April 2025
Portsmouth terminal operator, Portico has launched a new staffing division, Portico Port Services.
Backed by the Portico Shipping and Portico Logistics, the new division will offer workforce solutions across ferry, cruise, terminal, and quay-side services.
Portico Port Services has recently been appointed the berthing support provider for Portsmouth International Port, with a five-year contract, and is also providing ferry freight services, including stevedoring, to DFDS for its new Portsmouth to Jersey line.
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DSV has added several new members to its Group Executive Committee and renamed the Solutions Division to Contract Logistics, after obtaining all regulatory clearances for its acquisition of German forwarder Schenker.
Helmut Schweighofer, currently chief executive of Schenker's Region Europe will become the new chief executive of DSV’s Road Division. He ...
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General sales and services agent (GSSA) 4RCargo has opened an office in Bratislava. The Warsaw-headquartered company has tripled its team in 18 months and invested in four offices, as well as developing shipper pick-up services, including trucking solutions direct from manufacturing premises across the region, avoiding the need to twice ...
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Nikolay Pargov has been appointed chief executive of Girteka’s logistics business. He joined the company in September 2024, bringing over 20 years of experience in the sector, having worked with The company’s Girteka Europe West arm at the same time is renamed Girteka Logistics. In early April, Jeroen Eijsink announced ...
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Emirates SkyCargo is to deploy a dedicated weekly freighter from Dubai to Narita International Airport in Japan from 24 May, the first direct, scheduled all cargo connection between Narita and the Middle East. It will boost capacity between the two cities by 100 tonnes each way. Emirates SkyCargo already operates ...
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Credit fraud has become a major issue in the freight industry in the past 12 months, warns insurer TT Club.
Risk manager Josh Finch describes it as “primarily a financial risk as operators are left with freight costs that can’t be collected”. Losses can escalate quickly, he adds.
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Deugro has taken delivery of the Rotra Futura, two years after signing the contract with China’s Zhenjiang Shipyards. The heavylift forwarder says that she and her sister ship, Rotra Futura are designed to accommodate larger, heavier offshore wind turbine components, including a specially designed to reduce loading risk reductions and ...
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ECS Group’s IT department has achieved ISO 27001 certification, a globally recognized standard for information security management. The general sales agent says that the award strengthens its IT security and aligns with GDPR requirements, ensuring robust data protection through strict access controls, regular risk assessments, and full compliance with EU ...
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Etihad Cargo has is to increase its flights to and from China from 11 in 2024 to a planned total of 18 in 2025. Capacity will be supplemented by a wet-lease 747-F and there will be three additional weekly freighter flights to Shenzhen and two additional weekly flights to London.
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Cathay Cargo Terminal has completed the first end-to-end trial of autonomous electric tractor (AET) operations between the terminal and West Cargo Apron at Hong Kong International Airport.
The trial involved a fully autonomous electric tow-tractor pulling four cargo dollies into the Cathay Cargo Terminal and driving itself to the correct cargo ...
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