November 2023
Etihad Cargo has launched an Instant Offer Rate (IOR) tool. Developed in collaboration with IBS Software, the IOR solution reduces pricing transaction times by up to 70% with prices generated based on five key booking and flight parameters, including density, departure day, direct and indirect flights, flight demand and requested servicesThe IOR solution is the latest feature to be added to Etihad Cargo's booking portal, following the recent addition of ...
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Austrian-owned forwarder Cargo-partner has opened its fourth UK office near London Heathrow Airport, adding to its existing locations at Manchester, Basildon, Bradford.
After setting on a joint venture with Aztek International Freight Ltd in 2021, Cargo-partner acquired the remaining shares of the company in 2022.
Over the last few months, the Cargo-partner ...
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Carr’s Flour Mills and Forth Ports are celebrating the millionth tonnes of wheat to be delivered by ship to Kirkaldy harbour since 2011.
The landmark was reached earlier this month with the arrival of the Shetland Trader.
The 506 voyages into the Fife port in the last 12 years have removed around ...
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The Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment’s Enova arm is to provide support of a total of 171.8 million Norwegian kroner (£12.6m) to Viasea Shipping for the acquisition of two hydrogen-powered container ships. Once completed, they will be deployed in Viasea's routes between Norway and the Northern Europe.
Hydrogen refuelling is ...
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The European Commission adopted a new proposal on combined transport on 7 November. It updates the current Combined Transport Directive and completes the Greening Freight Package, the bulk of which was adopted in July 2023.
The new version of the directive – last revised in 1992 - refocuses support on operations ...
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Essex-based forwarder Uniserve has appointed James Hill as development director for its property division. He will be responsible for overseeing the planning and execution strategic property investment projects and enhancing Uniserve’s property portfolio.
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Kuehne+Nagel said on 6 November that it had completed its third consecutive IATA CEIV Pharma recertification of its entire air logistics healthcare network. It also positions it as the first logistics company to achieve over 100 CEIV Pharma-certified stations.
Kuehne+Nagel’s dedicated healthcare solutions for Air Logistics are part of the company's ...
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German-owned Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has acquired the remaining minority shares of its partner companies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Hellmann has been present in the Baltic market with the three companies since their establishment in 2007 and 2008. The current managing partners will continue to run the national companies. Full ...
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Warehouses at its Agility Logistics Park in Abidjan have become the first in Cote d’Ivoire and West Africa to receive EDGE Advanced certification as green buildings. EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) is the global standard for energy-efficient buildings, a certification system overseen by the International Finance Corp, an ...
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The Port of Kalundborg on Sjaelland island, 50km west of Copenhagen, Denmark, says it will electrify all cranes at its deep-water container terminal within the next seven months.
In the short term the terminal, operated by APM Terminals since March 2021will operate container handling equipment in on HVO100 fuel (hydrotreated vegetable ...
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