Cathay’s 747-8F flies into Manchester


Manchester Airport welcomed


its first Cathay Pacific 747-8 Freighter from Hong Kong on 19 December. The new aircraſt will fly regularly on the Manchester to Hong Kong route and can carry over 130 tonnes of cargo. Manchester Airports Group


(MAG)’s commercial director for cargo, Graeme Ferguson, said: “This aircraſt offers greater capacity and capability, and complements MAG’s commitment to encourage sustainable and


more environmentally friendly aircraſt operations. Cathay Pacific has been a long standing and very important cargo customer to Manchester Airport and we look forward to the benefits this brand new aircraſt will bring to Cathay Pacific and its UK cargo customers.” Work


has started on


Manchester airport’s new £100m, 1.4m sq ſt World Logistics Hub, part of the wider £800m Airport City project.


Knights of Old


recruits German partner


British logistics company, Knights of Old has launched a new service with Transland Spedition in Germany to the Hesse region of the country. Transland is based in Haiger,


and gives Knights quick transit times to German destinations and daily departures to all capitals in Europe. In turn, Transland makes use of Knights’ UK, Irish and services. Transland is part of the


Zufall Logistics Group, a family owned business with offices in Göttingen, Fulda and Nohra and its main business beside domestic traffic is groupage


throughout Europe, plus logistic services. It also has over 70,000 sq m of warehousing. Knights of Old is a major


shareholder in Partnerlink and recently launched Partnerlink Europe, in which TSA of France, Vorex of Holland, Alberti e Santi of Italy, Nightline International of Ireland, Sertrans of Iberia, Transports Jacot of France, M&F Spedition of Germany and Trawöger of Austria offer a competitive pan European solution. In addition to these countries, Knights offers services to Belgium, Poland, Malta and Scandinavia.


Europa opens Leeds office


Europa, the pan-European logistics company taken over by former RH Freight owner Andrew Baxter in August, has officially opened a new office in Leeds, at Calder Park off Junction 39 of the M1. New branch manager Miles O’Donnell has joined the company and is planning a recruitment drive in the New Year. He is looking for a team of 12 staff within the next 24 months. The new office will be


supported by a local distribution partner that will cover collection and distribution in Yorkshire with nightly vehicles connecting the branch to Europa’s northern hub at ProLogis Park


in Birmingham and in turn allowing consignments to be exported across Europe on a daily basis. Europa has never had an


office presence in the region, it’s nearest northern location hitherto being in Manchester. On acquiring RH Freight,


Baxter announced plans for investment in the business and maximising its potential outside Europe, particularly in air, ocean and logistics operations. Europa expects to add a


number of additional routes by the end of the year and throughout 2014 and it also has plans to open another branch in the East Midlands.


Baxter in business Jobs to go in TNT restructure


TNT Express UK & Ireland is to remove 237 positions in data entry, administrative, supervisory and clerical


roles


from January 2014. It forms part of a restructuring of its finance and administrative activities as


part of the express giant’s global Deliver! programme, announced in March 2013, which aims to make the company more efficient and follows the failed bit by UPS to take over TNT Express from the Dutch post office.


Ian Baxter, former managing director of RH Freight and brother


of Andrew Baxter, has


managers. Ultimately, the company plans


fellow owner offically


opened his own freight company. Baxter Freight will be based in the Abbeyfield Road area of Nottingham and is currently recruiting


over 20 account


to establish a team of 100 within the next two years, according to its website. It has already held a talent spotting session in Nottingham city centre and, out of 100 applications received,


has introduced candidates to the company. 15


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