February 2021
Kuehne+Nagel is to acquire Asian forwarder Apex International. The company was founded in China in 2001 and is especially active in the transpacific and intra-Asian markets. It has about 1,600 employees and a yearly turnover of over CHF 2.1 billion (£1.6m). In 2020, the company handled 750,000 tons of airfreight and 190,000teu of sea freight.
KN’s board chairman Dr Joerg Wollesaid “Today we are one of the leading players and are ...
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Network Rail has completed a £17 million scheme to allow longer trains to operate to and from the port of Southampton. Engineers have finished a series of improvements on the lines used by freight trains between Southampton Central and Redbridge, allowing trains to carry up to 20% more freight. Trains ...
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United Airlines is to add daily flights between Boston Logan International Airport and London Heathrow. It will be operated by a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.
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Theft from storage facilities increasing and there has been a relative decline in in-transit incidents and those involving vehicles, according to whole year data from 2020 compiled by insurer, TT Club, and supply chain intelligence firm, BSI.
The trend reflected the radical changes to consumer buying patterns as a consequence of ...
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Developers of the Thames Enterprise Park billion-pound regeneration plan for the former Coryton oil refinery have submitted a package of additional information to Thurrock Borough Council to support their application. A decision is now anticipated early in the summer.
The planning application proposes to create a new manufacturing, energy and logistics super-hub ...
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DHL Express has signed a deal with aerospace firm SmartLynx Malta for two converted Airbus A321-200 freighters which will join the carrier’s European air fleet. Smartlynx Malta is planning to add two additional A321Fs during 2021 and up to four more during 2022, in pursuit of its goal to become ...
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Heavylift shipping operators Intermarine Brazil and SAL Heavy Lift Brazil are to open a joint office in the South American country. A team of five will be headed by Natalie Jones (pictured), who has worked for leading carriers, including Intermarine, for more than 25 years. She stated: “Brazil holds plenty ...
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Chairman of Dublin airfreight general sales agent, Sean McCool, has been inducted into the All-Ireland Business Foundation’s Hall of Fame.
By no means the only accolade that he has gained in his near-90 years, induction as a laureate into the Hall recognises distinguished members of the Irish Business community and those ...
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Air broker Chapman Freeborn has appointed Allen Liu as cargo director, North Asia. He began his career in 2006 and worked for several air cargo businesses before taking on a senior role as cargo manager China at Chapman Freeborn in 2013, before joining Air Bridge Cargo in 2018.
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Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has started construction on Phase II of Dnata City East, a 117,000 sq ft extension of its existing hub to the south of Heathrow. Full planning permission for the building was granted in August 2020. The building will be operated ...
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