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Simplycargo offering to UK Freight Forwarders
Simplycargo, the UK wholesale freight consolidator is expanding it's offering on back to back services for NON Cass freight forwarding companies.
Fog disrupts London Heathrow and City Airport
Thousands of passengers are facing disruption as fog forces the cancellation of flights in and out of London. Both Heathrow Airport and London City Airport in the Docklands have been affected with the Met office issuing further warnings for tonight. A spokeswoman for Heathrow Airport confirmed that at least 160 flights have been cancelled due to the fog which has enveloped parts of the capital all day. London City Airport have suspended almost 50 flights upto now and delayed or diverted others.
Read more...Cargo Overseas and Russia
Freightaid had the opportunity to interview Mark Reid, Company Director at Cargo Overseas Limited. After his recent trip to Kemerovo in Russia we wanted to talk to him about how Cargo Overseas move cargo into Russia. This is what he had to say.
How Long have Cargo Overseas been operating in Russia.
Cargo Overseas have been involved in providing freight forwarding and multi-modal services into Russia since1990. Primarily at the start for our long-term customer Joy Mining but we now serve a large number of companies in the region.
Cathay Pacific gets big on security
Cathay Pacific cargo have always taken aviation security seriously but as more focus has been put on Primary and secondary screening types X-ray machines remain at the fore-front of how the department for transport have viewed security. Most X-ray machines at Manchester are suitably sized for lower deck cargo and operate with a width of 150cms and a height of around 160cms.
Cathay Pacific cargo operate their own transit shed at Manchester, the only freighter operator to do so, and have seen an increase in cargo being presented for X-ray which subsequently fails primary screening and has to be sent for secondary screening. They are hoping that with the addition of a new X-ray machine the balance will be somewhat redressed. With an operating size of 184cms wide and 178cms high it brings into play X-ray for considerably more cargo than previously.
You still cannot X-ray full airline maindeck pallet sizes as their has to be some trade-off between size and an operator getting a good clear image but these larger machines are a step in the right direction for export cargo and Cathay could well reap the rewards of being the first mainstream operator in Manchester to have the facility to X-ray some Maindeck cargo and reduce down the reliance on costly and time consuming secondary screening procedures.
Qantas cancels flights due to Ash Cloud
Ash drifting across the pacific ocean towards Australia has prompted Qantas to cancel all it’s flights in and out of Melbourne.
Qantas had already cancelled flights to and from Tasmania and parts of New Zealand but this cancellation now stretches out to Australia. They are not alone, other airlines have also grounded flights in the region.
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