July 2021
Maersk is redesigning its ocean network in west and central Asia including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, UAE and Saudi Arabia. The changes are primarily aimed at improving speed to market, providing higher predictability and offering more flexibility and resilience. A new ME4 service will offer a direct coverage between Doha and North Europe, cutting schedules by up to five days and by up to six days from Jebel Ali ...
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Middle East logistics operator Aramex and German-based forwarder DB Schenker have signed a memorandum of understanding to offer upply chain solutions in critical industries to and from Abu Dhabi and the wider region. Leveraging DB Schenker’s extensive freight forwarding capacity it will boost Aramex’s capabilities and offerings in the region ...
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Chief Executive of the UK Major Ports Group, Tim Morris says that operators have seen rocketing numbers of staff having to isolate after being contacted by the NHS Covid app, similar to the rest of industry.
He added: “Most of these workers have received one vaccination already with many already double ...
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Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, southern India sent 483,460kg of mangoes to four months from March to June. Doha emerged as the leading destination for the fruit, with 140,000kg, followed by London (68,000kg) and Singapore (55,000kg). June saw the highest movement s with 169,882kg of mangoes, handled by cargo terminal ...
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DHL’s Saloodo! digital road freight platform is offering a new road freight connection between the Gulf (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman) and Egypt, Libya and Sudan North Africa. BeduConnect was set up to connect countries of the Arabian Peninsula with North African trading partners due to tight ...
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Samskip has established its own business entity in Finland, replacing an agency arrangement. The new organisation, based in Helsinki, will be led by country manager Atte Ingman (pictured below) who has 30 years of experience representing European and Asian shipowners, including establishing successful subsidiaries in Finland for shipping principals.
Regional director ...
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Kansas City forwarder the Scarbrough Group has signed a deal with Vector.ai for an artificial intelligence platform to automate its accounts payable and customs declaration tasks. It provides Scarbrough Group with a central hub for its customs brokerage and finance teams to collaborate while simultaneously extracting commercial invoice data for ...
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The time container ships spend waiting on anchor for berths more than doubled since 2019, according to Port Performance Data from business analystics firm, IHS Markit. North America saw the biggest deterioration with vessels spending on average 33 hours on anchor in May 2021 versus 8 hours in May 2019.
For ...
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A parcel broker says the Government is having ‘secret’ talks that could result in non-UK HGV drivers, including EU nationals, being called back to the country on temporary visas.
ParcelHero’s head of consumer research, David Jinks says that the driver shortage is potentially that it could lead to empty shelves or ...
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Dublin Port Company reports that its volume in the first half of 2021 have recovered and are now only 2.1% below last year’s level.Following a weak first quarter, (when volumes declined by -15.2% in the first three months after Brexit), there was a 13.1% increase to 9.0m gross tonnes in ...
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