May 2020

Handling PPE? Stay alert, says insurer

Insurance Broker Peter Lole is urging clients moving or storing PPE equipment to reassess their current security arrangements after 80,000 face masks were stolen from a warehouse in Manchester. The high quality respirator masks were stolen after thieves cut a hole in the steel warehouse shutters to avoid triggering the alarm system, making off with 320 boxes of material Freight and marine manager, Hazel Downes, said: "Clearly PPE is now much more ... [+]

Port Talbot signs new steel deal

Associated British Ports (ABP) signed a new and improved ten-year agreement with Indian-owned Tata to handle raw material imports through Port Talbot for the local steelworks and to export its finished products through ABP Newport. It will provide additional opportunities for use of the north side of the jetty and  will ... [+]

Emirates flies to 75 cities

Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its weekly scheduled cargo flight operations to cover 75 destinations with the addition of Dublin, Colombo, Conakry, Dakar, Dhaka, Khartoum, Kuala Lumpur, Perth and Quito. It has also upped frequency of flights to several key destinations including London, Amsterdam, Beijing, Bengaluru, Brussels, Chennai, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hanoi ... [+]

Imperial sells off barge business

German-based logistics firm Imperial has sold its 90% holding in inland waterway operator Multinaut to its managing director, Peter Jedlicka. The latter sold the stake to Imperial in 2008, retaining 10% of its shares; and is now again the sole owner of the business, which operates 25 vessels of750 to ... [+]

Forwarding is alive and kicking, says Millennium boss

Managing director of Birmingham-based Millennium Cargo Chadd Blunt is urging fellow industry professionals to put a stop to scaremongering reports that suggest that the freight forwarding sector is in the midst of extinction He has criticised logistics experts for repeatedly publishing ominous accounts reports which are not only fuelling increased negativity ... [+]

Dover wins on aggregate

Port of Dover Cargo has handled 30,000 tonnes of bulk aggregate through its new terminal new customer, Aggregate Industries. The Yeoman Bank discharged the material on 12 May for distribution across the East Kent region. Logistics director at Aggregate Industries, Simon Turk, said the cargo was offloaded within 13½ hours ... [+]

Dachser dashes to the rescue

Freight forwarder Dachser’s Dartford branch has helped workplace clothing manufacturer and distributor find alternative sources of supply into its main UK distribution centre in Preston. Alisco, which equips the UK market with over 3.5 million garments a year, is a specialist in healthcare supplies and is one of the largest ... [+]

Rhenus buys Swedlink

German forwarder the Rhenus Group has acquired Scandinavian business Swedlink. The company has offices in Stockholm and Malmö. [+]

Swiss goes back to Bombay

Swiss WorldCargo has reinstated three times a week cargo-only flights between Zurich and Mumbai. The carrier already serves Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bangkok and Singapore in Asia with freighters, as well as destinations in the US and South Africa. [+]

Airfreight revenues surge in April

In the midst of aviation’s biggest crisis, worldwide air cargo revenues actually went up in April, by 36% year on year and by 26% month on month, says industry analyst WorldACD in its latest report. But in remains to be seen for how long the increase can be sustained. Chargeable weight ... [+]

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