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March 2022

Etihad renews Cargo iQ

Etihad Cargo has renewed its Cargo iQ certification for its global network. It follows an audit by SGS. The carrier was awarded two supplementary stars to recognise its performance in the Corporate Social Responsibility and Innovative Spirit categories. Cargo iQ is an IATA interest group with the mission of creating and implementing quality standards for the worldwide air cargo industry. [+]

Eddie Stobart builds for the future at DIRFT

Work is underway on Eddie Stobart’s new, two-unit campus at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT). Eddie Stobart has operated out of its existing facilities at DIRFT since 1997, and the plan is to vacate these properties on completion of the new units. Logistics property developer Prologis is providing the ... [+]

Geodis workers support Ukraine war victims

Geodis has committed to offer humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine by transporting essential goods, alongside a fundraising initiative with the French Red Cross. The forwarder will provide free transport and storage of goods from France and other European Union countries to the regions that have taken in Ukrainian ... [+]

DSV opens giant new Copenhagen warehouse

DSV has opened a 95,000sq m warehouse and office premises near Copenhagen. Together with DSV's other buildings in Hedehusene, it forms part of one of the largest logistics centres in the Nordic Region, with 231,500sq m of space due to open by the end of 2022. The forwarder says that ... [+]

Forth Ports boosts training team

Forth Ports has promoted Simon Harper to group learning and development (L&D) manager and Natalie Dalgleish to L&D manager leading the team in Scotland. Simon Harper will take on responsibility for the L&D teams across the Group which operates eight ports in Scotland and The Port of Tilbury on the Thames ... [+]

Opportunity knocks in Liverpool

UM Terminals is promoting opportunities for businesses looking for bulk liquid storage facilities in Liverpool. They include the company’s Gladstone terminal which has two berths allowing for multiple ship and barging operations to run simultaneously. Further storage opportunities are currently available at the company’s Regent Road facility, also in Liverpool. The tanks available ... [+]

DHL signs two big new green fuel deals

DHL Express has signed what it says are two of the largest ever Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) deals with BP and Neste for over 800 million litres over the next five years. Together with the previously announced introduction of SAF into the DHL network in San Francisco (SFO), East Midlands ... [+]

More engineers for Europa

Europa Worldwide Group’s 3PL logistics provider Europa Warehouse has recruited six new staff to maintain the site’s £11m automation system at its Midlands Logistics Park in Corby. Aaron Haggart, Ryan Incles, Kyle Watt and Darren Curtis join the business as engineers and will have responsibility for looking after the automation ... [+]

Kerry gets vital medicines to people in need

Kerry Logistics Network’s Kerry Pharma arm has launched a customised home delivery service for patient medication deliveries in Hong Kong un in collaboration with SF Express (Hong Kong). The Medication Home Delivery service aims to help institutions and organisations provide remote support for patients in need of help and setting ... [+]

Covid shutdowns put more strain on supply chain

Visibility specialist FourKites says that China’s zero-Covid policy is putting severe strain on supply chains across the country with factories and warehouses being frequently shut down for short periods and trucks sometimes being stopped from travelling. At Shenzhen, normally the country’s second busiest port, volumes were sharply as authorities there have ... [+]

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