March 2022
FedEx Express is to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system in its ‘middle-mile’ logistics operations, moving shipments between sorting sites from next year. California Bay-based Elroy Air is building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system in the US.
Elroy Air unveiled its Chaparral autonomous aircraft in January 2022. It can autonomously pick up 300-500lbs of cargo and deliver it up to 300 miles. ...
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The UK and Scottish governments have published a prospectus for potential bidders for Green Freeports, the local version of freeports.
Consortiums will have 12 weeks from 25 March to assess it and prepare their bids, which will be assessed by officials from the UK and Scottish governments, with ministers having an ...
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The Transport Secretary said on 30 March that he would he will bring forward new legislation to ban ferries that do not pay their workers the National Minimum Wage (NMW) from UK ports, following P&O Ferries’ summary sacking of 800 workers.
Grant Shapps said that all ferry staff working in and ...
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Freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel chartered a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 freighter to fly 111 tonnes of aid from Sharjah airport to the aircraft’s home country, via Poland, on 29 March. The shipment was sourced from UNICEF's warehouse in Dubai and landed in Poland the same evening for trucking to Ukraine. Kuehne+Nagel International ...
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ABP’s Port of Southampton is making 30 acres of land available for development. It the 22-acre Redbridge site – which benefits from Freeport status - and also an eight-acre site on Marchwood Industrial Park. The sites are part of a national initiative by ABP to release more than 1,000 acres ...
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Czech cargo handler Skyport has moved essential automotive spare parts from Poland to Spain via Prague Airport on urgent charter flights to help keep production lines rolling.
In the space of just two weeks, Skyport handled more than 11 tonnes on six separate charter flights operated by Air Charter Service to ...
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AD Ports Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Group for Multipurpose Terminals, the commercial arm of the Egyptian Ministry of Transportation to develop and operate Ain Sokhna Port. AD Ports Group will manage a research study six months, while the Egyptian Group will provide the ...
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Agility Public Warehousing Company has reached agreement on a recommended cash offer to acquire 100% of airport handling company John Menzies , for about £571 million on a fully diluted basis and £763 million on an enterprise value basis.
The board of Menzies intends unanimously to recommend the cash offer to ...
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Temperature-controlled specialist Tower Cold Chain is offering a robust lightweight handleable version of its containers.
KTEvolution can easily be carried by one or two people. It offers up to 120 hours performance and is available in 26-litre and 57-litre options across a full temperature range.
Tower says it is ideal for the ...
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Kukla Beverage Logistics has opened a new Kukla France office in Calais.
It is headed by managing director, Tom Lokere (pictured), who brings a 26-year history ofworking in the sector and sees the new office as an important bridge betweenthe UK and mainland Europe.
He said: “The UK is a major market ...
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