April 2023
IAG Cargo has appointed Camilo Garcia Cervera as chief sales and marketing officer. He brings over 20 years of experience in the air cargo industry, where he re-joins the business after four years at WebCargo by Freightos. In his new role he will shape IAG Cargo’s sales and marketing strategies, lead the business’s partnerships, working closely with chief commercial officer, John Cheetham.
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DP World has also made a £50,000 donation to a project to boost teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in local schools.
The port operator is funding a Continuing Professional Development project at its London Gateway logistics hub as the latest instalment in an ongoing five-year programme of ...
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Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) is to build a multimodal freight terminal at Castlebar, County Mayo. It will provide an alternative to local manufacturers to the terminal at Ballina, 23 miles away, terminus of Ireland’s only scheduled container train, from Dublin. Castlebar is on the branch to Westport, which already handles ...
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UPS has opened a £2.5 million small package facility in Telford in the Midlands. The 6,500sq m building can sort up to 5,000 packages per hour.
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Commenting on the announcement that the UK will shortly join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) BIFA Director General, Steve Parker said: “If imminent membership of the CPTPP delivers the boost for economic growth and geopolitical relations that the Government anticipates, it will be welcome news for ...
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Pan-European container logistics company Contargo Berry BV is to acquire transport operator Transport Clynhens J. The main activity of Clynhens is the transport of standard and reefer containers between the seaports and Benelux, France and Germany.
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The Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed an agreement with APM Terminals for a €1 billion expansion of Maasvlakte II container terminal on about 47.5 hectares with 1,000 metres of deep-sea quay. It is already constructing the new quay walls, which will be completed by mid-2024. The expansion will increase ...
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Gebrüder Weiss is hosting calling on cycling enthusiasts from around the world to pedal harder from 1 April. The global logistics company wants to follow up the success of its Cycling around the World campaign last year with seven instead of six circumnavigations of the world, just 280,525km. Participating cyclists ...
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Cathay Cargo – formerly Cathay Pacific Cargo - has signed a global long-term rental agreement with Tower Cold Chain, giving its customers access to a wider size and volume range of temperature-controlled containers for pharmaceutical, biotech and life-science products.
Tower says it will give the airline’s customers increased flexibility and variety ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has appointed current chief commercial officer Ashwin Bhat as its new chief executive, following the move of Dorothea von Boxberg to head up Brussels Airlines. Subject to approval by the Supervisory Board, he will take on 15 April. He will continue to be responsible for product and sales.
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