Three-times weekly service sees expansion of business class product to meet demand
bmi, Heathrow’s second largest airline, today (Thursday 18 May) further expanded its long haul network with the launch of a three-times a week service from London Heathrow to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The launch of the service builds on the extremely successful first eight months on bmi’s first Saudi route – London Heathrow to Riyadh.  The airline has seen very positive load factors since its launch in September 2005 with extremely strong demand for the business class product. As a result the decision was taken in April to successfully increase the number of business class seats available from 24 to 42 on the Riyadh, and now the Jeddah routes.

Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited is extremely pleased to announce it has signed a new contract with LDH (La Doria) Limited extending the current contract until at least the end of February 2009, meaning an association of ten years between the two companies. LDH will be consolidating all their operations to the Port of Felixstowe; containers handled will rise from 5,200 this year, to a staggering 10,000 plus by 2008. As the vast majority of containers will be unloaded at Felixstowe, the venture incurs no ‘empty running costs’. HPUK’s ports are ideally placed to provide on-site value added services, which reduce cost and time elements in the supply chain.

 The IRU is encouraged by important and positive developments in the review of the 2001 Transport White Paper. In particular the Commission has explicitly recognised the critical role that road transport plays within the EU economy and its success in significantly reducing vehicle emissions. The Commission has also shown pragmatism by acknowledging that a forced modal shift policy simply isn’t working.

Following the announcement on 25 April 2006 Kuehne + Nagel UK and Scottish & Newcastle UK (“S&N UK”) have completed the deal that sees the creation of a new Kuehne + Nagel owned division, KN Drinks Logistics, which is now fully operational.
The deal follows a period of detailed briefings and consultation with employees. All staff employed in the Kuehne + Nagel primary operations on behalf of S&N UK, and all S&N UK secondary distribution staff have transferred under TUPE into KN Drinks Logistics. The combined business has nationwide coverage through 22 depots, with around 850 vehicles and 2,900 people.