November 2021
Swedish-owned Stena Line has bought 100% of Preston-based ferry booking agency Freightlink, including its CustomsLink clearance arm, for an undisclosed sum. The company will continue to operate as a stand-alone business unit within the Stena Group and on arms-length principles and will continue to operate out of its existing office under current management. Stena’s group head of freight Jacob Koch-Nielsen said: “We wish to broaden our product offering not least ...
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Specialist aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has won two Green Apple Awards for its carbon reduction project and for adoption of electronic air waybills (eAWBs) for all airlines it works with. The Green Apple Organisation is an independent, non-profit, non-political group that recognises businesses that make a positive contribution to ...
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Transport and logistics services provider Geodis has opened a sorting centre in Schoten, near Antwerp, and a new office at Liege airport to reinforce its e-commerce footprint in Europe. The new 6,300sq m Schoten sorting centre will handle 100 to 150 express trucks per day and process up to 20,000 ...
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AAL China staff have been raising money through sponsored physical training activity for the Labu Hope Primary School in Yunnan Province. The funds raised enabled AAL’s team to purchase and donate school uniforms, bed sheets, quilts, pillows, and stationery. The Labu Hope Primary School, part of the nationwide Project Hope ...
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The European Commission says it could blacklist transport operators that are found to be involved in people smuggling as part of its response to the situation on its border with Belarus. It says that recent events there could not have taken place without the knowing or unknowing contribution of certain ...
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Swiss-headquartered global forwarder Kuehne + Nagel will appoint Stefan Paul as chief executive from 1 August 2022, while current chief executive Dr Detlef Trefzger will step down for private reasons. He will remain on the board of directors. Stefan Paul has been a member of the management board since 2013, ...
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British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general Robert Keen has been elected secretary general of FIATA, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations. He has been chair of FIATA’s Multimodal Transport Institute and a member of FIATA’s extended board for several years; he has been replaced as chair of the ...
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Freightos’ WebCargo airfreight platform has created a new mobile app. It allows forwarders to use their cellphones to search, compare, and book air cargo capacity and is particularly welcome in areas where internet connections may be unstable or unavailable. It is available free for existing WebCargo users on both the ...
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For many years, we in the media have enjoyed attending the media parties organised by the Seahorse Club, a long-standing, informal, friendly and effective business networking group that tries to foster relationships between journalists and those involved in communications, PR, and marketing linked to cargo transport and international trade.One of ...
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Air charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has appointed Malcolm Dsouza as its new director, India. He joins the business following over ten years at Jeena and Company, India’s largest global freight forwarder, along with over 18 years’ working with international airlines.
He will report to IMEA regional director, Sharon Vaz-Arab, who said: ...
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