Chris Lewis
The Panamax container vessel Istanbul Bridge operated by Chinese company Sea Legend completed a pioneering voyage from China via the Arctic to the port of Felixstowe on 13 October, according to Chinese a news agency Xinhua. The vessel completed the trip in 20 days compared with 40-50 days via Suez or the Cape of Good Hope.
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CMA CGM Group has signed a letter of intent for six LNG-powered 1,700teu containerships to be built at Cochin Shipyard Limited, India. The project will be run with the technical cooperation of Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. All six vessels will be registered under the Indian flag and CMA ...
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Cathay Pacific has appointed Anand Yedery as its new European Regional Head of Cargo. Yedery brings over 20 years of extensive experience within the carrier in cargo and passenger operations across diverse markets. He was lately responsible for passenger sales, marketing, and lifestyle for South Asia, Middle East, and Africa ...
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Packaging specialist Cold Chain Technologies (CCT) says it has played a pivotal role in demonstrating the viability of ocean freight for high value temperature sensitive pharmaceutical shipments through a project with Kuehne + Nagel and Teva Pharmaceuticals.
It validated the transportation of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals on one of the world’s most demanding ...
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Global trade grew faster than in any half-year since 2010 in the first six months of 2025, excluding the pandemic rebound, according to the DHL Global Connectedness Tracker. The latest edition of the index, produced by the logistics company in partnership with New York University’s Stern university, found that while ...
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Cargo First, the dedicated cargo division of Bournemouth Airport, has completed and commissioned new freight facilities at the South Coast airport.
The project, part of an ongoing major investment across the estate by owners Regional & City Airports, has delivered three new stands for aircraft up to Airbus A340 size, a ...
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Turkish Cargo has added a ninth Boeing 777 Freighter (777F) to its fleet and will take delivery of three additional aircraft by mid-2026, bringing its fleet of the type to 12. The new aircraft will operate on long-haul scheduled routes with its 9,200km nonstop range, primarily to the Americas and ...
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Four European trade associations have written to the President of the European Commission calling on her not to impose mandatory zero-emission truck demand targets.
In a joint letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the International Road Transport Union (IRU), the CLECAT forwarders association, the European Shippers’ Council (ESC), ...
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PD Ports has launched a ‘jumbo’ Anglo Scottish rail service, connecting Teesport to both Mossend and Grangemouth. Until now, separate services ran to the two central Scottish terminals but with demand consistently filling wagons, PD Ports has worked with Network Rail and DB Cargo to operate a 16-wagon jumbo train ...
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East Midlands Airport has appointed Lauren Turner as operations director. She takes up the post after working in a wide variety of roles at the airport since 2013 when she joined as a security officer, and was most recently head of airfield operations.
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