August 2021
Robert Jubb, UK head of freight at broker Air Partner says he is expecting an increase in demand for dedicated cargo flights in the lead-up to Christmas, due to the ongoing shortage of truck drivers.He commented: “Recent complications to supply chains due to Brexit and a lack of available HGV drivers has seen our enquiries for air freight increase by as much as 60% to meet demand for orders typically ...
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Suez Canal Container Terminal says that its ongoing upgrade project has already resulted in a new record, 57,242 moves or 95,579teu in the week beginning 15 August. SCCT, a joint venture with APM Terminals as the majority shareholder, plus COSCO, the Suez Canal Authority and the National Bank of Egypt, ...
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German retailer Kaufland has become one of the first major customers to use DHL Global Forwarding’s GoGreen Plus carbon-cutting service for FCL , aiming to decrease its annual emissions by around 12,000 tonnes. Measures to reduce, avoid or offset carbon emissions include use of sustainable marine fuel.
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Nottingham-based Baxter Freight has increased half-year turnover from £7.7m to £12.9m and is expecting an annual figure of at least £28m for 2021, £10m above last year.
The record year results were achieved despite the effects of Covid and Brexit.
Baxter Freight is now progressing its Fast Forward growth plan, projecting turnover ...
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Etihad Cargo has helped Man City legends Vincent Kompany and David Silva travel the 5,778 miles from Chicago to Manchester. No, it isn’t a cost-saving initiative by the club – the pair were large scale statues, destined a home outside the Etihad Stadium and due to be unveiled on 28 ...
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Freight forwarder Ceva Logistics has moved the first oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Indonesia via Singapore for an aid project organised by the Changi Airport Group.
With many Southeast Asian and Pacific countries affected by the highly transmissible Delta variant, medical supplies of all kinds are urgently needed. In total, ...
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Cargo was the main driver of record financial results for Air Charter Service (ACS), said the UK-based international broker. The company achieved sales of over $1.2 billion in the financial year ending January 2021, thanks largely to the effect of the Covid pandemic.
With up to 80% of air freight usually travelling ...
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Surging container rates from the Far East are in danger of killing off trade in many commodities, warns David McCutcheon, chief executive of Scottish forwarding and logistics company, Bullet Express. With freight charges having increased four-fold in a short space of time, many retailers, especially those selling bulky goods, have ...
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Garbe Industrial Real Estate has officially launched construction work on a 31,500sq m logistics centre at Müllendorf Business Park, 55 kilometres south of Vienna. The new building is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2022. The Hamburg-based project developer is investing around €28 million in the site which, ...
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French temperature-controlled specialist Seafrigo says its new LCL (Less-than-Container) reefer service to New York, launched in partnership with Antwerp Cold Stores, is proving popular with consumers of Belgian luxury goods. Demand in the US products such as chocolate and biscuits has surged over the last 12 months and the group ...
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