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March 2022

Digital solutions to speed Abu Dhabi airfreight

Abu Dhabi Ports Group has introduced a suite of digital airfreight solutions as part of its Advanced Trade and Logistics Platform (ATLP). It will streamline the movement of air cargo shipments to and from all five airports in Abu Dhabi. It aims to reduce reduce waiting times by 80%, improve delivery time through customs integration, enhance track and trace visibility, introduce digital payment channels and enhance warehouse utilisation through an ... [+]

Hydrogen truck proves its worth

Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss says its first hydrogen fuel cell truck has proved itself in all seasons and has saved around 80 tons of CO2 emissions per year. Even on uphill stretches, the 36-tonne Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell stationed in Altenrhein retained full performance.   Gebrüder Weiss plans to use hydrogen ... [+]

Turkish Cargo gains Cargo IQ mark

Turkish Cargo has gained certification from the IATA (International Air Transport Association) interest group Cargo iQ cargo interest group. It follows an inspection by SGS. The carrier’s chief cargo officer, Turhan Ozen, said: "The Cargo iQ certificate, an independent benchmark for our performance against the quality standards of the logistics industry, ... [+]

FedEx chief to hand over the reins

FedEx Express president and chief executive Don Colleran is to retire at the end of 2022, after a nearly 40-year career carrier. He will be succeeded by Richard Smith, currently regional president of the Americas and executive vice president of global support. He will become president and chief executive-elect on ... [+]

United moves Brussels’ billionth Covid vaccine

United Airlines flight UA973 to Chicago took off from Brussels Airport on 10 March with the billionth Covid vaccine to be shipped through the Belgian gateway.   Since the beginning of the pandemic, the US carrier has moved millions of vaccines through Brussels, a major hub for the European pharma industry. Since the start of ... [+]

Maison Jamein to become Seafrigo General Cargo

Le Havre-based Seafrigo has rebranded group company, Maison Jamein into Seafrigo General Cargo. It will be implemented firstly in France, followed by the rest of Europe and finally worldwide. Founded in 1831, Maison Jamein is the oldest freight forwarder in Le Havre. Under its new name Seafrigo General Cargo will ... [+]

FIATA releases e-Bill of Lading data standard

The International Federation of Freight-Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) have released the electronic FIATA Multimodal Bill of Lading (eFBL) data standard. It allows the exchange of bill of lading data in a standardised way, facilitating interoperability between all modes of transport and industry ... [+]

The war comes to Ukraine’s railways

A Ukraine correspondent of UK rail expert Tony Berkeley has sent these pictures of damage to the Ukraine rail system at the Kupiansk border station between Kharkov and Russia. Shells have completely destroyed freight wagons, crumpling them a paper. Shrapnel has also sliced through thick steel sheet and even through ... [+]

Ports lose third of container capacity during 2021

Research by MDS Transmodal (MDST), commissioned by Global Shippers Forum (GSF), has found that global ports lost over a third of their expected container capacity during 2021. It led to delays and disruption for shippers and harmed the economies of some smaller developing nations, said the report. Capacity was lost either due ... [+]

New ship for Humber’s Baltic run

TTS (Shipping) has put a new vessel, the Humber Runner, into service on its timber carrying service from the Baltic Sea into Goole, Hull and Immingham. Newly purchased by TTS’s new parent company, Navalis, Humber Runner is an ice-class 1A vessel suitable when sailing from Riga in the Baltic in ... [+]

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