January 2022
A major fashion wholesale firm has sent us these snaps of what happens on the approaches to the port of Yantian in the run up to Chinese New Year, when there is a large push for orders to ship out prior to the holiday and factory closures. It makes the M25 look pretty tame in comparison.
We guess importers will be waiting quite a while for what’s in those containers.
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SEKO Logistics has promoted Char Dalton to chief legal officer and chief of staff. The new role supports the chief executive with execution of strategic initiatives across all portfolio companies. Joining SEKO in 2014 she has held the post of general counsel, vice president at SEKO for the past seven ...
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Portsmouth stevedore Portico has secured a long-term lease with aggregates company Brett Group, to operate a terminal at the. Following planning approval on 12 January, a new low-level marine aggregates terminal will be built on site, bringing construction materials close to where it is needed in Portsmouth and the surrounding ...
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Aerospace logistics specialist B&H Worldwide says customers are turning to onboard courier (OBC) to keep critical moving. It has seen a rapid expansion in its OBC services in the last few months as an alternative to traditional freight movements. Requests for aerospace OBCs saw a huge rise during the initial ...
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Geodis has expanded its MyParcel direct-to-customer intercontinental delivery service to Canada. Geodis MyParcel was first launched in 2020 to initially offer a small parcel delivery service from the US to 27 European countries. Cross-border e-Commerce activity has grown drastically as consumers have altered buying behaviour by increasingly turning to the ...
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Maritime and air cargo IT specialist Kale Logistics Solutions – installer of North America’s first airport cargo community system - has appointed Vikram Bansal as its new chief technology officer. He brings over 20 years’ experience as an IT professional, working in leadership positions with top organisations such as Oracle, ...
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Logistics tech firm Nexshore, which powers IATA’s OneRecord air cargo data-sharing platform, has appointed Lionel van der Walt, global chief commercial officer of the PayCargo payment platform to its advisory board. He has held various leadership roles with IATA including president of its Cargo Network Services subsidiary and joined PayCargo ...
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Third quarter theft data in the US shows a trend away from ‘on the move’ targets to locations where cargo is temporarily stored and delivered, says insurer, the TT Club. Targeted locations include traditional warehouses and depots where containers and trailers are being held awaiting collection, many of which are ...
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Aviation services group Air Partner has appointed Pierre Van Der Stichele as vice president of its global freight division. He will be responsible for bolstering and expanding the freight business at all Air Partner locations and target specific market sectors after an exceptionally busy year in 2021. He joins Air ...
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Arvato Supply Chain Solutions has put a solar power plant with 27,076 panels and an annual output of more than 10,000 megawatt hours into operation at its premises in Heijen in the Netherlands. It is one of the largest roof-mounted projects in the country.
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