August 2022
Kuwait-based Agility has finalized its acquisition of UK-based airfreight handler John Menzies PLC and will combine the business with its National Aviation Services (NAS) business. Agility, which sold its Global Integrated Logistics freight forwarding arm to DSV in August 2021, said the combined company will operate as Menzies Aviation and will be the world’s largest aviation services company by number of countries (58) and second largest by number of airports ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has named Herbie Cobby as the chair of its virtual Young Forwarder Network (YFN). He works for Geodis, is the current holder of the BIFA Apprentice of the Year award and highlighted the importance of the YFN as a tool to promote careers in ...
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The CargoAi technology group has appointed Veronica Ibarra as its vice president of operations, based in Miami, and Asako Sakurai as head of finance, in Singapore.
Both have worked for over a decade at the IATA trade association, Ibarra’s most recently as global billing operations manager and , Sakurai as settlement ...
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Non-profit group the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) are to collaborate to accelerate adoption of DCSA standards and enable a better customer experience for shippers. The associations will leverage DCSA’s open-source, vendor-neutral standards to help their members and other business partners make data exchange ...
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Aviation will see radical change over the next century with new power sources, increased efficiency, and sustainability, argues the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK – CILT(UK) in a briefing paper published on 3 August.
It says that while many opportunities exist in the air freight market, support ...
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Maersk’s Costa Rica Express (CRX) service is to make its first call at DP World Southampton this week. The primary import for the new service is bananas in reefer containers and the port rotation is Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Veracruz, Altamira, Big Creek, Manzanillo (Panama), Moin and Cork to Southampton and back ...
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Etihad Airways has firmed up an order for seven new generation Airbus A350F freighters, following its earlier commitment announced at the Singapore Airshow, adding to its existing order for passenger versions, five of which have been delivered. The freighter version offers a 109 tonne payload, a large main deck cargo ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has approved the use of Envirotainer’s Releye RLP and RAP containers for pharmaceutical and life science traffic.
The carrier says that the Releye solutions offer the best in live tracking updates and ensure consistent and evenly dispersed cooling, managed through a service ‘control tower’.
The containers can maintain temperature ...
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HMRC is warning that 3,500 businesses risk losing the ability to import goods if they fail to switch to the Customs Declaration Service for import declarations from 1 October.
It says that while many businesses are already using CDS, around 3,500 businesses are yet to move from the former CHIEF system. ...
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The European Commission is planning to extend four European transport corridors to Ukraine and Moldova, including the ports of Mariupol and Odessa. Transport Commissioner Adina Valean said it was part of Brussels efforts to create ‘Solidarity Lanes’ and help Ukraine continue to export its grain in the face of Russia’s ...
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