Chris

Deugro opens third Brazil site

Deugro has opened an office at Belo Horizonte, its third in Brazil. The location will serve the southeast and central regions of Brazil, especially Minas Gerais. The project forwarder has recently completed turnkey projects in the mining, oil and gas, pulp and paper, as well as the power generation and distribution industries. Mark Hollenstein will be regional director at the new location. [+]

DP World extends space for Southampton empties

DP World has openeda new empty container park at Southampton for the peak pre-Christmas season. The new 11.5 acre facility will be able to hold additional empty boxes and help keep supply chains moving at a time when dwell times at terminals across the UK have increased. UK chief executive of DP ... [+]

Waterford wins rail link to the West

Irish rail operator Iarnród Eireann and XPO Logistics have launched a new rail container service between the port of Waterford and Ballina, Co Mayo in the west of Ireland. It will initially operate weekly but will build up to twice-weekly within eight weeks, said the port. The two-service creates the potential ... [+]

Air Canada expands Toronto cold chain capability

Air Canada has started work on a $16-million project to expand its cold chain handling at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Once completed, the upgraded facility will feature over 30,000sq ft of temperature-controlled areas and an expanded cooler to fully meet the requirements of cold chain shipments such as pharmaceuticals, fresh ... [+]

Buying groups tops 100,000teu

German retail freight buying group Xstaff said it would move more than 100,000teu of cargo for its members for the first time in 2021. At a conference of cargo owners in Dusseldorfon 30 September, it added that it planned to increase this to 180,000teu in 2023 and to 350,000teu in ... [+]

New chief for Leman

Danish forwarding and logistics company Leman has appointed Bo Lindberg Andersen as group chief executive. He brings extensive experience in logistics from international companies such as AP Moller-Maersk, Damco, and DP World. Interim chief executive Ole Ringheim  will continue as a member of the board. [+]

Heavy lift firm sets up forwarding arm

German heavy lift and logistics expert Combi Lift has set up a Forwarding Solutions Division. Led by general manager Matthias Gross, it consists of three experienced employees specialised in the non-containerised cargo (NCC) segment. It will primarily target international customers in the machine building industry and plant construction sector, but ... [+]

Three decades of helping the world

Three decades of bringing help to the world Air Charter Service and Volga-Dnepr Group have celebrated 30 years of on humanitarian missions. At the end of 1989 Alexey Isaikin  was working on the aviation plant in Ulyanovsk overseeing manufacturing of Antonov 124s and Chris Leach was unemployed but with a wealth of aircraft ... [+]

Nigeria’s Aglow joins Cargo iQ

Nigerian aviation consultancy, flight operations, and logistics business Aglow Aviation Support Services has joined the Cargo iQ cross-stakeholder organization. Aglow Aviation’s daughter company, Aglow Air, was recently incorporated as a dedicated cargo airline in Nigeria, operating as an unscheduled cargo carrier out of Lagos. Aglow managing director, Tayo Ojuri, said: “Being in ... [+]

Long Beach terminal pioneers 24/7 opening

The Total Terminals International container terminal on Long Beach’s Pier T is piloting 24-hour operation as part of programme by the port to reduce dwell times. TTI is also opening gates during the third shift, from 3-7am, Monday to Thursday, for two-way, prearranged truck appointments to both drop off and ... [+]

More »

advert 3