Forwarding
Davies Turner Air Cargo has upgraded handling equipment at its Heathrow hub.It has replaced its fleet with seven electric forklift trucks, three reach trucks and one battery changing truck. The 11 Bobcat vehicles have been procured on a lease contract from Rushlift, the forwarder’s partner of nearly 30 years.They include advanced safety technologies such as perimeter proximity lights, and progressive directional arrow safety lights that appear on both the front ...
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In a surprise move, DFDS has completed the acquisition of the international transport network of Turkey-based Ekol Logistics, having earlier this month saying it had abandoned its bid due to a failure to reach contractual conditions by the agreed deadline.
The Danish-owned ferry and logistics company ...
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Ukrainian-owned An124 operator Antonov Airlines and Netherlands forwarder First Class Freight have moved an urgently needed marine propulsion unit from Hong Kong to Houston. It was needed to ensure the safety of a cruise ship due to set off for the Arctic.
The move was complicated ...
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Groupage operator Europa Road has signed a partnership with the Pledge sustainability platform ahead of the EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) which requires companies with more than 500 employees to reveal their carbon footprint, a critical shift in how businesses approach environmental and ...
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German forwarding and logistics company Dachser has opened a corporate IT Hub in Porto. It will fill around 100 IT positions by the end of 2026.
Porto will complement existing IT locations in Germany, France, Spain, Hong Kong, and the US where specialists develop and optimise ...
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New York-based Freight forwarder Accelerated Global Solutions (AGS) has appointed Tony Barnes to the new position of global chief commercial and growth officer. He also assumes the role of global head of ocean product.
His appointment follows the company's acquisition by Chris Zheng, founder and ...
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Pan-European logistics operator Duvenbeck Group has appointed Christian Seidl as its new chief operating officer for the north/west region, responsible for road and contract logistics divisions. He has held management positions at Ceva, Dachser, Imperial (now DP World) and Schnellecke. Duvenbeck is has more than ...
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There is a widespread lack of awareness of the upcoming ICS2-ENS regulations and EORI requirements, according to logistics platform Trade Tech.
The company carried out a survey on its website over the last few months of stakeholders involved in cargo shipments to and throughout the EU.
It ...
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Freight forwarder Unsworth Group is celebrating its golden jubilee in the UK. Over five decades it has transformed itself from a small freight forwarding operation into a global logistics provider, expanding its multimodal freight management services to include a robust Customs solutions team. Chief executive ...
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The British International Freight Association has elected new chairs in three of its six-strong Young Forwarder Network (YFN) regions.Brooke Flower, EU customs import entry clerk at KWL Logistics becomes the new chair of YFN’s Anglia region; Nicole Page, recruitment and HR admin assistant at Unsworth ...
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