June 2023
Dachser’s current chief operating officer of road logistics will take over as managing director of Dachser Food Logistics when Alfred Miller retires at the end of the year. He will head the business unit in conjunction with his existing role. Alfred Miller has headed Dachser Food Logistics since 2010 during which revenue has grown from €480 million to €1.3 billion.
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Current Copenhagen Airport chief executive Thomas Woldbye will replace John Holland-Kaye as chief executive of Heathrow Airport when he steps down later this year after nearly 10 years in post. Thomas Woldbye has been chief executive of Copenhagen Airport since 2011 and prior to that spent 27 years at Danish ...
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Aerospace logistics specialist B&H Worldwide is collaborating with Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance (RRPF) in to develop a reporting solution to analyse and report on the carbon footprint of its freight movements. The online tool gives insights into shipment volumes, total distance travelled, mode of transport and KG CO2e for every ...
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Pharmaceutical thermal protection specialist Tower Cold Chain has opened its new Americas region headquarters in Philadelphia.
Just 1.6 miles the International Airport, the 26,000sq ft building replicates its Centre of Excellence in the UK, offering design, laboratory, and testing capabilities. It also includes office space accessible to customers, offering opportunities for ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published the winners of its Hackathon in Frankfurt, in which 20 teams submitted solutions built on its ONE Record data sharing standard to demonstrate innovative use cases that will change air cargo.
The winning projects were:
The Carbulator by Riege Software
Their solution addresses the challenge ...
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Air cargo quality standards organization Cargo iQ has named a new chair and vice chair.
Former vice chair Kerstin Strauss and vice president, global air logistics operations, Kuehne + Nagel, has been appointed as the new chair of the Board, with the new vice chair named as Rutger-Jan (RJ) Pegels, director ...
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Doyen of the Irish airfreight industry Sean McCool passed away on 16 June at the age of 92.
The chairman of the country’s largest cargo general sales and service agents, International Airine Marketing (IAM), he also played a leading role in the wider airfreight industry including Ireland’s hosting of the FIATA ...
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Cathay Cargo has launched its ‘We Know How marketing campaign at a ceremony at Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited’s hangar on 21 June. The event also formally introduced the newly rebranded Cathay Cargo with the first Cathay Cargo Boeing 747-8F to receive the new livery forming a dramatic backdrop.
Cathay ...
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Cainiao Group, the logistics arm of Asian online retailer Alibaba Group, has extended its delivery network in Spain. Having acquired the Spanish delivery company EcoScooting last year, Cainiao has developed its service coverage nationwide and its network now covers 60% of the Spanish population spanning over 30 major cities. In ...
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The British International Freight Association (IFA) welcomed additional government funding for the Generation Logistics campaign, announced on National Logistics Day.
The scheme was launched in 2022 to help raise the profile of the freight and logistics sector and attract a diverse range of individuals into the roles.BIFA director general, Steve Parker ...
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