February 2019
Gefco Group has nominated five new leaders to expand its freight forwarding business including industrial project cargo and life sciences and healthcare logistics solutions.
They are: Alicja Szewczyk, global human resources people and culture manager (main picture); Valentin Elistratov, global commercial director (pictured below, left); Karin Van Den Brekel, life science and health care global manager (right); Katherine Shek, regional director for Asia (below); and Peter West, country director for Australia ...
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Swiss-based forwarding giant Panalpina is in talks over a possible merger with Kuwait’s Agility, Bloomberg reports. It appears that is a move by major shareholder Ernst Goehner Foundation to rebuff an earlier $4 billion offer for the company by DSV.
Panalpina is reported to have said that the talks with ...
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Terminal operator Cuxport, a joint venture with Rhenus moved a 95-tonne machine frame for the aerospace industry from Ravensburg in southern Germany to Saint-Nazaire in France during February, on behalf of freight forwarder, Bohnet.
The cargo was first moved from Ravensburg to the Rhine port of Plochingen for movement to ...
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French logistics and transport services provider FM Logistic has opened a €20 million dedicated cold storage warehouse in Bucharest for pharma and healthcare products. The 10,000sq m building is in compliance with the Good Distribution Practices (GDP) and Good Storage Practices (GSP) for pharmaceutical products in the 15 to 25 ...
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Champ Cargosystems has launched an Emissions Calculator for airlines, shippers, and forwarders. It uses information flowing through Champ solutions and from third parties to calculate a breakdown of emissions by flight or air waybill number, reporting on the key greenhouse gasses of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides and particulates ...
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Most surface imports and exports will now arrive at their destination after Brexit day on 29 March, points out David Jinks, head of consumer research at package broker ParcelHero.
He says that UK retailers and traders who source their products from China for resale in the UK or EU ...
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Air Charter Service has opened its sixth US office in Atlanta, Georgia. It is in the hands of Joseph Chiantia, previously at ACS’s New York office and before that worked for the US Coast Guard, which included flying on search and rescue missions.
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Global trade software specialist BluJay Solutions has integrated the what3words simplified addressing system into its MobileSTAR delivery management application. BluJay customers can specify delivery and pick-up locations using a unique three-word address rather than traditional addressing or GPS coordinates. It takes complex GPS coordinates and converts them into more precise, ...
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The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and World Shipping Council (WSC) have backed the agreement reached by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission on the European Maritime Single Window environment proposal.
ECSA secretary-general, Martin Dorsman, welcomed in particular that idea of a harmonised data , a “fundamental ...
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Irish Ferries’ MV Ulysses returned to Dublin on 13 February following a four-week dry docking at the Cammell Laird yard on Merseyside. The work includes new propellers, rudder components, refurbishment of the stern thruster and other underwater works, along with engine overhauls and vehicle deck painting.
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