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Lufthansa Cargo signs carbon-cutting deal with Maersk

Lufthansa Cargo has signed an agreement with and shipping, forwarding and logistics company AP Moller-Maersk (Maersk) have to promote decarbonization of airfreight through Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The German airline will use 400 metric tonnes of SAF on behalf of Maersk in the remainder of 2024, a period of the year with traditionally high cargo volumes. The expected reduction of CO2 emissions is expected to be at least 1,200 metric ... [+]

Kuehne+Nagel serves the servers

Kuehne+Nagel has launched a specialised logistics solution for the Cloud infrastructure industry. It includes access to the forwarder’s air logistics network with continuous pickup and delivery services, including last-mile white glove road transport solutions and a worldwide network of certified logistics experts deliver sensitive and ... [+]

Solutions for a greener planet

CMA CGM Group’s Ceva Logistics arm has launched a Forplanet sub-brand to unify and further develop its sustainable logistics solutions.The suite of logistics solutions enables customers to reduce the environmental impact of their supply chains by leveraging a range of low carbon transport and circular ... [+]

Rhenus joins forces with food charity FareShare

The Rhenus Group is working with FareShare to distribute thousands of tonnes of food to communities in need across the North-west. On 11 November  a team of volunteers from the Group’s UK Road and High Tech divisions collaborated to redistribute 7.51 tonnes of food from local ... [+]

Dave O’Brien joins Davies Turner board

Davies Turner has appointed Dave O’Brien to the board of directors at its surface freight subsidiary, Davies Turner & Co.He joined the company in 1990 when he joined as Turkish import manager and helped grow traffic from a few trailers per week to over 110 ... [+]

Ital Logistics gives Young Forwarders DG insight

Manchester forwarder Ital Logistics provided a dangerous goods awareness training workshop to members of BIFA's Young Forwarders Network on 21 November. The session included presentations by company Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA), Adam Smethurst and Simon Morley, managing director and DGSA of sister company Ital Transport. Air ... [+]

Freightos links up with e2open

The Freightos fright booking and payment platform is now integrating its services with  supply chain software provider e2open. It gives forwarders access to Freightos’ dynamic rates, eBooking and market intelligence from their usual portal,without switching or error-prone manual processes. The integration has been tested by Crane ... [+]

Duvenbeck to buy Sander

Duvenbeck Group is to take over fellow German operator Sander Logistics Group. Sander’s sites in Hamburg, Itzehoe, Rostock, Halle and Moosburg will will complement the current Duvenbeck network and improve access to northern and eastern Germany. Sander will continue to operate under its own brand ... [+]

Kerry appoints group CCO

Kerry Logistics Network  has appointed Wong Siew Loong as its chief commercial officer for the Group and managing director for South East Asia. He joins KLN from Kuehne+Nagel where he was president of the Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Siew Loong will lead KLN’s global ... [+]

Forwarder’s forklift fleet goes green

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 ... [+]

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