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November 2021

Uber man to help FourKites to fly

Supply chain visibility platform FourKites has appointed Oleksii Kosenko as director carrier network operations, EMEA. He previously led the carrier sales teams at Uber Freight and sennder Technologies and held a senior sales role at forwarder CH Robinson. FourKites founder and chief executive, Mathew Elenjickal, sai:  “His deep understanding of the European carrier landscape and his expertise in the Eastern European and Baltic regions is exactly what we need to enhance ... [+]

Tilbury silos complete

Forth Ports has completed building of  ten 30-metre-high silos at the UK’s largest grain terminal at Tilbury. The works got underway earlier this year following a fire in 2020 which damaged part of the concrete silo. Demolition of the damaged concrete silos at the terminal is also now complete and the ... [+]

Cathay launches Click & Ship for cargo

Cathay Pacific Cargo is launching a new Click & Ship digital booking platform progressively across its network. Customers can view prices and capacity, and book cargo with instant confirmation in just three steps through an intuitive booking interface. Director of cargo Tom Owen said that over the past 20 years, the ... [+]

Europa Robust Growth Continues

Europa Worldwide Group is on track to achieve record turnover and profits in 2021, with 2022 forecast to be even more successful.Europa’s growth predications follow a hugely productive year, despite the ongoing and unprecedented challenges arising from the global pandemic and Brexit.Its Board is expecting to achieve a record turnover ... [+]

A charter every hour and a half for busy cargo broker 

UK-based international broker Air Charter Service has recorded its busiest ever quarter for its cargo division, with 1,445 charters between August and October. This, combined with its other divisions, resulted in the highest ever revenue for the company in one quarter – a total of £321.1 million (US$430 million).  Group cargo director Dan Morgan-Evans said it was equivalent to ... [+]

Turkey in time for Christmas

Forwarder Woodland Group has introduced express services from Turkey to cope with a surge in enquiries for time-sensitive goods out of the country. It can deliver consignments in 96 hours door-door (depending on location) will collection from supplier and direct delivery to the consignee’s door Maximum consignment weight is 1200-1300kgs and various ... [+]

Turkish ports set to gain from Abu Dhabi investment deal

Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Turkey’s sovereign wealth Turkiye Varlik Fonu to develop investment opportunities in the country.It was signed In the presence of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan together ... [+]

New HR head for XPO

XPO Logistics has appointed Lynn Brown to lead the company's human resources organization in the UK and Ireland. She will report to Valerie Chaut, head of human resources – Europe, and Dan Myers, managing director – UK and Ireland. Prior to joining XPO, she served in senior roles with Gist ... [+]

Shedding new light on Mongolia

Austrian-headquartered transport and logistics service provider Gebrüder Weiss has move 12,600 LED streetlights and lampposts to Mongolia by rail route for Zumtobel. It has delivered 80 containers in the past 12 months from Austria to the capital, Ulaanbaatarfor a government infrastructure project. The risk of damage due to strong acceleration ... [+]

Intelligent JCB brings new standards of safety

Briggs Equipment has delivered a new JCB machine to Peel Ports Liverpool. It is fitted atelemetry system, developed in conjunction with FTC,  that includes an artificial intelligence-powered reversing camera that intuitively picks up whether a person is in the vicinity and alerts the driver. Peel is also trialling a real-time, ... [+]

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