October 2024
UK textile manufacturer Camira Fabrics has signed a contract with DB Schenker to enhance its airfreight operations.
Camira, headquartered in Yorkshire, produces upholstery and panel textiles for sectors including commercial, education, healthcare, hospitality, and passenger transport and has over eight million meters of fabric in transit annually.
A strategic review of Camira’s logistics, driven by recent external challenges like Brexit, COVID-19, and rising global costs, revealed potential opportunities to optimise its distribution ...
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Solent Rail Terminal says it has handled over 55,000 containers since completing a multi-million-pound upgrade six months ago at the Port of Southampton. The newly expanded 18-acre site is linked to the existing intermodal rail site offering laden and empty container handling, storage, maintenance and repair in a single-site boundary.
The ...
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Challenge Group has completed its 767 conversion program with the deployment of two newly converted B767-300 freighters.
They bring the total number of B767-300BDSF aircraft in the Group’s fleet to four, each with a capacity of 52 tons and 400 cubic meters, reinforced floors and wide cargo doors.
The additional capacity has ...
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The Middle East has a long and rich history of beauty rituals, using natural oils, herbs, and spices, passed down through the generations but now the younger generation are blending these with modern-day consumer cosmetics are blended to create a unique beauty culture that resonates with contemporary consumers.
This is turning ...
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Logistics provider Dachser has broken ground on a new logistics centre in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, due to open in June 2025. It consists of a transit terminal, with 6,500sq m of space and 76 loading gates, and the warehouse, at 6,770sq m and room for 17,000 pallets. The company will create ...
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U-Freight Group has helped Airport Authority Hong Kong produce a video promoting the gateway as an e-commerce hub.
‘Hong Kong International Airport - The e-commerce fulfilment hub in Asia’ is part of a campaign to highlight its advantages as a global logistics centre.
Parts of the video were filmed at U-Freight subsidiary ...
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Logistics UK says it is disappointed that the Government’s plan to invest £1.1 billion in Stanstead Airport did not include a commitment to expanding freight services. Senior policy manager Alexandra Herdman, said it was a missed opportunity for the logistics sector, adding: “Our members are urging government to rethink how ...
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Samphire Cargo - a sister company of Birmingham-based Simpex Express – has acquired ACT Forwarding and Logistics.
Founded in 1986 by managing director Tony Ball, Dover-based ACT employs nine staff, who will now join the Samphire team.
The acquisition strengthens Samphire’s customs clearance capabilities. ACT enjoyed significant success during the Brexit transition ...
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Röhlig Logistics has added to its network of Good Distribution Practice (GDP)-certified sites, adding Milan, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The forwarder now operates 15 GDP-certified facilities across China, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the US and plans to certify over 20 additional branches by 2026.
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DHL Express has introduced a new ‘label-free’ service for package returns. It relieves online consumers of the need to search for a printer to print the label, or to use pre-printed merchant provided labels and returns form from the original shipment. The new services uses a digital process. A QR ...
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