September 2023
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and its partners, including handlers, truckers, and forwarders, have launched a Digital Planning initiative under its Smart Cargo Mainport Program.
It will optimize landside processes by drawing up a clear system of agreements that enable digital planning between handlers and air freight truckers, to reduce congestion.
Companies delivering or collecting at Schiphol must first request a time slot digitally through a central platform and, if granted can then go ...
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UPS has signed a deal to become Liverpool FC’s first official global logistics and shipping partner.
The logistics company will support the club’s global retail and e-commerce channels getting merchandise into the hands of fans quicker and more efficiently than ever before.
They will also team up to provide unique opportunities and ...
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he British International Freight Association has appointed Paul Cunningham as a regional representative for its South and South West Region. His previous roles include chief executive of SkyNet Worldwide Express, and vice president at DHL Global Forwarding UK. He was also a partner at LCP Consulting.BIFA director general Steve Parker ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has set up Hellmann ATS Road Solutions, a joint venture with UAE-based operator ATS. It gives the German company access to a fleet of over 600 vehicles in the region. Under the terms of the joint venture, HellmannATS Road Solutions will exclusively handle all road transport operations ...
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UPS has acquired the operations of South of France-based Transports Chabas Santé’s healthcare logistics unit. It adds 60 team members and over 40 temperature-controlled vehicles and warehousing space to UPS’s Healthcare arm which, by the end of 2023, will have more than doubled its footprint since 2020.
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Menzies Aviation has appointed Beau Paine as global head of cargo alongside his current role of senior vice president cargo for Oceania and South East Asia (OSEA). He joined Menzies in 2005, and has led the Australian cargo team since 2018, and the wider OSEA team since 2021.
Menzies recently opened ...
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DP World has introduced a remote ‘pinning’ station at its Southampton container terminal. ‘Pinning’ is the process of manually placing a twistlock into the corner casting of a container to keep it in place at sea. For the past 50 years, twistlocks were put in and taken out on the ...
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One time partners in the 2M alliance CMA CGM and Maersk have joined forces to develop the use of greener fuels for container vessels.
The two lines have set a net-zero target for their shipping business and have identified scalable solutions that can create impact in the decade.
Maersk has been ordering ...
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The Rhenus Group has acquired a 49.99% stake in Amsterdam-based Rietlanden Terminals from JERA Global Markets and will acquire the remaining shares in 2027. It weill expand the German company’s port handling and storage of bulk commodities in the Port of Amsterdam which, in 2017, announced a strategy to end ...
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The Port of Dover and its partners have identified the business case for a Short Straits green corridor under the second phase of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) by the Department for Transport and Innovate UK.
Since January 2023, 10 consortium partners have collaborated to determine the feasibility of electrification ...
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