May 2025

Turkish to lease Atlas jumbo freighter

Turkish Cargo has signed a partnership with outsourced freighter operator Atlas Air Worldwide for a Boeing 747-400F wide-body freighter based in Istanbul. It will operate flights to destinations in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, from May. [+]

Saudi firm SAL joins Cargo iQ

Saudi Arabian logistics and supply chain company SAL has joined the Cargo iQ air cargo quality standards group’s as a full member. It has already implemented the Freight Into Warehouse (FIW) and Freight Out of Warehouse (FOW) milestones to help improve transparency of warehouse processes and will bring more clarity ... [+]

De Mieter to drive Maastricht cargo sales

Maastricht Aachen Airport has appointed Pascale De Mieter as cargo sales executive. She will focus on driving growth in high-demand verticals such as perishables, pharmaceuticals, live animals, and vulnerable cargo, bringing over 23 years of air cargo expertise, including senior roles at Air Belgium, where she launched and led cargo ... [+]

Qatar joins forces with Virgin Australia

Qatar Airways Cargo has signed a partnership with Virgin Australia partnership.  It currently offers more than 240 tonnes of belly cargo capacity each way each week into Australia and, with the addition of Virgin Australia flights, will increase to more than 400 tonnes. Also from June 2025 Virgin Australia will operate ... [+]

Deugro USA appoints VP

Deugro (USA) has promoted Ryan Blewett to vice president and country manager. He joined the project forwarder in 2016 in Doha,  and moved to Deugro USA in 2019 as turnaround logistics manager, becoming Houston branch manager in May 2022. [+]

XPO adds Morocco space as shipments soar

XPO Logistics says it has tripled its revenue in Morocco in the last six years and moved 30,000 shipments between Europe and North Africa in 2024. To meet this demand, XPO Logistics has launched new routes connecting the Port of Tangier with Algeciras and Motril and invested in 60 new container ... [+]

DP World signs Domincan deal

DP World has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Dominican Republic for a deal worth US$760 million to expand the Port of Caucedo and its Free Trade Zone. It will raise Caucedo’s container handling capacity from 2.5 million TEU to about 3.1 million TEUs, while unlocking ... [+]

FedEx to revamp UK network

Federal Express has announced major improvements to its UK network, including plans to open two logistics hubs close to its existing Kingsbury / Atherstone and Marston Gate sites. It will consolidate its existing road hub infrastructure from five hubs into two new facilities, with advanced technologies to enhance service and support ... [+]

CLdN ups Liverpool/Dublin space

CLdN is to increase on its Liverpool – Dublin service by25% through the deployment of larger four-deck con ro vessels with a capacity of 3.700 lane metres. A new scalable schedule comprises 24 return sailings per week and will operate from CLdN’s recently refurbished Brocklebank Dock terminal in Liverpool. [+]

Trump opens the door a crack for UK exporters

A US/UK trade deal, the first details of which were revealed on 8 May, has been cautiously welcomed by UK manufacturers and the freight industry. It would allow the UK to export a quota of up to 100,000 cars – about the current level – to the US under a 10% ... [+]

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