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Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Dr Detlef Trefzger as its new chief executive officer. He has been a member of the Swiss-headquartered forwarding and logistics specialist's management board since March 2013 and responsible for contract and integrated logistics, which he will retain until further notice. Prior to joining Kuehne + Nagel, he was a member of the Schenker executive board in Germany, from 2004 to October 2012.
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Ceva Logistics says that it is among the first freight management companies to sign up to International Air Transport Association's electronic Air Way Billing (e-AWB) scheme. C
CEVA will be piloting the process in London, Frankfurt, New York and Atlanta and aims to roll out e-AWB to its entire 160-country network ...
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Former RH Freight joint owner Andrew Baxter has bought Europa Worldwide Group, one of the UK’s largest privately owned transport companies. Europa employs 500 people at nine UK branches and also has an office in Hong Kong. Its 2012 turnover was £73m, and it carried about 500,000 consignments. It also ...
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Asian-based Kerry Logistics has acquired a majority stake in Mexico-based logistics and freight forwarding company Cargo Master's Group (CMG). CMG has six offices throughout the country, including Guadalajara, Queretaro and Monterrey. This is Kerry Logistics' second major investment in Latin America this year following the acquisition of Braservice of Brazil ...
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A working group composed of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (FCS RF), the Association of International Road Transport Carriers (ASMAP) and the IRU help its first meeting to discuss the Russian TIR issue on 13 August. The IRU repeated its call on the FCS RF to withdraw ...
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The pilot and co-pilot of a UPS A300 freighter were killed when it crashed on the approach to Birmingham, Alabama, airport at 6.11am on 14 August. The plane was en route from Louisville, Kentucky. A fatal UPS 747-400F crash near Dubai in 2010 was blamed in a recently-published report on ...
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Logistics company BDP International has taken a majority equity position in Sweden’s Polar Logistics AB, a member of its global network. Based in Stockholm, the resulting joint venture will operate as BDP International Sweden under its current management team led by Slava Caisin. Polar Logistics provides a range of transport ...
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DSV Road in the UK has launched a new ‘5 for 5’ insurance product aimed at customers sending relatively low value shipments across Europe. The all-risk product offers up to £5,000 of cover for £5. Most standard insurance policies cost a minimum of £15/20, no matter how much the cargo ...
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IAG Cargo is to launch a new Iberia route between Quito in Ecuador and its Madrid hub, from 26 October. The route will be serviced by Iberia’s largest aircraft the Airbus A340-600 following the opening of a new facility in Quito to handle the aircraft. These flights are in addition ...
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Aer Lingus has signed the IATA Multilateral e-AWB agreement. The carrier's director of cargo, Peter O’Neill said the e-AWB would “bring our customers a faster, more reliable service and allow us to keep costs to a minimum in a competitive market. Aer Lingus will be among a select group of ...
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