April 2025
Jacksonville, Florida-based transportation company has appointed Tony Kvasnicka as president of its ocean division. He will oversee the company’s operations in the Caribbean, including the Puerto Rican trade lane, port operations in Jacksonville and San Juan, account management, support services, and asset maintenance.
Kvasnicka is a US Coast Guard veteran with a decade of service. He was hired by Trailer Bridge in 2017 to manage the company’s vessel operations and in ...
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New carrier Skyway Airlines of the Philippines has appointed Hactl as handling agent for its new freighter services to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong independent handler will provide terminal handling, ramp handling and documentation. Skyway is due to start flights on 20 March, using its 18-tonne capacity B737-400 freighters on ...
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The British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) National Conference will take place on 14-15 May, the first time in nearly two decades that it has brought its entire membership community across the UK.
This two-day conference will address the pressing issues facing the logistics sector, and offer opportunities to network with industry ...
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Analyst Niall van de Wouw has described US President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ – in which he announced major tariff hikes on imports from most of the country’s trading partners as “a seismic shock” for e-commerce.
De Wouw, who is Xeneta’s chief airfreight officer, said that the cargo market is reevaluating its ...
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Federal Express has opened a first- and last-mile location in Amsterdam. Located next to Schiphol Airport, it offers direct connections to 45 markets in Europe. Its 16,000sq m warehouse doubles space compared to the previous location and has tripled sorting capacity to 4,500 packages per hour. The sorting machine also ...
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Logistics provider Dachser enjoyed sales growth of 13% in 2024, lifting revenue to just above €8 billion. The family-owned company also recorded increases in headcount (+3,300), locations (+56), and pallet spaces (+720,000), largely due to the acquisitions of Dachser & Fercam Italia, Frigoscandia, and Brummer,. In purely organic terms, iexcluding ...
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DP World has signed a £20m-plus deal with Kent Foods to set up a storage facility at London Gateway Logistics Park. Under the 10-year lease agreement, Kent Foods – part of the Albex Group – will occupy a 150,000sq ft warehouse to store food products arriving at the adjacent container ...
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Associated British Ports is once again sponsoring The ABP Humber Coastal Half Marathon and 10K on 21 September. Now in its ninth year, and organised by Tape2Tape, it is billed as one of the most scenic races on the east coast with its unique coastal location, alongside the Humber Estuary.
ABP ...
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Austrian-headquartered Cargo-partner, now a group company of Nippon Express Holdings, has expanded its air freight services in Mexico.
The forwarder launched an air consolidation service from Frankfurt to Mexico City in 2024, and has since added consolidation services from Hungary and Austria. It also offers regular services between Mexico and Asia, ...
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German-owned supply chain company Arvato has opened a new central logistics centre in China, consolidating multiple smaller sites into a single, modern facility. The 20,000sq m distribution building is in Shanghai’s Jinshan District and is designed to meet needs of clients in the high-tech and consumer goods industries.
The site is ...
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