November 2018

Grangemouth makes it three in a row

The Port of Grangemouth’s newest ship to shore container gantry crane is due to get to work this month at Scotland’s largest container terminal. It joins two other Liebherr cranes. The third crane is part of a £10million investment programme at the port to increase handling capacity and speed up turnaround time. Port manager, Derek Knox, said: “We are Scotland’s largest container port and we handle some of the country’s most valuable ... [+]

China Post signs Lufthansa freighter deal

China Post has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lufthansa Cargo, initially, for weekly capacity on a Boeing 777 freighter on the Shanghai-Frankfurt route. The two partners aim to cater for rapidly growing e-commerce business. [+]

Immigrants converge on South Humberside

There was an upsurge in migrant activity in South Humberside ports during November, according to recent press reports. The Border Force said on 18 November that nine Eritrean nationals had been discovered inside a container in Killingholme port. Five other males, from Sudan and Libya were discovered in a van ... [+]

Quick move for Kuehne + Nagel

Kuehne + Nagel (KN) has acquired New York-based Quick International Courier, a specialist in tailor-made solutions to the aviation and pharma and healthcare industries, for an undisclosed sum and subject to clearance by merger authorities. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Jamaica, NY, Quick has about 550 employees and specialises ... [+]

Norwegian wood

Once again, ferry operator DFDS is helping to bring the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree to London. The tree was ceremonially felled in Norway today (20 November). Norway has sent a 20 metre spruce almost every year since 1947 to the people of Britain as a symbol of gratitude for its support ... [+]

Updated: Ceva appoints Down Under and Europe chiefs

Ceva Logistics has appointed Milton Tadeau Pimenta (pictured, left) as managing director of its Australia and New Zealand cluster. Currently head of Contract Logistics in South America and a 17-year Ceva veteran, he takes over from Carlos Velez Rodriguez who is leaving Ceva to pursue other opportunities but who will ... [+]

Spring comes early for BUD

Budapest Airport (BUD) processed a record total of 13,313 tonnes of airfreight last month, its largest figure ever for the month of October. The figure, which represents both trucked and flown freight, is a 22.9% increase over October 2017. The period from January 2018 to October 2018 saw a 16.3% year-on-year ... [+]

Tudor boss welcomes Brexit deal

Director of Leeds-based forwarder, Tudor International Freight, Adam Johnson, has welcomed the Brexit deal between UK and EU negotiators. He says that the fact that the document would, if finally approved, provide much-needed certainty about future trading arrangements after over two years of considerable doubt. He said ratification would also confirm ... [+]

Freelance network acquires freight marketplace

Freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace Freelancer.com has acquired Channel 40, which connects freight owners with transport operators, and relaunched it as Freightlancer. Channel 40 was started in 2016 by mining executive Tom Cavanagh, who is also chief executive of EMS Group, one of Australia’s largest underground mining and tunnelling service providers. It primarily ... [+]

Americans step into the breach to help hurricane victims

Many American Airlines Cargo employees took it on themselves to find ways they could help their local communities after Hurricane Michael wreaked havoc in and around Florida in early October. Recently, the carrier’s Miami team partnered with the American Red Cross to compile packages for those who lost everything in the ... [+]

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