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Project heavy lift specialist AAL Shipping (AAL) has delivered a 456-tonne load of industrial tower components from the Far East to the US West Coast. The cargo was loaded in South Korea on board the 31,000dwt heavy lift AAL Pusan and shipped to the Port of Everett in Washington on AAL’s Asia – US trade route.
Handling was complicated by strict Covid-19 restrictions at multiple ports of call.
The goods were being ...
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The Covid pandemic, Brexit and supply chain disruptions have boosted public appreciation of logistics workers according to a survey the UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG), published on 26 January. It found that over two thirds of the public believe that transport and delivery workers should be more appreciated and nearly ...
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No, not the latest addition to the Ceva company car fleet – the CMA CGM Group forwarding arm has just signed a multi-year partnership to become Ferrari’s Official Logistics Partner. Ceva will also serve as a Team Partner of Scuderia Ferrari, the most successful team ever in Formula 1.
Ceva ...
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DHL Supply Chain (Finland) is to manage warehousing for national airline Finnair’s Technical Services arm. It will assume responsibility from Finnair’s current logistics service provider with 40 employees currently working on the contract being transferred to DHL. DHL will handle, warehouse and package spare parts and maintenance materials and the ...
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Freight forwarder Geodis has expanded its AirDirect in-house freighter aircraft operations, launched in August 2021, with new weekly services from Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai and Sydney and a second weekly rotation between Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Chennai and Kuala Lumpur. Services in Kuala Lumpur will dovetail with its road network ...
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MSC and Lufthansa have made a joint offer for ITA Airways, the successor to Italy’s national airline, Alitalia, launched last October. The two bidders have asked for a 90-day exclusivity period to study the carrier’s financial data.
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority says it will investigate Deutsche Post DHL Group’s planned acquisition of specialist drinks forwarder, JF Hillebrand Group, announced last August. DP DHL had signed an agreement to acquire up to 100% of r JF Hillebrand Group and its subsidiaries for around €1.5 billion and ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo is making worldwide kit donations to the Bat For A Chance cricket charity, opening the batting in Barbados ahead of the January West Indies v England T20 games at the Kensington Oval.
The donations are overseen by the charity’s global ambassador, Barbadian-born T20 star Chris Jordan, The Roland ...
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French-headquartered forwarder Geodis is introducing a parity indicator that will be reflected in the bonus paid to its top managers as part of its drive to have at least 25% females in management positions by 2023. The new Environment, Social and Governance indicator, which came into effect on1 January will ...
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Shipping delays from China to Europe spiked by a third in December, rising from four to six days, according to the project44 information service. Carriers struggled with schedule reliability in December as congestion at ports and the Covid Omicron variant resulted in delays.
While carriers implemented various strategies, including blank sailings and sailing ...
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