February 2023
IAG Cargo and its airlines British Airways and Vueling have partnered with the Spanish Red Cross and Khalsa Aid to deliver aid, including tents and food, to earthquake-hit regions of Syria and Turkey. It added that it would continue to collaborate with charities and IAG airlines to facilitate aid flights into the region.
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Awery has released an open access version of its Cargobooking platform. The subscription-free solution will be overseen by new head of CargoBooking Anna Balan, starting with a roll-out in South Africa, Switzerland, and Spain. The platform allows airlines and general sales agents (GSAs) to provide freight forwarders with real-time air ...
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Germany’s Rhenus Group has acquired Swedish road transport specialist, MTS Malmö Transport & Spedition. The forwarder says it will enhance its general cargo and temperature-controlled services as well as customs clearance and will gain it new routes to Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey.
MTS offers FTL, LTL, groupage, ADR and ...
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Geodis has joined forces with Volvo Australia to pilot the first fully electric truck for the country’s freight forwarding market. The partnership will deploy Volvo's FE model trucks – powered by both solar energy and energy-efficient charging systems and give customers sustainable delivery solutions.
The Volvo FE truck is powered by ABB's ...
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Rhenus Warehousing Solutions UK and developer Baytree Logistics Developments and architects Chetwoods have unveiled plans to encourage biodiversity at their development at Baytree, Nuneaton. At the Rhenus Campus, which includes two warehouses, totalling 1m sq ft they are planting between 700 and 900 native and orchard trees on site, as ...
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GEODIS has gained IATA CEIV Pharma certification for seven additional sites in Europe – London, Manchester, Frankfurt, Arlanda, Budapest, Warsaw and Brussels – in addition to its existing site in Amsterdam. The certification ensures that facilities, equipment, operations and staff comply with the appropriate applicable standards, guidelines and regulations expected ...
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has received both the Transport and Logistics - Gold Award in the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (HKAEE), and Hong Kong Green Organisation Certification (HKGOC).
The HKAEE aims to promote the adoption of green management in business. The scheme provides benchmarking against best ...
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Logistics UK's head of trade and devolved policy, Nichola Mallon, joined other Northern Ireland business leaders on 22 February to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak MP, to discuss the NI Protocol and how it can work better for logistics businesses.
Speaking after the meeting, she commented: "While no details of the ...
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Essex forwarder Uniserve Group has launched a degree apprenticeship for supply chain leaders in partnership with the University of Suffolk. The programme is designed to inspire as supply chain leaders develop their critical thinking and strategic skills and equip them to lead a sustainable supply chain and business operation. Delivered ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA)’s Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region has recorded its 1,000th Facility Security Requirements (FSR) certification, for DHL Express’s Dubai South facility. Developed by supply chain security professionals, FSR protects high value and theft-targeted products in facilities, such as warehouse operations and distribution centres. In ...
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