March 2023
Unipart Logistics has launched a Lead Logistics Provider (LLP) service. The company, whose customers include Jaguar Land Rover, Airbus, Sky and NHS Supply Chain says its new proposition will help deal with supply chain uncertainty caused by events such as Brexit, Covid and the Ukraine conflict.
It says businesses are increasingly looking for a single, trusted and independent LLP which can enable them to achieve strategic transformation through increased resilience, productivity ...
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Etihad Cargo’s online booking portal now includes pet shipment bookings for dogs and cats, and dangerous goods bookings. Traditionally, booking pet shipments has required customers to send multiple documents via email. Booking the shipment of dangerous goods via the enhanced online booking portal has also been simplified. Etihad Cargo's booking ...
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Supply chain visibility company FourKites is to offer its real-time supply chain data to European customers of Spotos’ digital freight forwarding platform. The partnership offers up-to-the-minute estimated times of arrival and real-time status updates for shipments anywhere in Europe, allowing Spotos’ customers to reduce dwell and detention costs while optimising ...
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DFDS has launched a fleet of 20 electric trucks in Gothenburg, the single biggest delivery of heavy electric freight vehicles in the Nordic region. Together with an additional 30 electric trucks that are to be delivered later, the fleet in Gothenburg accounts for a significant proportion of the 125 electric ...
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Lufthansa Cargo says it achieved a record result for the third time in a row in the 2022 financial year. Revenue rose by 22% to €4.6 billion (previous year: €3.8bn), while adjusted EBIT amounted to €1.6bn euros (previous year: €1.5bn euros). Sales of 7.2bn freight ton kilometers were similar compared ...
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AAL has started construction of its first ‘Super B-Class’ heavy lift multipurpose vessel, the AAL Limassol. The event was marked with a traditional steel cutting ceremony on 1 March at the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard, Guangzhou, China.
The AAL Limassol is the first in a fleet of six 32,000 deadweight tonnes ...
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Recent import data reveals that Russia’s supply chain is dramatically worsening while Ukraine’s is steadily improving, says visibility specialist FourKites. A year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the former has seen a 96.2% drop in import volume YoY while Ukraine’s actually rose 14.3% during the same period.
General manager of ...
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A modest investment in overhead wiring for short branch lines could allow 95% of rail freight in the UK to be electrically hauled, compared with only 10% currently, says the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport – CILT(UK) in its latest research.
Chair of CILT’s Rail Freight Forum and lead author ...
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Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines and broker Air Charter Service have moved an oversized solar turbine from San Bernandino, US to Avalon, Australia on board an AN-124-100 aircraft. Due to the size of the cargo - 67 tons, 11.3 metres long and m length and 3.63m high - . the AN-124-100 aircraft ...
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Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL Group) has been ranked second among the 50 best-performing global companies for hiring refugees by data provider Refugee Integration Insights (RII). The global logistics giant was also ranked number for refugee integration.
At Post & Parcel Germany, 435 Ukrainians have been hired since the outbreak of ...
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