April 2024
UK freight forwarder AGI Global Logistics has gone into partnership with Sweden’s Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics. SSL is active in forwarding, customs clearance, project shipping, liner agency and logistics, including temperature-controlled pharma. It has 65 employees a headquarters in Gothenburg and offices in Norrköping, Jönköping, Malmö, Ystad, Helsinki and Vilnius.
AGI director Jesse Ramirez, said: "This new partnership will enhance our offering to our clients operating in the UK/Sweden market."
SSL managing ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed global property consultancy Knight Frank as joint marketing agents for its five ports in South Wales. Knight Frank joins property agency Jenkins Best in promoting business opportunities and attracting investment and occupiers for Barry, Cardiff, Newport, Port Talbot and Swansea. Earlier this year Newport ...
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Brittany Ferries has added a third weekly return-sailing between Cherbourg and Rosslare. The company says the move will boost connectivity ahead of the arrival of its rail-ferry service in 2025 whereby Ferroutage will link Bayonne with Cherbourg by rail, carrying trailers for onward transport by ferry.
The additional will leave Cherbourg ...
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Lions Vasylyna and Nikola started a new life on 25 April thanks to French-Dutch carrier Air France KLM Martinair Cargo.
They boarded a Martinair 747 freighter aircraft at Schiphol en route to South Africa where they will go to the Lionsrock sanctuary for big cats run by the Four Paws animal ...
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Austrian logistics company Gebrüder Weiss has enlarged its logistics facility at Dunaharaszti near Budapest. The new complex covers 10,000sq ft including a high-bay warehouse. It will handle all home delivery services for the greater Budapest area with inbound storage, material flow and picking largely automated.
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Qatar Airways Cargo has opened a new Animal Centre and relaunched its Next Generation Live service. The Middle East carrier, which moves over 550,000 animals a year, including 10,000 horses has also reaffirmed its commitment to animal welfare.
The new 5,260sq m (56,600sq ft) Animal Centre has full temperature control for ...
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Suffolk container and pallet haulage firm Maze Logistic Solutions has been sold to a management team led by Ryan Jiggens. It has also introduced general haulage, LCL and specialist services, and has opened a new truck park at Ipswich port.
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Yusen Logistics (UK) is partnering with the Kaleidoscope Group UK, which supports people with disabilities to gain employment via an incubator programme. Candidates on the incubator programme for Yusen Logistics are given training to help them maximise their chances of employment and to find the right role. Kaleidoscope is also ...
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A veterinary deal with the European Union could increase UK agricultural and food exports by over a fifth, according to a report by academics.
The team, from Aston University’s Centre for Business Prosperity and the University of Bristol, analysed the agricultural and veterinary aspects of trade deals around the world to ...
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IAG Cargo has completed its transition of its 160-strong ground vehicle fleet at London Heathrow from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).
HVO is a drop-in replacement for diesel, made from plant waste and from fully renewable materials and will reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% along with ...
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