July 2024
Dachser has completed acquisition of German-Austrian Brummer Group and has integrated it into its European network for the transport and storage of temperature-controlled food. Brummer specialises in transport, warehousing, and contract logistics services for food, including frozen foods below −18 degrees Celsius, in the region of southern Germany and Austria and follows recent acquisitions of Müller Fresh Food Logistics in the Netherlands and Frigoscandia in northern Europe. Brummer was one ...
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Nuneaton-based Independent Freight Solutions (IFS) has appointed three long-serving members of staff to its new senior management team as part of a restructure.
They are: sales and marketing manager Anna Marszalek, branch manager Neil Lewis and operations manager Emily De Sousa, who is also promoted from customs manager to oversee both ...
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Mammoet has been appointed as exclusive heavy-lift and heavy transport service supplier at Steel River Quay, part of the Teesworks industrial zone.
Teesworks is a 2,600-acre site, located on the banks of the River Tees in the Northeast of England, and is central to the Teesside Freeport.
The contract covers the supply ...
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China’s Cosco shipping has signed a memorandum of cooperation with technology firm Fortescue to develop a sustainable green fuel supply chain. The two companies will collaborate on developing technologies to lower emissions and build a green fuel supply chain, including developing vessels powered by green ammonia to ship iron ore ...
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The recently announced delay to introduction of the EU’s Entry Exit System (EES) from October to 10 and possibly November will help avoid many of the potential pitfalls, said the British International Freight Association in a BIFAlink TV broadcast on 30 July. Update On EU Entry-Exit System (youtube.com)
BIFA compliance director ...
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Brittany Ferries will operate up to 98 weekly cross-Channel sailings linking Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth with St Malo, Roscoff Caen, Cherbourg and Le Havre in its 2025 timetable, published on 29 July.
It will also offer up to 12 weekly overnight sailings between Portsmouth and Plymouth to Santander and Bilbao in ...
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BioNatur Plastics has presented Worldwide Flight Services’ director of sourcing and supply in North America Stephanie Peacock with its first ‘Pioneer Award’ for inspiring the introduction of biodegradable plastic products in air cargo.
Since WFS became the launch customer for BioNatur Plastics’ biodegradable stretch wrap and pallet covers for shipments in ...
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Temperature controlled shipping solutions firm CSafe has launched a new reusable pallet shipper. The Silverpod MAX RE will save on disposal costs, meet sustainability targets and improve transparency, it says. It is based on its existing single-use Silverpod MAX passive pallet shipper but is made entirely of reusable components and ...
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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is to start a Boeing 747-400ERF freighter service on 19 September from Amsterdam Schiphol to Dubai and Hong Kong, bringing the carrier back to the latter destination after an absence of almost nine years. Flights will initially operate thrice weekly, increasing to four on 27 ...
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Haropa Port (Le Havre, Rouen and Paris) said its maritime traffic jumped by 8.8% in the first six months of 2024, to 41.95 million tonnes. Containers rose by 16% to 1.46 million TEU, and by 24% in tonnage terms, to 14.51m tonnes. Haropa Port said that containers were beginning to ...
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