June 2022
Dover-headquartered Priority Freight has relocated its German air freight hub to a new, larger facility in Frankfurt. It has taken a 325sq m office in Kelsterbach, close to the Cargo City North and is looking to recruit additional members of staff.
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All 27 participants in the first Women in Aviation and Logistics mentorship project have successfully completed the programme.
The inaugural four-month scheme brought together 54 industry professionals representing airlines, airports, freight forwarders, shippers, ground handlers, tech, drone companies, and industry associations.
The initiative ran between January and May and was designed to ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling on governments help support the safe transport of lithium batteries.
It is calling on them to develop and implement global standards for screening, fire-testing, and information sharing to meet the challenge of the rapidly growing market which is bringing many new shippers into ...
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Young Forwarder Network (YFN) members Kyle Lawrence and Laura Hobby are to join the British International Freight Association’s National Council.
The 33-strong group acts as a sounding board for the views of the trade association’s membership.
Kyle Lawrence joined the industry in 2017, was a finalist in the inaugural apprentice of the ...
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Freight forwarder Davies Turner is to open a 140,000sq ft multi-user logistics hub at Atherstone in the Midlands in Spring 2023.
It will offer quick access to the M1 and M6 motorways and rival in size the company’s largest logistics hub at Avonmouth, near Bristol, bringing Davies Turner’s nationwide warehousing and ...
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Deutsche Post Group’s DHL Supply Chain arm is to acquire 100% of Australian road and contract logistics specialist Glen Cameron Group. It operates a fleet of 1,000 trucks and trailers, and has more than 820 employees across the country.
The move will create one of the largest logistics companies in the ...
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American Airlines Cargo is to deploy IBS Software’s iPartner Customer (iPC) solution to integrate with the WebCargo online platform. The iPC real time data exchange will provide features such as smart filtering and configurable business rules.
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Azerbaijan-based Silk Way West Airlines is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The company, describes itself as the largest cargo airline in operated its first flight with a Boeing 747-400F on the Baku - Frankfurt-Hahn route in July 2012. Its hub is at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku.
Silk Way West Airlines ...
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The switch away from the just-in-time (JIT) supply chains towards a more cautious local warehousing approach by shippers is set to stay until confidence in the resilience of global ocean freight transport systems is restored, said freight experts at Multimodal 2022.
Panellists at the seminars cautioned that despite the widespread lifting ...
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Swedish-owned Irish and North Sea ferry operator Stena Line is to take part in the Pride In London Parade for the first time, on 2 July.
Some 70 representatives of crews from the Irish Sea and the North Sea, as well as shore employees, will accompany the Stena Line float, which ...
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