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Andrew misses win by 26 minutes, but collects world record for fastest solo crossing

Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival.

80th birthday for the NGL founder

One day strike will affect import clearances

Carriers have been returning vessels to service over the past two years since the global crisis caused mass withdrawal and lay up of unwanted capacity - until now.

USA has dropped plans to impose screening requirement on all cargo destined by sea to US

The Challenge
To race solo 2,936 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in a 23 foot rowing boat to raise £44,040 for both Help a London Child and the Toy Trust, £30 for every mile rowed. Norman Global are proud to sponsor Andrew Brown on his immense challenge

Vessels transiting the Suez Canal have remained unaffected by unrest in Egypt over the past week,

We now guarantee a daily service from London to Dublin and Dublin to London, with dedicated double-deck trailers

New features, more interactive, faster response.

** DELAYED TILL JULY 2011 ** - Stringent new import regulations will be applied from 1 Jan 2011 to measure the presence of Primary Aromatic Amines (PAA) which are carcinogenic, and also Formaldehyde which is present in melamine

Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s director general & CEO, said: “The events in Yemen have put cargo security at the top of our agenda”

Containership order book increased in October after more than two years of decline

Increasing costs in China, are attracting manufacturers to Vietnam - and support is being given by Shipping Lines who are now commencing direct calls, rather than transhipment through Singapore

In an effort to maintain rate levels, Carriers will return vessels to be layed up in order to reduce capacity and increase rates. Approx 300,000teu is being taken out of service, that’s around 50 vessels. This year Carriers were unable to implement a Peak Season Surcharge whilst vessels were operating at barely 90% capacity.

In September HKIA handled 346,000 tons of air cargo a 13.9% increase on Sep 2009. The increase is 25.3% for the past 12 months.  Rates are increasing from Hong Kong and China due to strong demand.

Kevin McNamara, General Manager – Feltham, has clocked up 25 years service with the Company this month. Karleen Johnson and Maxine Samuel also reached the 10 year post.