February 2023

EV Cargo to acquire Allport in Holland and Belgium

Hong Kong-headquartered EV Cargo is to acquire the remaining 60% of the shares of Allport Netherlands from its joint venture partner, subject to merger control approval, making EV Cargo the sole shareholder of the company. As part of the transaction, EV Cargo will also acquire the remaining shares in EV Cargo Global Belgium to become the sole shareholder of this business as well. Formed in 2012 as a joint venture between ... [+]

UPS to deliver strong medicine

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has extended its collaboration with UPS Healthcare to deliver its DNA/RNA sequencing products and consumables across the Asia Pacific region. Oxford Nanopore’s flow cells will be stored in UPS Healthcare’s temperature-controlled distribution facility in Singapore and then be delivered within 24-48- hours through UPS’s cold chain across ... [+]

Logistics UK sees silver lining as Welsh Government scraps road schemes

Logistics UK says it is disappointed that the Welsh government is planning to scrap almost all major plans for new roads in the country. Despite this, it is looking forward to progress being made on the remaining approved schemes, which have been on hold since June 2021. Head of Cities and ... [+]

Air industry springs into action to get aid to earthquake victims – updated

Air Charter Service arranged several passenger and cargo aircraft charters into Turkey and Syria to transport search and rescue teams, along with aid for victims of the recent earthquakes. After the first quake struck in the early hours of Monday 6 February near the city of Gaziantep, close to the Turkey-Syria ... [+]

First battery van for PD Ports

North-East port operator PD Ports has taken delivery of its first, fully electric vehicle at Tees Dock following a successful trial. The electric van, which is the first of three to be delivered in this phase, is part of the company’s wider plans to eliminate fossil fuel usage within its ... [+]

WFS to handle Saudia in Europe and US

Saudia Cargo has awarded a multi-station contract to Worldwide Flight Service (WFS), including key airports in Europe and the US. The contract was formally signed by Teddy Zebitz, chief executive of the Middle East carrier and John Batten Executive vice president of EMEAA at WFS, at a ceremony held in Saudia ... [+]

High-class appointment for Uniserve

Essex forwarder Uniserve has appointed Penny Gradwell as director of luxury brands, a vertical dedicated to providing sector specific logistics solutions to high end brands in the apparel, fashion, footwear, jewellery, watches, homeware, fragrances and beauty cosmetics sectors. She brings over 40 years of fashion, ecommerce and FMCG sector experience. [+]

Schenker and MSC sign green fuel pledge

DB Schenker has signed an agreement with shipping line MSC to use 12,000 tonnes of biofuel for all its container traffic. The amount of biofuel purchased will save 35,000 tonne of CO2 equivalents and is one of the largest carbon-insetting biofuel deals between a freight forwarder and a shipping company, ... [+]

New software for Newport

Associated British Ports has completed rollout of a new terminal operating system at Newport, South Wales. The new TBA-supplied CommTrac v4 system will streamline the management of AgriBulk operations at ABP’s second-largest bulk handling port in its Wales and Short Sea Ports region. The system has already been deployed at Teignmouth, ... [+]

Broker appoints UK manager

Air charterer Chapman Freeborn, part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed James Edwards to the new position of general manager – UK. He was most recently at Inflite The Jet Centre, based at London Stansted. [+]

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