Another Air Freight Cargo Carrier Opts for Boeing
AirBridgeCargo Receives First of Five 747-8's

27 January 2012
US – RUSSIA – Moscow headquartered AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group, took delivery yesterday of the first of five new Boeing 747-8 Freighters becoming one of a growing list of leading cargo carriers to invest in Boeing’s latest freight aeroplane. Previous purchasers in the past few months include Etihad’s Crystal Cargo, Cargolux, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air and Atlas Air Worldwide which operates for British Airways.
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Port Sale May Split Future Thames Container Freight
Acquisition Means Increased Competition in Future

27 January 2012
UK – The announcement two days ago that Otter Port Holdings, owners of Forth Ports has purchased the 67% of Tilbury Container Services (TCS) which it didn’t previously own makes for an interesting development in the life of the River Thames as a key hub for British and Continental freight movements. The move means Forth Ports has bought out the other two one third shareholders in a key centre for shipping, namely Associated British Ports (ABP) and DP World.
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General Strike Will Affect Freight Deliveries Next Week
Belgium May Come to a Standstill

27 January 2012
BELGIUM – The proposed general strike in the country planned for Monday is likely to cause delays for logistics customers with cargo flights cancelled and intermodal services likely to be affected. The stoppage has been timed to coincide with the meeting of EU ministers in Brussels on the 30th January and is a reaction to proposed changes to employment contracts resulting in later retirements for many and reduced benefits.
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Freight Drivers Warned of Impassable Conditions
'Code Red' Maintained Countrywide

27 January 2012
BULGARIA – Drivers of freight vehicles are warned that the sub arctic conditions which have seen the country covered with snow this week are still making many roads impassable and attempts to travel in heavy lorries illegal in some regions of the country. Trucks are reported as having to park up at various border points notably those crossing into Turkey and Greece after a ‘Code Red’ situation was declared.
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'Net' Profit for Freight and Logistics Group
CEVA Snare Another Supply Chain Contract

27 January 2012
SPAIN – Freight and logistics company CEVA has ‘netted’ another five year supply chain contract with garden supplies company Intermas Nets, S.A. Working from its warehousing hub at Subirats, near Barcelona, CEVA staff will manage Intermas’ inbound logistics, warehousing activities, order preparation and outbound logistics for 2,500 garden products, which will be then distributed to 1,500 stores across Iberia.
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Freight Forwarding Software Brought Up To Date
Impatex Introduces Latest Features to Browser Based Format

26 January 2012
UK – Few suppliers of bespoke software for the freight forwarding sector can claim to have been around as long as, or as successful, as Hampshire based Impatex which has been supplying Customs processing systems for over thirty years now. The company’s web-based NetFreight product is designed particularly for small to medium sized multimodal forwarders and the system has just undergone its largest-ever upgrade, embodying many new and enhanced features with the latest release particularly designed to satisfy the needs of larger, multi-branch customers.
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Road Haulage Groups Welcome Eurovignette Proposals for Foreign Trucks
EU HGV's Will Have to Pay on British Roads

25 January 2012
UK – The Department for Transport (DfT) today fulfilled a manifesto commitment by the Coalition Government and launched a consultation on a proposed road user charging scheme for heavy goods vehicles (HGV’s) of 12 tonnes and over. The intention is to ensure that foreign registered road haulage trucks pay toward the cost of transport infrastructure in Britain on a comparable basis with those of their native counterparts. In a statement Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Mike Penning said:
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Automotive Freight Forwarder Wins Chevrolet UK Distribution Rights
Bristol Dock will be Hub for US Wheels

25 January 2012
UK – Freight forwarder GEFCO UK, recently named both UK Automotive Logistics Company 2012 and European Logistics Company 2012 by the Institute of Transport Management has been awarded a contract by Chevrolet to provide a new vehicle distribution service throughout Britain. Under the new arrangement, GEFCO provides finished vehicle logistics for onward distribution of Chevrolet products to approximately 33 dealers across the North of England, Scotland, South West England and Northern Ireland.
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Crew WiFi a Hit With Container and Bulk Freight Carrier Company
Staying in Touch Makes for a Happy Ship

25 January 2012
WORLDWIDE – As ship owners and operators cut costs it is often the humble crewman who suffers. The ruling this week in the Philippines to ratify the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Convention on biometric identification will help some of those who are habitually mistreated, often spending countless months aboard with no communication with home and family. For others however working for credible freight and shipping companies such as leading German container ship and bulk carrier owner Reederei Thomas Schulte, life is now to be a little more pleasant.
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German Logistics Giant to Appeal 'Incompatible' State Aid Ruling
Deutsche Post DHL Align With German Government Against EU Commission

25 January 2012
GERMANY – Mail and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL, in an alliance with the German Federal Government, is to appeal at the European Court of Justice against the state aid ruling made today by the European Commission. The decision came after the Commission’s investigation begun in 2007 studying allegations of unlawful state support to Deutsche Post AG. This followed on from an earlier investigation started in 2002 which concluded in September 2010 after Deutsche Post successfully appealed a previous ruling.
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