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Irish business community hails IAM founder’s seven decades of achievement

Chairman of Dublin airfreight general sales agent, Sean McCool, has been inducted into the All-Ireland Business Foundation’s Hall of Fame. By no means the only accolade that he has gained in his near-90 years, induction as a laureate into the Hall recognises distinguished members of the Irish Business community and those elected represent the highest achievement in their field, as well as serving as an to current and future generations. Deputy chair ... [+]

Liu to head North Asia for Chapman Freeborn

Air broker Chapman Freeborn has appointed Allen Liu as cargo director, North Asia. He began his career in 2006 and worked for several air cargo businesses before taking on a senior role as cargo manager China at Chapman Freeborn in 2013, before joining Air Bridge Cargo in 2018. [+]

Work starts on Dnata City phase two

Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has started construction on Phase II of Dnata City East, a 117,000 sq ft extension of its existing hub to the south of Heathrow.  Full planning permission for the building was granted in August 2020.  The building will be operated ... [+]

More efforts needed to keep Ulster trade flowing, says Logistics UK

The Northern Ireland Protocol that governs movement of goods between Great Britain and the province needs further work, Logistics UK told UK government and EU representatives at a round table meeting on 18 February. Policy manager for Northern Ireland Seamus Leheny told the gathering, chaired by Michael Gove and European Commission ... [+]

High-flying Ceva takes on Airbus work in Hamburg

Ceva Logistics has been awarded a contract to manage production supply for Airbus at the aircraft manufacturer's assembly site in Hamburg, Germany. It will operate logistics at multiple locations with a total area of 58,631sq m including inbound logistics, put away/storage, pick and prepare, marketplace, internal transport, delivery to point ... [+]

Gefco opens Tangiers site

Gefco has opened a new 10,000sq m warehouse in the in the Tanger Med Logistics Zone in Morocco. It will offer services such as  Strait of Gibraltar crossings and customs clearance, 20 security cameras a fire-fighting system and two security ramps. In August 2018, Gefco acquired Europe-Morocco transport GLT. In ... [+]

DHL and Volvo to run first long haul heavy electric trucks

DHL Freight has partnered with Volvo Trucks to run the world’s first tests of a fully electric heavy goods vehicle over long distances. The fully electric Volvo FH has a gross weight of up to 60 tonnes and, starting in March, will operate between two DHL Freight logistics terminals in ... [+]

Scots fish swim off to Poland

Poland's Port of Gdansk received its first delivery of post Brexit fish from the UK when the specialist 90m vessel reefer vessel Silver Crystal imported a consignment of frozen mackerel from the Shetland Islands.Port spokeswoman Anna Drozd says that Gdansk is ideally placed to manage British and European fish processing. ... [+]

Online platform gets airfreight back in sync

The CharterSync online air cargo charter platform says it has seen significant growth since Brexit, handling 183 flights and 750 tons of cargo across Europe in January 2021, a 33% increase on December 2020. In addition to its existing popularity with automotive customers, CharterSync has seen rising demand from the pharmaceutical ... [+]

Swop-over at Pallet-Track

Pallet-Track chief financial officer Caroline Green is take over from Nigel Parkes as chief executive of the network operator from April. Nigel Parkes will remain a significant shareholder of the business and takes a seat on the board of parent company, Palman. Caroline Green, who joined Pallet Track in September ... [+]

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