August 2023
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of The SATS Group, is to open a fifth cargo handling terminal at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport.
WFS aims to begin operations from the6,500sq m (69,965sq ft) facility by the end of the first quarter of 2024, increasing its total cargo facility footprint in Madrid to 17,000sq m (183,000sq ft).
WFS has been present in the Madrid cargo and ground handling market since 1998 and serves ...
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Cosco Shipping has launched a For For Tune digital end-to-end supply chain solution for shipping cargo from Europe to China, including inland transportation services and optional customs clearance in China. It covers the full shipping process from container yard to door in one package. Once the booking order has been ...
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Global supply chain management company Acuver Consulting is expanding into the UK. Already active in the Asia-Pacific and North American regions, will work with supply chain and logistics players on day-to-day operations, order management, inventory visibility and optimization, marketplace integration, going omnichannel and last-mile fulfillment solutions.
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Gary Owen (pictured, right) has moved from network operator Palletways’, where he spent four years as European product manager before his promotion to head of commercial, to Ireland’s Transland Group. As part of his new role he will focus on international business development.
Transland Group has offices in Dublin and Fradley ...
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Italian operator Fercam has signed a joint venture deal with Germany's Dachser. It will detach its Fercam Distribution (groupage) and Fercam Logistics (contract logistics) divisions from Fercam and integrate them into the new company by the end of the year. The two divisions employ 920 people at 43 locations in ...
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) unveiled a new phased approach for moving export declarations to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) on 23 August, in response to feedback from industry.
In a widely expected move, HMRC said that during the first phase, it and its software developers would support selected high-volume declarants ...
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The ‘tense’ economic situation in Europe, especially in Germany, and background geopolitical factors affected throughput in the first half of 2023, said the Port of Hamburg. Despite this, Germany’s largest seaport recorded a gain of 7.7% in bulk cargo throughput at 19 million tons, although general cargo throughput was 11.1% ...
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The UK government has for the fifth time postponed checks on imports of food and food products from the EU, scheduled for October. According to press reports, the delay is due to concerns over the possible effect on prices due to the need for EU food exporters to the UK ...
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The EU has launched a humanitarian air bridge operation to Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is organising flights from Europe, carrying materials, including health and nutrition supplies to Nairobi, from where the supplies are transported to Goma. The first two flights arrived in Goma on ...
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CEVA Logistics has signed an agreement to acquire 96% of Mumbai-based Stellar Value Chain Solutions from private equity firm Warburg Pincus and other shareholders. Started in 2016 by Anshuman Singh, Stellar offers omni-channel fulfilment services in the eCommerce, automotive, food products, consumer, fashion and retail, healthcare and pharmaceuticals market segments. ...
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