Chris Lewis
Atlas Air and Ethiopian Cargo have launched regular flights into East Midlands Airport, both from China.
US-based Atlas Air will operate five 747 freighter flights a week throughout the summer.
Meanwhile 777F operator, Ethiopian Cargo, has started twice-weekly flights to China which will also continue throughout the summer.
A few days earlier East Midlands Airport announced a deal with Chinese cargo operator YunExpress, its first to any UK airport.
The logistics firm YunExpress began ...
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Freeport East has opened a head office and Harwich Innovation Hub. The new ‘Harwich Innovation Hub’, co-located with the Freeport East office, will be a flexible and scalable workspace designed to support both Freeport East partners and businesses that align with key growth sectors such as clean energy, AI, digital ...
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DHL eCommerce UK is to merge with parcel delivery firm Evri, with DHL Group acquiring “a significant minority stake” in the UK company.
The merged business will deliver over 1 billion parcels and 1 billion business letters annually with Evri’s courier offer complemented by DHL eCommerce’s premium van delivery network. Evri ...
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Medical device logistics firm HealthLink has launched operations in the UK, adding to its operations in the Netherlands and North America.
Part of the Staci Group, HealthLink will operate an ISO 13485-certified fulfilment centre at Frontier Park in Blackburn, offering services including third-party logistics, climate-controlled warehousing, fulfilment, distribution, customer service, back-office ...
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CenGlobal is reporting a flurry of contract wins for its international trade compliance software.
The company, which has offices in the UK, Dubai and Manilla, says it has secured partnerships with several logistics firms in recent months as they come under growing pressure to ensure shipments comply with evolving trade regulations.
CenGlobal ...
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Frankfurt-Hahn Airport in central Germany has signed a partnership with Tajikistan –based Somon Air to develop cargo and passenger traffic.
Somon Air was founded in 2008 and has a current fleet of six Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737-900 aircraft. It operates regular flights between Tajikistan and Germany, the UAE, Turkey, China, ...
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LS Eco Advanced Cables (LSEAC) has launched a five-week public consultation on a proposed factory to build high-voltage undersea cables at the Port of Tyne.
The plant would be built on land within the Port of Tyne (South side, Tyne Dock) and would include a manufacturing space, testing facilities and offices, ...
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Logistics UK's head of trade and devolved policy Nichola Mallon called for an ambitious agreement between the UK and EU to reduce border friction, ahead of their summit on 19 May.
She said: “The current requirement for Sanitary and PhytoSanitary (SPS) Checks on plant and animal products being exported from GB ...
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Kerry Logistics Network (KLN) Group won an Outstanding Award for ESG Disclosure Contribution. The accolade, at the Hong Kong Green and Sustainability Contribution Awards is the third consecutive year that KLN has won a title at the Awards, organised by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency.
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Etihad Cargo is to restructure of its European commercial team into five areas.
The five new regions led by regional manager Europe and Americas, Rainer Krammer, include a Paris, UK and Ireland led by Michael Mackenzie, along with southwest Europe, Northwest Europe, Central and Southeast Europe.
Etihad Cargo has recently introduced additional ...
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