February 2024
Etihad Airways has appointed Stanislas Brun as vice president cargo. He joins from Geodis, where he was senior vice president global airfreight. In his new role Brun will oversee all cargo commercial operations, including revenue management and network planning, reporting to chief operating officer, Mohammad Al Bulooki.
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Vienna Airport and Korean Air have signed an agreement to expand their existing partnership to meet growing demand for air cargo services. Plans include joint market initiatives targeting freight forwarders and customers as well as an exchange of industry expertise. Korean Air has been regularly operating cargo flights between Incheon ...
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DP World Trade Finance says it has financed non-oil trade worth more than AED 1 billion (£215m) for the UAE a year after signing a deal with Etihad Credit Insurance. It adds that a significant portion of the transactions were from small and medium-sized enterprises which have faced challenges in ...
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A Transaid-supported project has helped train more than 450 truck drivers in Mozambique over two years, with all those surveyed saying the initiative has helped them to be better at their job.
Transaid’s involvement was part of the initiative Employment and Skills for Development in Africa and funded by the German ...
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TT Club global risk assessment director Laurence Jones is to retire after 50 years, the last 18 of them with the cargo handling insurance specialist. Based in Sydney, he has consistently championed safety in the port and terminal industry to assist the TT membership, and the industry at large. Prior ...
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UK logistics firm Wincanton, which in January announced a deal to be taken over by CEVA Logistics, part of CMA CGM, has itself acquired exclusive UK and Ireland software rights for Zeus’ digital freight management technologies – Freight Connect and Freight Command. It is part of the company’s strategic shift ...
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Food products continue to be the commodity most at risk of theft globally, accounting for a third of all hijacking incidents, according to the latest British Standards Institution’s Supply Chain Risk Insights Report. Incidents are up by 29% from 2022, it says. .In the UK, thieves have been targeting basic ...
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The Port of Immingham welcomed the CMA CGM Indianapolis vehicles carrier on its maiden voyage on 13 February.
The 2023-built LNG-powered vessel is the first of four car vessels, each , 200 metres long and with a 7,000 vehicle capacity. The vessel was in the east coast port making a vehicle ...
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Caribbean operator Geest Line has appointed Rob Waterman as managing director designate. He joins the company with over 30 years’ experience in liner shipping both with major container carriers and, more recently, in freight forwarding. Current managing director Captain Peter Dixon will retire in April 2024 after 29 years of ...
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Clarion Events, Organisers of the Multimodal supply chain event say that they have seen a surge in visitor registrations for the show at Birmingham’s NEC on 11-13 June.
Multimodal 2024 already has over 230 exhibitors signed up, including Amazon, CEVA Logistics, DP World, Hapag-Lloyd, Kuehne+Nagel, Maersk, Maritime Transport, Malcolm Logistics and ...
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