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March 2024

Pall-Ex Group signs up to support military charity, SSAFA

Pall-Ex Group has signed a new partnership with SSAFA, the UK’s oldest tri-service military charity. SSAFA is a trusted source of practical, emotional, and financial support for serving personnel, veterans and their families in their time of need. The Armed Forces tri-service charity has been supporting beneficiaries around the country for over 130 years since its founding in 1885. Pall-Ex Group has been long-serving supporters of veterans, receiving the Employer Recognition Scheme ... [+]

Yusen inks deal for Northants shared-user site

Yusen Logistics (UK) has signed a contract for a 1,191,000 sq ft shared user warehouse at Segro Logistics Park Northampton. Ground-breaking for the £280m project, the largest new build scheme for Yusen, is planned for early 2024 and the site expected to be fully operational by summer 2025.  The building is ... [+]

Swissport adopts next generation Cargospot system

Swissport International is the launch customer for Champ’s Cargospot-neo handling operations and terminal management system. Cargospot-neo incorporates machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, helping to boost efficiency by an estimated 30% across the handler’s global network.  The new platform also provides an API interconnectivity solution, Swissport is already using API technology ... [+]

Six out of seven ain’t bad: Multimodal does its bit for female talent in freight

Multimodal organisers Clarion says that the biggest supply chain events in the UK is bucking the trend of the male dominated supply chain industry as 90% of its team are female. With less than 40% of women working in the sector in the UK, Clarion counts six women on its ... [+]

Maastricht joins clean airport elite

Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) in the Netherlands has gained Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 3 (ACA L3). The accreditation puts the airport in the top 10% of globally accredited cargo airports that have earned at least Level 3 accreditation. The ACA scheme was launched in 2009 by the Airports Council International ... [+]

CLdN launches Ireland lo lo routes

CLdN has launched two new lo lo services between Rotterdam and Ireland with two chartered two 962teu vessels operating between its recently acquired Distriport terminal in Rotterdam and Dublin and Cork. The two additional weekly lo lo sailings complement three existing ro ro services each week to and from Dublin. CLdN has ... [+]

Pasta evangelist for FourKites

Italian pasta giant Barilla says it has achieved 80% visibility into the entire lifecycle of its ocean and road shipments, thanks to the FourKites platform. It allows the family-owned firm – whose brands also include Pasta Evangelists, Pavesi, Vesta, and Back to Nature - to see where its goods are ... [+]

Hermes to automate Dnata’s Schiphol site

Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) has been awarded a contract by air services provider Dnata to digitalise cargo handling processes at its new Freight Building 17 with its latest Cloud-based system. The Hermes SaaS Ecosystem will streamline management of Dnata’s cargo import, export, and transit processes, including physical cargo handling, documentation, ... [+]

In the pink on the Elbe

Container carrier Ocean Network Express (ONE) has moved into the passenger shipping business. It is sponsoring a new hybrid e-ferry which will carry up to 250 passengers across the river Elbe in Hamburg. It is the first of three ferries to be completed by local public transport company HADAG. Operating under the ... [+]

Back to normality for Gebrüder Weiss

Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss ended its 2023 fiscal year with a net revenue of €2.47 billion compared with €3bn in 2022. However, the company says it remains above the growth trend seen between 2015 and 2020 and the coronavirus-related effects of the two previous years did not persist in 2023. ... [+]

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