May 2025

Kale wins Oman community contract

Oman’s Ministry of Transport has awarded a contract to Kale Logistics Solutions and its local partner Novel Muscat to develop a National Port Community System in Oman. The multimodal cargo platform will digitalise and streamline operations across  ports, airports, land ports and free zones. [+]

Developer acquires strategic Essex site

Developer Panattoni has acquired a site at Horizon 120 Business Park in Braintree, Essex. Panattoni Park Braintree will include 575,000sq ft of industrial and logistics space, just over 15 minutes from London Stansted Airport and under an hour from the M25, Port of Felixstowe, and London Gateway. Construction is already underway on Phase 1, which comprises ... [+]

Healthy people and healthy economies – industry partners to highlight vital role of airfreight

Pharma.Aero and TIACA (The International Air Cargo Association) have set up a Food and Farm for Health project to underscore the value and role of air cargo in healthcare access and economic development in low- and middle-income countries. Developed in collaboration with the Cool Chain Association and the Humanitarian Logistics Association, ... [+]

DHL buys second US e-commerce firm

DHL Supply Chain has acquired US-based e-commerce logistics provider IDS Fulfillment. It adds over 1.3 million square feet of multi-customer warehouse and distribution space and includes facilities in Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, and Plainfield, Ind., where the company is headquartered. In January, DHL acquired Inmar’s reverse logistics business, making it the ... [+]

BIFA and RHA call for Civil Penalties speed-up

BIFA and the Road Haulage Association (RHA) are inviting their members to add their names to an open letter to be sent to the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper asking her to speed up improvements to the Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme. International road freight operators are invited to sign up to ... [+]

Belgian gateway implements Inbound Release Platform

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges and its subsidiary NxtPort, in collaboration with The Way Forward and Belgian Customs have introduced an Inbound Release Platform (IRP) to help implement new European legislation for inbound cargo. To comply with European requirements, Belgian Customs must fully transition to the new PN/TS system for the digital ... [+]

Crane move is a towering success for AAL

AAL Shipping (AAL)  transported three fully assembled Konecranes port cranes from Schiedam and Westdorpe, Netherlands, to ports in Mexico and Chile on an ‘open hatch’ sailing on its Super B-Class vessel, AAL Hamburg - a first for this vessel type. The Gottwald ESP 10 mobile harbour container cranes are among the ... [+]

Challenge opens up in Bangalore

Challenge Group has launched a freighter service to Bangalore, India, just one year after launching services to Mumbai. The Bangalore service is operated with a Boeing 767-300BDSF freighter, offering a 50-ton capacity. The Belgian-based freighter operator also maintains daily connections between Tel Aviv and Liège. From Tel Aviv, cargo also moves ... [+]

Hellmann appoints Israel partner

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Orian SH.M as its network partner in Israel, complementing Hellmann´s long-standing collaboration with Peltransport. Founded in 1985, Orian is one of the three top freight forwarding and logistics companies in Israel and is now managed by the third generation of the family with 850 employees, ... [+]

Hangzhou is Emirates’ fourth China city

Emirates will launch daily services between Dubai and Hangzhou from 30 July, its fifth gateway on the Chinese mainland after Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. It will operate with a Boeing 777-300ER, offering connections to and from in Europe, Africa, the Middle, Brazil and Argentina. Expected traffic will include electronics, ... [+]

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