April 2025

Nunes joins Chapman Freeborn board

Bernardo Nunes has joined the board of air broker Chapman Freeborn, following his appointment as chief operating officer in November. He will continue to serve in his current role, leading global operations across the Chapman Freeborn group, including Magma Aviation, Intradco Global, On Board Courier (OBC) and the Arcus Air Group. [+]

Emirates rethinks courier delivery

Emirates Skycargo has launched an Emirates Courier Express end-to-end delivery service. It aims to break away from traditional hub-and-spoke models, with packages making multiple stops before arriving at destination and instead travelling from origin to destination directly, like passengers. The carrier says that this significantly reduces time in transit and ... [+]

Would we lie to you? Robodog is real

Yesterday, we ran a story about parcel delivery firm Evri, the UK’s largest parcel delivery firm’s robot delivery dogs. Now, we can reveal that, despite the 1 April dateline, it wasn’t an April Fool. In a UK first, the robot version of man’s best friend will work in partnership with a courier ... [+]

Stena reveals ship of the future

Stena Line has developed a new concept vessel, the Futuro, which it says could reduce energy usage by 20% or more. The 240-meter-long ro ro ship would carry semi-trailers and cars and would have an optimised hull and superstructure design to achieve the most efficient use of cargo space possible. Low ... [+]

Peel Ports launches Heysham upgrade

Peel Ports has started a £10 million investment programme at its port of Heysham, chief operating officer, David Huck revealed in an interview with FBJ. The work will include reconfiguring the yard area to increase capacity by 20%, putting in new haulage gates and introducing a new terminal operating system. David ... [+]

ACS flies aid to earthquake zone

Air Charter Service (ACS) arranged charters to Myanmar and Thailand over the weekend of 29/30 April following the earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday 28 April. Several flights have already delivered aid to Yangon and Bangkok in Thailand.The epicentre of the earthquake, measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale, was less ... [+]

Air Canada restarts Ottawa-Heathrow flights

Air Canada has resumed flights from Ottawa to London Heathrow with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Services will operate four times weekly with connections at Heathrow across Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa. The carrier will serve Heathrow from six Canadian cities, with up to 63 weekly flights in ... [+]

Liverpool steel trade tops 700,000 tonnes

Peel Ports Liverpool handled 702,000 tonnes of steel from South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Turkey and Europe in 2024 and further investments should boost this figure to around 1m tonnes over the next 18 months. While the UK steel industry does face challenges from US tariffs and other factors, there are still ... [+]

Immingham handles first ship under new forces deal

Associated British Ports Immingham has handled the first vessel under a new military capability deal with the Ministry of Defence. The 23,000-tonne Eddystone, a strategic equipment transport vessel, called on 29/30 March, transporting hundreds of vehicles and pieces of equipment belonging to 7 Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team (the Desert Rats) ... [+]

Awery gives Schiphol courier Wings

Awery Aviation Software  says that Schiphol-based on board courier Wings achieved a 25% increase in productivity since implementing its tailored digital solution. In collaboration with the Wings team, Awery developed a comprehensive OBC service solution, incorporating Awery's enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, with custom-designed track-and-trace software accessible through a mobile application. Wings ... [+]

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