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Masterclass offers in-depth view of the pharma supply chain

Logistics non-profit organisation Pharma.Aero, the University of Antwerp, Khalifa University Abu Dhabi and the HOPE vaccine distribution consortium are to run a second edition of their Masterclass on Pharma Logistics, following the success of last year’s event. As well as highlighting the current critical aspects of pharma logistics, it will be an opportunity for industry professionals and academics to gain more in-depth knowledge into how pharmaceutical supply chains are organized and ... [+]

Family tragedy inspires Solent Stevedores’ Charity of the Year

Solent Stevedores’ has nominated Neuroblastoma UK as its Charity of the Year - a cause close to the hearts of two team members whose families have been directly affected by the cancer. The national charity, which funds research to discover new, more effective and kinder treatments for children with neuroblastoma, an ... [+]

Maritime Transport to expand Port of Liverpool site

Maritime Transport has agreed a 30-year lease with Peel Ports Group for a major expansion of its transport depot at the Port of Liverpool.  The multi-million-pound project will increase the current site from four acres to ten with a new storage yard for loaded containers. Construction begins in April and will ... [+]

Qatar Airways offers eBooking on CargoWise

Qatar Airways Cargo and software company WiseTech Global have launched a direct eBooking solution, building on the flight schedule and operational data exchange implemented last year. The eBooking connection between WiseTech’s CargoWise platform and Qatar Airways Cargo management system, CROAMIS, enables freight forwarders using CargoWise to choose their flight and ... [+]

Port crane merger is off

Port handling equipment makers Cargotec and Konecranes have cancelled their planned merger after it was blocked by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). , The European Commission had conditionally approved it on the basis of a remedy package, but the latter was rejected by the CMA. [+]

Arvato expands Dutch operation

Arvato Supply Chain Solutions has expanded its logistics centre in Venray, the Netherlands, to 12,000 sq m. The new hall module intended for the growing business of long-standing customer Victron Energy for which Arvato will provide warehousing and transport services for the customer's B2B business. Both partners recently extended their ... [+]

Lufthansa and cargo.one remove the need to hold AWB stocks

Lufthansa Cargo and cargo.one have launched in initiative that removes the need for freight forwarders to hold valid Air Waybill (AWB) stocks before booking air cargo. Usersof the booking platform can now have an AWB automatically assigned when they book capacity on the carrier. For decades, the progression of an air ... [+]

Updated: Shanghai ports still open but trucking disrupted

Ports in Shanghai are so far still operating normally, following the start of the city-wide Covid lockdown which began on 28 March, reports forwarder Woodland Group. However, there is significant disruption to truck movements already, particularly from neighbouring provinces with trucks being forced to turn back on their way to ... [+]

New cranes for Nigeria

Tincan Island Container Terminal Limited (TICT)in Lagos, Nigeria has ordered two Konecranes Gottwald ESP.8 Mobile Harbor Cranes. Due for delivery in June 2022, they will support the port’s container traffic development. TICT is a consortium of Bolloré Ports and a Chinese partnership formed by China Merchants Holding International and China ... [+]

Third hub in Turkey for Gebrüder Weiss  

Austrian logistics company Gebrüder Weiss has opened a new location in Mersin, southern Turkey, a central logistics hub on the Mediterranean for shipments to the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Central Asia. It follows opening of facilities at Istanbul and Izmir. In addition to air and sea freight services, the forwarder ... [+]

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