October 2024
Big changes are coming to London Heathrow, both in terms of the airport’s physical cargo infrastructure and the way in which the UK’s primary gateway will operate in future, a seminar organised by the CCS UK User Group was told on 24 October.
Heathrow Airport head of cargo, James Golding outlined the plans for redeveloping the physical infrastructure, much of which dates back to the 1960s and which was designed before ...
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Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics, the US subsidiary of German-owned global logistics provider DACHSER, celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 16.
The family-owned logistics operator from Germany opened a location in New York in 1974, moving into an overseas region for the first time. Over the decades that followed, Dachser ...
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BIFA policy and compliance advisor Igor Popovics is urging companies to “practice, practice, practice” ahead of introduction of the latest iteration of the EU’s transit system, NCTS5 on 22 January. They should also check with their software providers that they can support the new regime.
In an episode of BIFAlink TV ...
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The Port of Tilbury, as part of the London Construction Hub, has hosted a tour of its facilities by several businesses, in conjunction with Essex Chambers of Commerce. They were given an in-depth look at the streamlined supply chain operations, vast storage capabilities, and 24/7 transport links, Tilbury demonstrating how ...
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Normally, the mundane matter of vessel berthing trials are of interest only to shipping experts but a row has broken out in the Isle of Jersey.
Jersey and Guernsey are in the final stages of a competitive tender for a 15-year contract for the islands’ main ro ro links. However the ...
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Massachusetts-based Cold Chain Technologies has acquired fellow packaging specialist Tower Cold Chain in the UK for an undisclosed sum.
CCT provides advanced thermal packaging and digital monitoring solutions for temperature-sensitive life sciences products.
Founded in 1999, Tower designs, manufactures, and operates a fleet of passive reusable temperature-controlled containers used to transport high-value ...
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DHL eCommerce UK has appointed Julian Harrison (top) as chief information officer. He has spent 12 years in retail and FMCG businesses including senior tech roles at ASOS and Marks and Spencer. He also held the role of Head of Technology, Fulfilment and Enterprise at Lovehoney where he was responsible ...
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Rotterdam’s container throughput increased 3% in terms of weight to 101.1 million tonnes and 2.2% in volume terms to 10.4 million TEU in the first nine months of 2024, said the port authority. The rise occurred against a background of a 0.4% decrease in total traffic in the same period ...
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DP World has opened a forwarding office in Panama City, offering multimodal freight services, customs clearance and warehousing. It follows the opening of a similar office in Bogotá, Colombia earlier this month and already has outlets in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Suriname. DP World plans to further expand ...
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DHL Express and DHL Global Forwarding have signed the largest ever sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) agreement with IAG Cargo.
The partners plan to use an extra 60 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) under a renewed contract with IAG Cargo in 2024 and 2025. They say that the deal will ...
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