December 2015

Carbon cutting – it’s in your hands

With climate change talks getting underway in Paris, the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has called on the shipping industry to reach agreement on carbon reduction measures - or risk having rules enforced. The GSF has released a statement on how the maritime sector should address the issue. It is keen to avoid a patchwork approach of national CO2 targets which would be complex to manage and wants the shipping industry to ... [+]

New plane is a tonic for medicine makers

IAG Cargo is replacing its remaining Airbus A321 on the Heathrow-Tel Aviv route with wide-body Boeing 777-200s. The twice daily service will benefit to Israel’s fast-growing temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals sector, says the carrier. Daily lift in summer will increase 72% to 29 tonnes. Israel is a major manufacturer of pharmaceutical products ... [+]

New commercial head for Gefco UK

Gefco UK has appointed Martin Rantle is its new commercial director. He joins from Palletline, where he was the executive director of sales and marketing for UK and Europe and previously spent 30 years at TNT, most recently as vice president of sales and marketing for EMEA, Asia Pacific and ... [+]

Cargolux claims talks ‘breakthrough’

Luxembourg-based all-cargo airline Cargolux says it has achieved a major breakthrough in its long-running negotiations with trade unions on a new collective work agreement. It says that negotiations have at last yielded agreement in principle with both unions on new terms that will create job security while maintaining the ... [+]

New look leadership for Hellmann

German-owned forwarder Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Dr Thomas Knecht as part of an overhaul of its top management. He will be responsible for strategy, corporate development and legal and compliance issues. At the same time, Hellmann has appointed a new executive board, to lead the company into the future. Owner ... [+]

ANA, Lufthansa add Fukuoka, Sapporo

Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) are expanding their joint network between Europe and Japan with the addition of Fukuoka on Kyushu in south Japan, later to be followed by Sapporo on the north island. Starting from December, ANA flights from Tokyo Haneda to Fukuoka Airport can be booked ... [+]

Priority appoints marketing man

'Contingency logistics' specialist Priority Freight has appointed Stuart Stobie as group sales and marketing director. He joins Priority Freight from TNT, where he worked for 28 years in a variety of roles including senior management and at boardroom level. [+]

Soget is going to Jamaica

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) and Bureau Veritas BIVAC have signed a contract with Soget to implement a port community system (PCS) at eight of the island's ports and airports, including the port of Kingston which handled 1.63m teu in 2014. The specialist company will implement the S)ONE PCS ... [+]

Kerry appoints UK team

Asian-owned Kerry Logistics has appointed Dave Gaughan (pictured below, left)as managing director in the UK, based at its local headquarters in Manchester. At the same time, Ian Dodsworth has been named executive director, also based in Manchester, and Brian Dempsey (right) - rejoining Kerry Logistics after a three-year break to ... [+]

Transport chairman sees Calais ‘mayhem’ at first hand

Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport, Rob Flello has seen for himself the mayhem at the Port of Calais. He said that despite the Eurotunnel terminal now becoming “a fortress”, access roads are like a war zone, “unsafe for motorists and professional drivers.” He promised to raise the ... [+]

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