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January 2023

Portsmouth’s Mike Sellers takes on BPA role

Portsmouth International Port’s Mike Sellers, has taken over as Chair of the British Ports Association. Mr Sellers, who is port director at the Hampshire ro ro and general cargo gateway was elected as Deputy Chair of the Association in 2022 and replaces Neil Glendinning of Harwich, who has retired. Mike Sellers has over 30 years experiencer in the ports industry, including the last six years in charge at Portsmouth International ... [+]

DFDS makes another Irish acquisition

Danish logistics operator DFDS has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Ulster-based McBurney Transport Group, its second acquisition on the island of Ireland in six months. Ballymena-headquartered McBurney’s core activity is the transport of around 100,000 full and part-load trailers between Ireland and the UK by road and ferry, ... [+]

Fruitful Christmas for Dover

The Port of Dover says it handled its largest ever tonnage of fresh fruit during pre-Christmas build-up. The port’s cargo business unloaded five vessel calls in seven days from Seatrade and GreenSea, including melons from Brazil, bananas and fresh produce from Ecuador and grapes from South Africa.The terminal offers temperatures ... [+]

Antonov Airlines wins charter excellence award

Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines has been named Best Cargo Charter Operator of the Year in the ACA awards. The Air Charter Association’s recognises and rewards companies for excellence in our industry, in nine categories by the association’s 330+ global member companies, alongside a panel of independent industry judges. Antonov Company acting general ... [+]

Yakety-yak

Silk Way West Airlines has flown 100 yaks 2,000 kilometres from Kyrgyzstan to Azerbaijan for a wildlife reintroduction project. Experts at the Baku-based all-cargo airline accepted the challenge of moving the herd from Bishkek Manas International to Baku Heydar Aliyev International for transport by truck to their new pastures by ... [+]

Swiss moves first SAF shipment

Swiss WorldCargo has moved its first SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel)-compensated cargo shipment, from Barcelona to Narita via Zurich. The consignment of medicines was on behalf of forwarder PHSE, one of the first of a regular series of SAF-compensated cargo shipments that the customer has agreed to ship until the end ... [+]