April 2022
Turkish Cargo says it carried 335 million doses of the Covid-19 Vaccine to 61 countries during 2021, giving it an 8% share of the medical products market. Board chairman, Dr Ahmet Bolat (pictured, below), added that the carrier made it a priority to move vaccines to Africa, served by only a limited number of airlines. It delivered over 1 million doses to countries including Mauritania, Madagascar, Rwanda and Congo. It ...
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PD Ports has received Gold status from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for the second consecutive year, its fourth award win in as many weeks. It has also recently been awarded Maritime UK’s Business of the Year, CILT’s People Development Award and NEPIC’s Corporate Environmental trophy.
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Urgent logistics firm Priority Freight arranged a rapid courier delivery of £110,000 worth of microchips from Manchester to Le Mans in less than 20 hours recently to prevent a production line shut-down. Within an hour of the initial enquiry, it secured a driver and van, arranged ferry crossings, completed customs ...
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Logistics and forwarding company Dachser says it increased its consolidated revenue by 26.0% to €7.1 billion in 2021. This was due to organic growth in shipments and tonnage of 6.3%, or 7.7% at the Group level but high freight prices, caused by the shortage of load capacity “set the seal ...
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A Government Office for National Statistics report has admitted that supply chains are breaking down and stock levels are plummeting in the wake of Brexit and Covid and the Suez canal blockage, says ParcelHero.
However, it adds that the problems could result in ‘reshoring’ and bringing manufacturing back to the ...
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James and James Fulfilment has expanded its Ohio fulfilment centre by nearly three times to support eCommerce firms selling into the US market.
Recent increases to international shipping costs into the US have highlighted the benefits of domestic shipping for eCommerce firms, says James and James, which operates sites in the ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo and engineering company Gaussin have completed testing of a fully-electric cargo pallet transporter, ahead of plans to take delivery of up to 50 production versions later in the year.
The AMDT FULL ELEC is 100% electric with a payload of up to seven tonnes and battery life of ...
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Emirates SkyCargo said on 4 April that it had transported over a billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines on its aircraft within 18 months of the first trial shipment in October 2020. It has carried more than 4,200 tonnes to over 80 destinations on over 2,000 flights. Close to two-thirds of ...
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MSC Group has reached agreement for its 100% purchase of Bolloré Group’s Africa Logistics arm, including all shipping, logistics and terminals operations as well as its terminal operations in India, Haiti and Timor-Leste, for €5.7 billion. It follows a consultation process with employee representatives. Completion remains subject to the receipt ...
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Peel Ports Group has entered into a partnership with the University of Liverpool’s Management School to enhance its new Innovation Forum.
The Forum aims to answer some of the port operator’s most challenging questions in reducing carbon emissions as part of its commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2040.
The Management School ...
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