September 2020
International Air Transport Association (IATA) head of cargo Glyn Hughes is to leave his job in January next year as part of a restructuring programme, after 30 years at the Geneva-based organisation. No announcement has yet been made about any successor.
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Kuehne+Nagel has opened airside pharma and healthcare hubs in Brussels and Johannesburg as part of its global GxP-certified network of temperature-controlled facilities for the distribution of vaccines and other pharma products. Direct tarmac access minimises the risk of temperature excursions and ensures product integrity and new premises have dedicated areas ...
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The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed Toril Eidesvik as non-executive director. She has worked as chief executive of reefer shipping company Green Reefers, general ship supply company Seven Seas and cargo handling equipment supplier TTS Group and replaces Annette Malm Justad, who stepped down from the PLA board ...
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APM Terminals Port Elizabeth, part of the Port of New York and New Jersey, handled the 15,072 teu CMA CGM Brazil on September 12, the largest vessel ever to call the US East Coast. It was made possible by the Bayonne Bridge clearance programme, which increased air draft to 65.5m ...
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Manchester Airports Group (MAG)-owned East Midlands and London Stansted saw a significant increase in demand for extra cargo flights to the US due to lack of belly hold capacity on passenger routes. In July and August, traditional a quiet time, EMA saw an increase of 21.2% and 18.5% respectively, while ...
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The Europa Road team has moved from Northampton has moved to the company’s new £60 million logistics facility in Corby. The nine-strong group are part of Europa's national road freight operation.
Branch manager, Mitch Clarke (pictured, right, with Europa Group chief Andrew Baxter) has recently hired two more members of staff. ...
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European digital freight forwarder, sennder has acquired Uber’s European freight business. In an all-stock transaction, Uber will acquire a minority stake in sennder and its European freight business will continue operating under the sennder brand.
In June merged with French counterpart Everoad and earlier established Joint Venture with Poste Italiane, Italy’s ...
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The Smart Freight system that will control freight moving between the UK and Continent after Brexit is unlikely to be fully operational by the end of the year, reports Logistics UK (formerly FTA).
Only the Beta version is now anticipated for launch in mid-December, it said.
Director of policy Elizabeth de Jong ...
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North Sea Container Line (NCL) is to start a direct weekly container service from Norway to the UK on 23 September when MV Rumba makes her first call at London Container Terminal, Tilbury.
The service, southbound and northbound, will link around 15 ports on the west coast of Norway directly with the ...
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Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport has handed over the keys for a new handling warehouse to Swissport Cargo Services Deutschland. The new building – located in CargoCity South – has 17,000 square meters of floor space, including special, temperature-controlled zones for handling sensitive pharmaceutical products. Swissport is aiming to start operations ...
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