January 2025
Freightliner owner Genesee and Wyoming is reported to be considering selling off the UK intermodal arm. According to press reports chief executive Tim Shoveller said in a memo to the company staff that there was "interest" in the business. Sale of the intermodal company would still leave Freightliner Heavy Haul and subsidiaries in Poland and the Netherlands in the hands of the US company.
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NTG Nordic Transport Group’s NTG Germany arm has appointed Michael Krell as chief executive from 1 May. He has worked for DB Schenker since 2011, most recently as head of field sales for land transportation in Germany and Switzerland.
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Logistics UK has welcomed Secretary of State for Wales Jo Stevens’ recent statement that rail is her “number one priority” in the recent spending review but stresses that freight must be considered as well as passengers.
Senior rail policy advisor, Ellis Shelton said: “While discussions about passenger rail investment in Wales ...
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Autonomous cargo drone developer Windracers unveiled its latest ULTRA MK2 in London on 16 January. The consortium, which includes Southampton University and Bristol University, says that the latest version of its range of pilotless aircraft, will offer a range of up to 1,000km (620 miles) with a “meaningful payload” of ...
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The Red Sea crisis created an extra 35.7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in the past year, according to supply chain management consultancy Inverto, part of Boston Consulting Group.
Ships were forced to sail around Africa to avoid the risk of being attacked by the Houthi rebels, equivalent to the annual ...
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The giant BelugaXL freighter will be a regular sight at Munich Airport in the first five weeks of 2025. The huge – and unusual aircraft – somewhere there is an Airbus A330-200F lurking between the whale-like fuselage – is flying A350 sections to the Airbus plant in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. The BelugaXL ...
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Vienna Airport ended the year 2024 with new record figures for air cargo. It handled a total of 297,945 tonnes, up 22% compared to the previous year and 5% above the pre-crisis year 2019. In
Development of long-haul services boosted results at the airport, with strong demand for the additional belly ...
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A record-breaking audience of over 550 attendees learned the winners of the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) 2024 Freight Service Awards in London on 16 January. At the event, awards host and rowing Olympian James Cracknell announced nine winning companies and two outstanding individuals across 11 award categories.In the Air ...
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Supply chain visibility specialist FourKites has launched an Intelligent Control Tower, which it describes as a radical departure from backward-looking planning and reporting systems. Powered by AI, it can take autonomous action across complex supply chain workflows, in addition to creating insights, assessing risk, and making prescriptive recommendations.
It uses what ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Dr Andre Schulz, previously head of region Middle East, Africa & South Asia & CIS, as head of region Europe. He succeeds Oliver von Götz, who has become head of global fulfillment management.
Dr Schulz will be succeeded by Stephanie Pöhn-Helbig, currently head of crew control at ...
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