January 2022

Oakland International thinks electric

Retail logistics operator Oakland International says it plans to bring its fleet to over 100 prime movers to cope with a doubling of business in 2021. It is also investing in electric and sustainable technologies including Ecodrive multi-compartment trailers with tail lifts fitted to a number and satellite controlled with monitored temperature recordings. It has also purchased a further 25 trailers and invested in 20 new tractor units. Distribution director Martin Pearson ... [+]

Air China touches down in Munich

Air China has launched a six times a week Boeing 777 freighter service between Beijing and Munich, the first regular cargo connection to be operated non-stop from Munich to the Chinese capital. Automotive supplies are expected to be a major traffic, among others. [+]

Success in bulk for Solent Stevedores

Solent Stevedores handled a record 1.2m tonnes of bulk shipments in 2021, an 18% increase on 2020. The operator’s dedicated bulk terminals at the Port of Southampton deal with commodities including animal feed, salt, fertiliser, grain, gypsum, scrap metal and aggregates. It also handles one off and regular dry bulk ... [+]

Cargo-Partner offers Austria air link

European forwarder Cargo-partner has added another chartered air route to its network, between Vienna and Chicago in addition to its existing connections between Asia and Europe, in response to customers looking for alternative transport solutions to keep their supply chains moving. Since the end of 2021, it has been offering a ... [+]

Minister reveals stopgap solution for Welsh ferry ports

An interim solution will needed to keep goods subject to health controls moving between Ireland and Wales, said Minister for Economy, Vaughan Gething. In a written statement on 19 January, he said that the UK Government has agreed in principle to fund building costs of Border Control Posts to handle sanitary ... [+]

KN keeps tabs on ship delays

Kuehne+Nagel is launching a disruption indicator to measure the efficiency of the world container lines. The Seaexplorer indicator shows the cumulative waiting time in days in the ports of Prince Rupert, Vancouver/Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles/Long Beach, New York, Savannah, Hong Kong, Shanghai/Ningbo and Rotterdam/Antwerp. For example, one vessel with 10,000teu ... [+]

DFDS marks a start on ICT integration

Following its acquisition of ICT Logistics in September 2021, DFDS has started to integrate the Baltic, Central Eastern Europe and CIS specialist into its network. ICT Logistics has a head office in Herning, Denmark, and specialises in full - and part load, groupage and oversize transport solutions and its customer ... [+]

GB accompanied trucks lead Dublin Port decline

Trade volumes at Dublin Port declined in the fourth quarter of 2021 by 10.3% to 9.1 million gross tonnes, while for the whole year the fell by 5.2% to 34.9 million gross tonnes. The decline in the fourth quarter was driven by an 11.9% reduction in the number of containers and ... [+]

BIFA winners put it between the posts

Rugby star Matt Dawson likened the performance of the 2021 Freight Service Awards winners to his own delivery to Jonny Wilkinson when he scored the drop goal that won England the World Cup in 2003.The host of the British International Freight Association’s event in London on 20 January said that ... [+]

Schiphol sees growth in a difficult year

Freight at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol grew 15.7% in 2021 over 2020 to 1.66 million tonnes. Inbound cargo was u 15.2% to 869,241 tonnes in 2021 while outbound increased by 16.1% to 798,063 tonnes. The top three destinations for cargo by tonnage were Shanghai, Chicago and Dubai. Full freighters accounted for 67% of ... [+]

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