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Multimodal set to welcome 9,000 visitors

The Multimodal exhibition and conference on 14-16 June at Birmingham NEC is on track to welcome over 9,000 visitors with 250 companies signed up to exhibit, say the organisers. Maersk and DP World will set the scene in a discussion chaired by Peter Livey, managing director (Great Britain) and global environmental ambassador at shipping line, HMM, which will examine the impact of transport companies evolving into integrators and whether such companies ... [+]

Qatar Airways offers a thoroughbred service

Qatar Airways Cargo has transported 190 of the world’s finest horses to and from equestrian events in Qatar and Saudi Arabia recently.   They include the Amir Sword Festival in Doha, the Saudi Cup in Riyadh and the Longines Global Champions Tour in Doha. The horses came from Ireland, the UK and ... [+]

Pall-Ex Europe network delivers aid to Ukraine

Pall-Ex is using its European pallet network to deliver aid to Ukraine, coordinating collections in the UK at its central Leicestershire hub for transport to its Poland hub in Łódź. This service is being donated by Pall-Ex Group’s UK to Poland linehaul partner based in Gdansk, PKS. From here, the aid will ... [+]

Lockdowns, not Ukraine pose biggest threat to China supply chain, says expert

Covid lockdowns could cause greater damage to China's supply chain than the Russia-Ukraine crisis, says the  Container xChange logistics platform in its latest analysis. It says that, two weeks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there seems to be a negligible impact on container prices and leasing rates in China while container ... [+]

Simpler customs for Ukraine aid

HMRC is simplifying customs processes for humanitarian being sent to Ukraine. Businesses, charities and community organisations sending aid from British ports will be able to make a customs declaration by speaking to customs officers or simply by the act of driving through a port, it says. They will no longer need ... [+]

Rail bridge brings relief to Ukraine

German rail operator DB Cargo and forwarder DB Schenker have sent the first container train from Seddin to Krakow with 15 containers of aid for Ukraine. The 350-tonne cargo includes sleeping bags, sleeping mats, diapers, canned food, drinking water, warm clothing and baby food and medical goods. Donations are collected by truck ... [+]

Kuehne+Nagel pledges Ukraine aid

The Kuehne+Nagel Group has pledged SFR10 million emergency aid to Ukraine under its Colleagues for Colleagues employee fundraising campaign. It will be provided in the form of free logistics services to leading aid organisations for the transport and temporary storage of relief goods to Ukraine as well as Poland, Slovakia, ... [+]

Kuehne+Nagel strengthens Caribbean footprint

Kuehne+Nagel has appointed Laparkan Trading Company as its partner in Georgetown, Guyana, and RS Gamble in Kingston, Jamaica as its independent non-exclusive agent. Laparkan has over 36 years providing ground-handling services to a range of overseas cargo operations. Guyana is considered one of the fastest-growing economies globally and an emerging ... [+]

Maersk’s Performance Team to open Houston cold chain site

AP Moller Maersk’s Performance Team arm is to open an integrated cold chain facility in Houston. The new facility will open in August 2022 and will offer a 90’ loading dock that is temperature-controlled and protected from the elements. The company also worked closely with the USDA on the design ... [+]

Hapag to buy DAL

Hapag-Lloyd has reached agreement to acquire the container liner business of Africa specialist DAL, subject to regulatory approval. DAL operates four liner services between Europe, South Africa and the Indian Ocean and has its own offices in Germany and South Africa as well as through third-party agents in 47 countries ... [+]

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