previously head of regulation for the ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) celebrated the launch of the Solent branch of its Young Forwarder Network with a visit to the Wallenius Wilhelmsen ro-ro terminal in Southampton.
The new branch brings the number of YFN regional groups to seven alongside London Heathrow, London East, ...
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P&O Ferries’ christened the second of its new Fusion class Dover-Calais vessels at a ceremony in Dover on 12 July where company bosses paid tribute to owner DP World’s commitment to the company and the industry.Like its sister, the P&O Pioneer, which went into service ...
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