March 2018
Independent airfreight general sales agency (GSA) network 1GSA has appointed Goodman GLS as its exclusive member for Korea. Goodman GLS’s GSA business was launched in 2014, and currently represents Westjet, Cubana, and the Leisure Cargo portfolio of 14 airlines, providing its customers with access to destinations throughout Asia, Europe, Caribbean, Middle East and Africa.
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Topics up for debate at Multimodal 2018 include Brexit opportunities and challenges, key performance indicators for air freight shippers and optimising performance in the maritime supply chain, says Robert Jervis, logistics portfolio director at organisers, Clarion Events.
The free-to-attend three-day event, includes a series of seminars and panel discussions offering insight ...
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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport has incorporated Women in Logistics UK to create a new group to promote diversity and inclusion in the profession. The Women in Logistics Forum will provide opportunities for the logistics and transport profession, and other key stakeholders, support women working in the sector ...
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IT solutions provider CHAMP Cargosystems has extended its Traxon Global Customs (TGC) advance electronic information platform to Russia, Jamaica and the Maldives.
In Russia, a semi-automated solution was upgraded to full automation to meet new requirements. The next Eurasian Union countries planned for rollout include Armenia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
Jamaica requires IATA ...
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The INTTRA shipping electronic transaction platform and information provider has added four new carriers, including Evergreen, bringing its total to 60, including all of the top ten world lines. The other additions are European shortsea line Unifeeder, intra-Asia operator Namsung Shipping and Antillean Marine Shipping, which links the US to ...
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Nexiot, which pioneered use of smart sensors for non-powered assets in the supply chain, can now integrate its services with a Blockchain type Distributed Ledger as part of its Digital Logistics Platform.
Nexiot’s self-sustaining sensors send messages every five minutes from assets such as rail wagons, shipping containers and boxes, including ...
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New technologies and solutions are developing rapidly and disrupting industries on multiple fronts, with firms struggling to keep up, says DHL in its latest research report on digitalization in the supply chain
The global survey of nearly 350 supply chain and operations professionals reveals that 95% of respondents are not fully ...
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New privately-owned freight forwarder FSC Oceans has started trading from headquarters in Fulham High Street, West London.
Managing director Shatha Aziz (pictured below, right), who moved to the UK from Iraq in 2016, believes that there is a there is a gap in the market, and says the new company will ...
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Kerry Logistics has appointed Birte Schulz as commercial director Europe. In her new role, Schulz will manage sales activities and key account management in ten European, based in Hamburg. She previously held positions as head of business development and head of key account management at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.
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Stena Line has signed a contract with Callenberg Technology Group to turn Gothenburg/Frederikshavn ferry, Stena Jutlandica into a ‘battery powered’ vessel. The 1 MWh power plant will be used for ‘in port’ operations although Stena’s ultimate target is for battery propulsion to power vessels up to 50 nautical miles.
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