June 2015

Allport to open in Belgium

Freight forwarding company, Allport Cargo Services (ACS), is set to expand its presence in Europe with the opening of ACS Belgium. Founded over 50 years ago, ACS already has operations in over 30 countries worldwide, with representation in 100 more. The move forms part of a clear growth directive and on 1st June 2015, the Air and Sea division of ACS will open its doors in Belgium. The company has confirmed that ... [+]

Ten thousand kilometres for a CT scan

TNT has transported a Tyrannosaurus rex skull from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in South Dakota, US to the Fraunhofer EZRT research institute in Fuerth, Germany for a high-resolution CT scan. The well-preserved skull, property of the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre (Netherlands) belongs to a 66 million-year-old female T. rex ... [+]

Airfreight in danger of being overlooked, says FTA

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has written to Prime Minister David Cameron asking that air freight should not be overlooked when considering the options for creating new airport capacity in south east England. In a letter to the Prime Minister FTA chief executive David Wells, outlined the essential work of air ... [+]

Seafreight signs worrying, says Stifel

There has been “a worrisome decline” in optimism among seafreight users, according to the May issue of the the Stifel Logistics Confidence Index. It decline by 2.6 points to 47.7, the first time since October 2013 that the present sea freight sub-index fell below the 50 level. Furthermore, three of ... [+]

Greencarrier appoints and promotes

Swedish forwarder Greencarrier Freight Services has appointed Mikael Forsberg (left) as its first head of global sales and has promoted Jarmo Halonen (right) to group director road freight. Forsberg, who takes the title of chief commercial officer, will be responsible for the execution and development of the global sales ... [+]

In search of a freight strategy for the North

Transport for the North, the body set up by the Government last October to improve links across the region, is to develop a Northern Freight and Logistics Strategy. Following the publication of The Northern Powerhouse report in March 2015, which set out the ambitions of Transport for the North (TfN), ... [+]

Biggest and best yet for Schenker Finland

Forwarder DB Schenker will open one of its largest and most modern terminals near Helsinki on 3 June in Finland. At 57 million, it is one of the largest investments that DB Schenker has made and will combine land transport, air, and sea freight in one building housing 650 employees. ... [+]

DSV revamps LCL services

Freight forwarder DSV says it is investing in its less-than-containerload (LCL) seafreight services people and processes “to take them to a new level”. Newly appointed director of LCL, Claus Jensen, says he wants to increase the range of LCL services as well as redefine and strengthen procedures. He says that, until ... [+]

Vinyl fuels airfreight boom

Sales – and airfreighting - of vinyl records are booming, says Woodland Entertainment, a specialist division of Essex-based specialist publishing forwarder Woodland Group. With the launch of the UK's first weekly vinyl chart by the Official Charts Company in April, director of Woodland Entertainment, Maurizio Piroddi, says: “Despite predictions ... [+]

GAC extends US reach

GAC Group is opening four new offices in the US - in Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles. The Houston-headquartered logistics specialist said they would build on its existing foothold in the oil and gas sector as well as further expand its reach in the domestic and international automotive, FMCG, ... [+]

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