July 2022
Logistics tech firm Hermes Logistics Technologies has appointed Helen Arrowsmith as senior project manager and Abhijeet Misra as service delivery manager.
Helen Arrowsmith brings an extensive background in the IT sector in business operations and project management roles, including 13 years at Cisco, managing diverse projects, events, and product launches.
Abhijeet Misra joins as the new head of service delivery, responsible for managing HLT's New Delhi office.
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Logistics software firm WiseTech Global has acquired electronic bills of lading provider Bolero International. UK-headquartered Bolero offers fully digital solutions for carriers to digitise Bills of Lading, creating eBLs that can be transmitted, endorsed and presented electronically to port authorities, customs, financial institutions, logistics partners and other parties, removing the ...
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Scan Global Logistics has acquired Gelders Forwarding in the Netherlands and Advection Logistics in Hungary. Gelders is an air and ocean forwarder, and will significantly increase SGL's airfreight services and enhance its presence in the technology sector. Advection is a full-service logistics provider, becomes the first SGL office in Hungary. ...
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Air Charter Service has opened a new office in Gatwick. It will be headed by Alex Sadler who has been with ACS for nearly a decade. The broker will retain its head off in Kingston, southwest London.
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Caribbean Airlines has extended its cargo network to and from Cuba with the signing of an agreement with handling agent Aerovaradero.
It will offer bellyhold services twice weekly into Havana on Tuesday and Saturday and will carry commodities including pharmaceuticals, live animals and perishables.
Services will operate via Caribbean’s Port-of-Spain, Trinidad hub ...
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Extra summer airline capacity put downward pressure on freight rates, especially on the North Atlantic which has seen a 30% decline over the past three months, said CLIVE Data Services, part of Xeneta.
Global air cargo volumes fell again in June, down 8% year-on-year, added the industry analyst.
Demand in the general ...
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The Cargo iQ airfreight organisation has initiated a pilot study to enhance visibility in airfreight trucking with Emirates Airlines, logistics operator Jan de Rijk and software company CargoHub.
It will test new Cargo iQ road feeder services specifications, ensuring that message standards work in practice.
CargoHub is providing the collaborative decision making ...
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AD Ports Group has launched a joint venture with SEG, one of the largest oil and gas companies in Uzbekistan, to open new logistics and freight businesses. They will create a partnership for logistics and freight forwarding services including road, rail and air transport services, the development of inland ports ...
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HMRC says that it has stopped accepting registration requests from new importers from 5 July and they would need to register with CDS to make import declarations.
Earlier, HMRC said it was writing to more than 220,000 existing importers urging them to move to the new Customs Declaration Service, which is ...
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The European Commission has adopted a decision allowing member states to temporarily waive customs duties and VAT on the third country imports of food, blankets, tents, electric generators and other life-saving equipment destined for Ukrainians affected by the war. The measure will apply retroactively from 24 February and will be ...
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