January 2026
China Airlines has greed a two-year extension with its UK general sales agent partnership with Wexco Cargo. Wexco has marketed the carrier’s UK cargo belly hold capacity on passenger flights, dedicated freighter services, and road feeder operations since 2012. China Airlines currently operates five direct flights per week from Heathrow to Taipei along with freighter services via Luxembourg with road feeder connections.
[+]
Peel Ports Group and E.ON have generated the first power from the new solar panels on the 260,000sq ft Alexandra Dock warehouse in Liverpool. Almost 7,000 solar panels have been installed on the ‘Alex Shed’ and have now been connected to the grid – the first instalment of a project ...
[+]
Chapman Freeborn has appointed Tyler Porteous as vice president of cargo – Canada. He brings more than 15 years of experience in air cargo and charter operations to the broker, having previously worked for one of the world’s largest freighter operators, where he was responsible for building and growing the ...
[+]
Ferry operators are facing rising costs under the EU Emissions Trading System faster than practical decarbonisation solutions are being deployed, warns an industry association.
Interferry says that emissions penalties are being imposed before the infrastructure needed to reduce them is in place, raising costs for operators but without delivering emissions reductions.
Green ...
[+]
The Airforwarders Association (AfA) has welcomed the launch of the Miami Air Cargo Association (MACA) and has pledged to work with it to help the air cargo community tackle challenges, including truck congestion, infrastructure efficiency, and operational resilience.
AfA executive director, Brandon Fried, said: “The Miami Air Cargo Association provides an ...
[+]
The World Customs Organization has published an update to the Harmonized System international goods classification to facilitate visibility of the trade in vaccines
It says that the current nomenclature for vaccines for human use provides insufficient granularity to assess international trade flows and easily implement trade as they are classified under ...
[+]
Brussels Airport has carried out the first test shipments of human cell and blood material for precision treatment for cancer and rare diseases on passenger flights to Dallas as part of the Precision Therapy Logistics Gateway (PTLG) project. The project means that patients in future will not need to travel ...
[+]
Maersk has returned its MECL service between the Middle East, India and US East Coast to the Suez Canal, following successful transits by its Maersk Sebarok and Maersk Denver in mid-January. The carrier said it would continue to monitor the security situation in the Middle East region very closely, and ...
[+]
New Saudi Arabia carrier Riyadh Air has launched cargo operations. Riyadh Cargo will offer belly-hold capacity on its wide-body aircraft, of which it has over 120 on order. Riyadh Cargo has already carried cargo between Riyadh and London Heathrow, including garments, textiles, fresh flowers, seafood, tea and coffee.
The carrier has ...
[+]
Europa Road customer Allaway Acoustics has used the groupage operator’s ‘DDP Flow – Own French VAT Number’ service to handle new French legislative requirements that came into force on 1 January. Allaway, which provides materials for data centres across the EU, was faced with new rules that require UK exporters ...
[+]
« Back
More »
