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Integrated Skypallet speeds TAP cargo

TAP Air Cargo, a customer of the Skypallet optimisation program since October 2022, has now embedded it into its capacity optimization process by implementing an API integration between Skypallet and Champ’s cargo management solution, Cargospot Airline. This enables TAP Air Cargo staff to automatically transfer the air waybill data for flights from Cargospot to Skypallet for shipment evaluation and flight planning, including co-loadability checks and segregation. It also creates a ... [+]

French firm makes first cross-Channel move

French-owned logistics company SPI group has won its first tenders in the UK, taking over the management of packaging activities and associated logistics for a consumer goods company in the Cambridgeshire area. SPI now oversees its customer's upstream logistics, secondary packaging and product forwarding activities. ... [+]

DP World UK launches first container inset scheme

DP World has launched what it describes as the world’s first container port carbon inset programme at London Gateway and Southampton, aimed at helping cargo importers cut their emissions. Starting on 1 January 2025 for an initial six-month trial, the Carbon Inset Programme will reward ... [+]

LTS opens Delhi HQ

UK freight forwarder LTS Global Solutions has opened a regional headquarters in Delhi, India. It will act as a central hub for its operations within the subcontinent, where it will provide logistics and freight forwarding services.  LTS opened a regional office in Hong Kong, China ... [+]

Emirates offers eQuote

Emirates SkyCargo is now offering eQuote, a digital self-service touchpoint to allow customers to request and manage their spot quotations. The solution will be progressively rolled out globally and will incorporate the majority of products, including the Life Sciences and Healthcare portfolio and high-value cargoes ... [+]

Schiphol head of cargo moves on

Royal Schiphol Group head of cargo Joost van Doesburg is to leave his position in February to pursue interests outside the company, after just under two years in the post. His tenure included a turbulent time for the Dutch airport, with cuts in flight numbers ... [+]

Multimodal opens 2025 registrations

Organisers of the Multimodal exhibition in Birmingham have opened visitor registrations for the 2025 event, which takes place on 17-19 June  at the NEC. Multimodal is launching an AI Clinic on the main floor of the event which aims to be a ‘one stop shop’, debunking ... [+]

Delivered Duty Paid service pays off for Europa customer

UK lighting and furnishing company Tyson says that Europa Road’s Europa Flow Delivered Duty Paid service has drastically simplified its operations since adopting it in 2021. The company says that having experienced delayed shipments and extensive administrative and customs paperwork, plus increased duty payments due to ... [+]

Takeover boosts Tower Cold Chain presence

Passive temperature-controlled container provider Tower Cold Chain says it can offer a vastly expanded network with three Centres of Excellence and 54 regional hubs in 26 countries, following its recent acquisition by Cold Chain Technologies (CCT). Ahead of the acquisition, Tower Cold Chain had recently launched ... [+]

Insetting moves up the agenda for Stena

Stena Line is reporting a significant increase in customers considering insetting options in their carbon emissions reduction strategies for 2025. Carbon insetting means creating initiatives to reduce carbon emissions throughout the entire supply chain and can vary from transitioning to renewable fuel alternatives, improving energy efficiency ... [+]

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