Collett & Sons Cruises out of Dover with 335 Tonnes
Appointed by Daher Projects GmbH to undertake delivery of two 335 Tonne transformers destined for Sellindge Substation, Collett & Sons Ltd loaded up their specialist girder bridge and headed out of Cruise Terminal 1 at the Port of Dover. Arriving at the Port aboard the same vessel, Collett deftly discharged the first, lifting from the […]
International Air Transport Association Talks About Safety
Anybody in the air cargo chain would agree on this basic guiding principle: safety always comes first. That includes safety for the ground handlers, freight forwarders, airline employees, and indeed every single person and process that gets a package from point A to point B. And though the International Air Transport Association (IATA)’s Dangerous Good […]
Collett Develops Solution for Bespoke Cargo Transport
Utilising Scheuerle clamp systems, with in-house designed transport brackets solution, Collett deliver the first of three cold box sections to the West Midlands. Due to the dimensions of the 4.4m high, 35m long cargo, Collett were required to engineer a bespoke solution to deliver the first, and largest, of the three cargoes. Flat trailers and […]
Babcock Deliver Solution for First LPG Project
Babcock’s LGE business, the global leader in liquid gas solutions, has secured a contract for the LPG cargo handling and Fuel Gas Supply System (FGSS) for the world’s first newbuilding vessel to use LPG as a primary fuel source. The 86,000cbm carrier, ordered by a leading Asian shipowner, is being built in China and will […]
BIFA Announces Its Freight Shortlist
This year’s British International Freight Association (BIFA) Freight Service Awards, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, has announced its 26 freight forwarding companies that have been shortlisted for the nine service-related categories. Those short-listed in the various categories are as follows: Air Cargo Services award – sponsored by IAG Cargo – Bermuda Forwarders (UK) Ltd; […]
Emirates Group Profits Fall in H1, Cargo Volumes Stable
The Emirates Group saw profits slide by 64% in the first half of the year, while cargo volumes remained stable and capacity increased 9%. Group revenues for the first six months of the financial year, including figures from Emirates and dnata, rose by 1% on the same period last year to $12.7bn while profits fell […]
