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XPO’s Dr Head to head green forum

XPO head of sustainability Dr Nicholas Head, has been named vice chair of the Sustainable Logistics Forum. Representing 18 larger fleet operators, the Forum is part of Rutland Forums, a partner of XPO Logistics, which facilitate collaboration groups of sustainability and energy practitioners, helping members to decarbonise their organisations quicker and more cost-effectively. All forums meet regularly to collaborate on projects, share best practices, and work closely with the Government to ... [+]

Italian luxury tempts cargo thieves

Cargo theft in Italy has more than quadrupled between 2021 and 2023, according to a report by TT Club, in collaboration with BSI Screen and TAPA EMEA. It says that, like many countries, Italy is seeing a rise in strategically planned cargo theft, with criminal groups ... [+]

Forth Ports appoints new CFO

Forth Ports has appointed Stuart MacGregor as chief financial officer and main board member. In a career of over 30 years including the international drinks and house building sectors, he was most recently chief executive officer at now collapsed Scottish house builder Stewart Milne Group. Photo: ... [+]

AI now a must for Big Pharma, says report

Artificial Intelligence and machine learning are shifting from being a ‘nice to have’ to a strategic necessity for the industry, according to a new report commissioned by the LogiPharma group. The 2024 LogiPharma AI Report, based on a survey of 100 European life sciences supply chain ... [+]

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 ... [+]

Air Partner steps on the gas to deliver urgent gear

The cargo team at broker Air Partner Cargo’s team has carried out a time-critical delivery of oversized gas insulated switchgear from Tianjin Binhai International Airport to Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algiers. An energy company required the GIS Bays urgently for a large-scale project taking place ... [+]

Cargo.one signs up AirBaltic

Latvia’s AirBaltic Cargo is to join forces with Cargo.one to offer its services to freight forwarders in 134 countries. Headquartered in Riga, Latvia, AirBaltic Cargo offers belly capacity on more than 100 routes throughout Baltics, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Caucasus from ... [+]

Bristol Airport looks to extend

Bristol Airport has launched a public consultation on a masterplan including A 150-m (490- runway extension that would allow long haul aircraft to reach destinations in North America and the Middle East. The plans also include an increase in annual passenger capacity from the current ... [+]

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 ... [+]

Air broker signs Iberia deal

Chapman Freeborn has signed an exclusive partnership with Portuguese multimodal logistics specialist Santos e Vale to expand its cargo charter, on-board courier, time critical, and passenger charter services in the Iberian Peninsula. Freight forwarders can now ship consignments between 1.2 and 120 tonnes. [+]

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