September 2023
Logistics UK delegates urged the Welsh government to provide a clear future plan for the industry at a roundtable attended by Welsh Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters.
At the event, hosted at Owens Group’s facility in Cardiff Bay, members and industry leaders discussed the key priorities for the Wales National Freight and Logistics Plan due to be published in 2024. They discussed the need for practical measures to ensure a ...
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Turkish Airlines' air cargo brand, Turkish Cargo, has once again become part of a heartwarming story under the "Mission Rescue" project. The carrier safely transported the endangered koala Yani from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom.
Yani, born in Australia and later brought to Hong Kong, was left alone after the ...
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Handling specialist MacGregor has developed an autonomous container loading and discharging solution comprising an automated crane operating system and a new container supply chain software program under EU-funded projects.
While the crane operating system is based on an existing MacGregor solution, it features a newly enhanced control unit capable of handling ...
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent handler – was named Best Global Air Cargo Terminal Operator and Best Green Air Cargo Terminal Operator at the 2023 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards in Singapore.
It is the fifth time Hactl and its ...
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Turkish Cargo has played a vital role in bringing koala bear Yani from Hong Kong to a new home in the UK.
She was born in Australia but brought to a Hong Kong zoo park, and was left alone after the other koalas she lived with at the park passed away.
However, ...
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UPS has entered into an agreement to acquire time-critical specialist MNX Global Logistics. It said that MNX’s capabilities in radio-pharmaceuticals and temperature-controlled logistics will help UPS Healthcare and its clinical trial logistics subsidiary Marken meet the growing demand for these services. The transaction is expected to close by the end ...
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The Department for Business and Trade said that the first ever fully digitalised goods shipment was sent from Burnley to Singapore on 24 September.
A valve produced by Burnley-based manufacturer Fort Vale was despatched from Manchester Airport, facilitated by UK and Singapore based tech company LogChain, arriving the following day.
The government ...
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Kuehne+Nagel has joined forces with Capgemini to create a supply chain orchestration service offering to provide end-to-end services. It will combine Kuehne+Nagel’s logistics management and execution expertise with Capgemini’s intelligent supply chain operations (ISCO) capabilities. The service is especially targeted towards large corporations from the consumer, healthcare, and industrial sectors.
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The Celtic Freeport is seeking its first permanent chief executive to bring the South Wales to completion.
It is a public-private consortium whose partners include Associated British Ports (ABP), Neath Port Talbot Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and the Port of Milford Haven. With development sites throughout Neath Port Talbot and Pembrokeshire, ...
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Port of London’s London Gateway terminal has handled the world’s first methanol-fuelled container vessel.
The 2,100tey Laura Maersk made her maiden call on 27 September on the Baltic shipping route between Northern Europe and the Bay of Bothnia.
The containers were discharged and delivered to their brand-new, more sustainably built warehouse, moving ...
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