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September 2021

Ceva opens Singapore pharma hub

Ceva Logistics has opened a temperature-controlled airfreight station next to Singapore’s Changi International Airport. It offers areas with 15-25°C Celsius and 2 to 8°C and forms part of the forwarder’s Temperature Sensitive Solution pharmaceutical logistics offering. Ceva remains committed to operating a network of more than 40 similar stations by the end of 2021 with Atlanta, Chicago, Frankfurt, Madrid, Budapest and Mumbai scheduled to open in the coming months. [+]

Successful internships: We’ll share the secret, says Expeditors

Global freight forwarder Expeditors is offering to share the template of its Opportunity Knocks internship program with other companies. OK is aimed at 16 to 24-year-olds with no degree looking to start a career and, since its launch in 2008 has helped 1,200 young people. Over 90 have become long term ... [+]

The rail wagon rethought

Leasing company VTG says it has revolutionised the rail wagon with its m² modular concept. When the superstructure can be swapped for another one, a wagon is no longer limited to just a single transportation purpose and they can be made available more quickly. Wagons that have seasonal use no ... [+]

Geodis offers greener airfreight option

Freight forwarder Geodis is now offering its customers alternative fuels for air and seafreight, in addition to the road transport option it already offers. The fuels are produced using food and agricultural waste (mainly cooking oil) and their use allows for a massive reduction in CO2 emissions of at least ... [+]

It’s not just vaccines that are vital

Volga-Dnepr Group’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines arm has completed five Boeing 747F charter flights with packaging machines for Covid-associated materials from Frankfurt in Germany) to Atlanta. Over 200 tons of machinery was delivered under the National Healthcare Association project in cooperation with Geis Air + Sea.     Global healthcare director at Volga-Dnepr Group, ... [+]

New approach to African deliveries

P&O Maritime Logistics and IO Materials Services (IOMS) have launched a new cargo system for Africa in Nigeria. FlexDelivery aims to reduce the cost of supplying the offshore supply industry as well as cutting fuel consumption and carbon output. The companies say their new offering “disrupts” the traditional model of ... [+]

Further grace period for NI trade welcome but…

ParcelHero welcomes further grace period for checks on goods entering Northern Ireland as EU-UK negotiations reach stalemate.ParcelHero has welcomed the UK government’s decision to further extend the grace period for checks on goods entering Northern Ireland. The broker points out that, unlike the first time the UK extended the grace ... [+]

Battery boxes for barges

Technology group Wärtsilä has developed a mobile battery container for inland waterway vessels. The first three units, for Netherlands-based ZES (Zero Emission Services) BV, were delivered in June 2021. The battery containers have been installed on a 104teu inland waterway container vessel, which has been modified to allow two units ... [+]

UPS opens UK mega-hub

UPS has officially opened its expanded air hub at East Midlands Airport.  The36,000sq m operation can now sort up to 22,500 packages per hour – more than twice the capacity of the previous facility and scale up more easily during peak periods. There are six daily flights to key markets, ... [+]

Cargo-partner offers China-UK rail option

Austrian forwarder cargo-partner has extended its rail services from China to Europe, including a new service to the UK via Xi’an and Warsaw. For LCL shipments, cargo-partner offers weekly rail and road services from various container freight stations in China, including Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen and Tianjin, to Basildon, with transit ... [+]

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