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Container shipping company ONE (Ocean Network Express) has signed a deal to use Hutchison Ports’ PARIS Enterprise transport optimisation software.
PARIS offers an enterprise and API solution for optimising full load transport via truck, rail and barge by using advanced algorithms to reduce the number of empty miles.
ONE’s head of inland operations and procurement, Robert Jan Brussaard, said: “PARIS was the only solution in the market that could fulfil all our ...
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has signed a deal to lease temperature-controlled pharma containers from Swiss-based SkyCell. The SkyCell line of passive containers is capable of keeping the internal temperature within the range of +2° to +8°C and +15°C to +25°C under external temperature excursions from –35°C to +65°C.
Each container is equipped ...
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CEVA has promoted Dave Dudek from as senior vice president strategic initiatives and global program management to executive vice president global automotive sector. He succeeds Antonio Fondevilla who is to pursue new opportunities outside the company. It follows the earlier appointment of Criss Edwards as senior vice president automotive and ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is establishing a new working group to deliver a Sustainability Program for the industry and has signed a partnership agreement with CHAMP Cargosystems.
It will include an annual Air Cargo Sustainability Award. The main objective of the competition and the Sustainability Award is to generate ...
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International aerospace business group Avia Solutions Group is to acquire UK-headquartered aircraft charter firm Chapman Freeborn Group. Avia, headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania , has 42 subsidiaries worldwide and representative offices in the UK, US, Poland, Serbia, Estonia, Russia, Thailand, and Indonesia operating in aircraft maintenance, pilot training, ground handling and ...
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Dachser UK has appointed Marion Simpson as its new sales manager for the North. She will also continue in her role as a chem-logistics specialist. The forwarder described 2018 as a “progressive year” for the company with the appointment of a new UK managing director, Mark Rollinson, combined with opening ...
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PD Ports has launched a twice-daily GB Railfreight-operated train service between Teesport and Doncaster, on behalf of multimodal operator Containerships, following a trial. The end customer is IKEA Transport & Logistics Services. It has capacity for 56 boxes per day.
Containerships’ chief commercial officer, Jari Lepistö, said: “We were looking for ...
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Theft from road vehicles accounts for 84% of global cargo theft with ‘slash and grab’ the largest type of cargo offence at 26%,according to the second edition of the TT Club and BSI report.
There were however significant regional variations within the overall figures; food, beverage, alcohol and tobacco was the ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has become the first UK airline to announce a firm order for 14 Airbus A330-900neos, plus six options.
The new planes are 13% more fuel and carbon efficient than the A330-300 they replace and will deliver a 50 per cent reduction in airport noise.
The order, valued at $4.1billion, ...
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New research commissioned by Associated British Ports (ABP) claims that there are major benefits in choosing Hull and Immingham for moving cargo between key logistics hubs in the UK and EU.
The Humber ports could offer a better deal for shippers, drivers and the environment, according to new research commissioned by ...
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