March 2024
Cargo-partner’s manager of business development, Georgia Gibson is to take on the role of trade lane manager UK – Asia, helping to enhance services between the UK and Asia and ensuring businesses have a direct contact.
Her appointment comes as the Austrian-owned forwarder continues to solutions between the UK, Ireland and Asia including LCL, FCL special project transport and air freight. Cargo-partner is developing air consol services from Shanghai Pudong International ...
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FedEx Express has opened a new logistics facility at Kabelsketal, northwest of Leipzig and close to Leipzig/Halle Airport to cater for an increased volume of consignments, particularly in the larger customers’ segment.
The site includes a 3,400sq m warehouse, six loading bays for lorries, 63 for vans and six for 7.5-tonne ...
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Celtic Freeport has appointed Luciana Ciubotariu as its first permanent chief executive. Assuming her post from May 2024, she brings a wealth of experience to this role, having been part of the senior management team of the Thames Freeport and senior trade roles, latterly for the UK Government.
Celtic Freeport has ...
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Etihad Cargo and African carrier Astral Aviation have operated their first flight from Nairobi, Kenya, to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates following the signing of a memorandum of understanding aimed at expanding the UAE-based airline’s reach into the African market.
The partnership will increase capacity, particularly for time-sensitive shipments such as ...
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Self-driving parcel boats designed to deliver by river are among the schemes that will a total of 41 of the UK’s most visionary companies will share the government’s £1.8 million Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) for 2023, unveiled on 21 March. RAD Propulsion is creating a prototype that will ...
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The Office for the Internal Market (OIM) found little evidence, over the last year, of substantial change in the functioning of the internal market due to differing regulations used by the four governments across the UK following Brexit. In its second annual report on the UK’s internal market, OIM valued trade ...
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Without significant action, the shortage of truck drivers is projected to double by 2028 due to the growing age gap, says the International Road Transport Union (IRU)’s latest report. A survey of more than 4,700 trucking companies in the Americas, Asia and Europe – found that the share of drivers ...
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UPS has signed an agreement with Luzon International Premiere Airport Development Corporation (LIPAD) to expand its operations at Clark Airport (CRK) in the Philippines. Construction of the new Clark hub is set to begin in February 2025, and it is expected to be operational in late 2026.
It is the latest ...
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Kuehne+Nagel has become Global Logistics Partner for World Sailing, the global governing body for the sport, initially for three years. The forwarder will handle the transportation of sailing equipment, boats, and other resources. Under the deal, World Sailing and its partners can also opt for alternative fuel solutions to reduce ...
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Rail Minister Huw Merriman officially opened Associated British Ports (ABP) and Solent Stevedores’ £17.5 million Solent Rail Terminal on 20 March. The partners have created an 18-acre facility site that will broaden the service offer with laden and empty container handling, storage, maintenance, and repair within a single-site boundary – ...
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