October 2021
When Multimodal 2021 opens its doors on Tuesday, visitors will find a new matchmaking service to connect shippers to each other and to exhibitors at the show, who include ONE, DP World, Maritime Transport, Malcolm Group, Dachser, and Kuehne + Nagel.
Show director Robert Jervis says that feedback from exhibitors and visitors is that people are eager to get back together and drive new business – and what better way to ...
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Europa Worldwide Group has appointed Adrian Redmile as branch network and sales director, replacing Dionne Redpath who has been promoted to chief operating officer. Previously northern regional sales manager, he leads a team of 218 at 13 local branches but plans to increase the head count by 30 by next ...
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IAG Cargo launched a new route between to Dakar, Senegal and Madrid on 11 October, in response to increasing cargo demand to West Africa. It operates five times a week with an Iberia Airbus 330 and A350 with cargo capacity of 20 and 30 tonnes per flight.
IAG Cargo said the ...
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ECS Group says it has taken the archetypal airfreight general sales agent (GSA) concept “to a whole new level” to help its customers cope with the effects of Covid. As smaller and medium-sized airlines begin to ramp up again, they may face a number of organisational challenges, many of them ...
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Etihad Cargo has revamped its etihadcargo.com portal. The new-look website offers quicker booking, a personalised dashboard, recommendations and dynamic pricing, along with a dynamic map of the carrier’s global network. It says it cuts the time to complete a booking from over two minutes to under 45 seconds. New features ...
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Handling company dnata is using drones to monitor cargo and airline supplies in its warehouses at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. It has partnered with US tech start-up Gather AI to introduce the drones which will map the environment, collect inventory data, count cases, measure temperature, and read barcodes, without ...
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Copenhagen-based logistics forwarder, Scan Global Logistics has acquired UK-based air and sea forwarder Horizon International Cargo. It gives the Nordic company its first ever presence in the UK, along with 150 Horizon’s staff in five countries.
Scan Global said the Horizon operation would remain unaltered and play an essential role in ...
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Azerbaijani carrier Silk Way Airlines is celebrating its 20th anniversary. During this time, its route network has covered over 130 countries and its aircraft have flown 70 million nautical miles, transporting 600,000 tons of freight, often to regions completely cut off from the road network or to airfields with nonexistent ...
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The Nautical Institute is to hold a one-day (in person) conference on the problem of cargo fires on 4 November.
Cargo fires such as the one that recently occurred on the X-Press Pearl are a perennial problem for shipping companies. They result in major damage to ships, cargo, containers and unacceptable ...
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Freight operators are reporting problems with returning empty containers to Felixstowe. Woodland Group said that due to the enormous number of laden import containers now congesting and the UK driver shortage neither Evergreen nor Maersk are unable to accept any empties and have offered alternatives, almost all in the North ...
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