June 2019
Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a long-term partnership to expand its operations at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany.
In a memorandum of understanding signed in the presence of the Saxon State Minister of Finances, Dr Matthias Hass, at the International Paris Air Show, they pledged to join forces to create an effective logistics system and to transform the airport into a multimodal hub for the group’s scheduled and charter operations with investments of ...
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Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) general manager Aidan Flynn says that the Irish government’s Climate Action Plan, launched on 17 June, fails to recognise the vital role the freight transport industry must play. Without a clear plan for the logistics sector, it will struggle to meet its target of net ...
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Freight Software Group, parent company of BoxTop Technologies has completed its purchase of UK-based freight software company Forward Computers Ltd (FCL). FCL founder and shareholder founding shareholder-directors, Graham Donnelly has also retired and his role will be taken up by Christopher Hewlett of Freight Software Group. Otherwise, there will be ...
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Container shipping company ONE (Ocean Network Express) has signed a deal to use Hutchison Ports’ PARIS Enterprise transport optimisation software.
PARIS offers an enterprise and API solution for optimising full load transport via truck, rail and barge by using advanced algorithms to reduce the number of empty miles.
ONE’s head of inland ...
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has signed a deal to lease temperature-controlled pharma containers from Swiss-based SkyCell. The SkyCell line of passive containers is capable of keeping the internal temperature within the range of +2° to +8°C and +15°C to +25°C under external temperature excursions from –35°C to +65°C.
Each container is equipped ...
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CEVA has promoted Dave Dudek from as senior vice president strategic initiatives and global program management to executive vice president global automotive sector. He succeeds Antonio Fondevilla who is to pursue new opportunities outside the company. It follows the earlier appointment of Criss Edwards as senior vice president automotive and ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is establishing a new working group to deliver a Sustainability Program for the industry and has signed a partnership agreement with CHAMP Cargosystems.
It will include an annual Air Cargo Sustainability Award. The main objective of the competition and the Sustainability Award is to generate ...
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International aerospace business group Avia Solutions Group is to acquire UK-headquartered aircraft charter firm Chapman Freeborn Group. Avia, headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania , has 42 subsidiaries worldwide and representative offices in the UK, US, Poland, Serbia, Estonia, Russia, Thailand, and Indonesia operating in aircraft maintenance, pilot training, ground handling and ...
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Dachser UK has appointed Marion Simpson as its new sales manager for the North. She will also continue in her role as a chem-logistics specialist. The forwarder described 2018 as a “progressive year” for the company with the appointment of a new UK managing director, Mark Rollinson, combined with opening ...
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PD Ports has launched a twice-daily GB Railfreight-operated train service between Teesport and Doncaster, on behalf of multimodal operator Containerships, following a trial. The end customer is IKEA Transport & Logistics Services. It has capacity for 56 boxes per day.
Containerships’ chief commercial officer, Jari Lepistö, said: “We were looking for ...
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