Chris Lewis

Cargo-partner and Nippon Express take to the road together

Cargo-partner and Nippon Express are to merge their European road transport operations, one year after the Austrian-based forwarder became a group company of Nippon Express Holdings. They will combine Cargo-partner’s footprint in Central and Eastern Europe with Nippon Express’s presence in Western Europe, under the project name, ONE Road. The integration has already led to the full unification of services between Cargo-partner and Nippon Express in Italy. Future phases will target the ... [+]

Hong Kong AEO status for U-Freight

U-Freight Ltd has been accredited as a Hong Kong Authorized Economic Operator (HKAEO) by the Customs and Excise Department. It is valid for three years, after which it will undergo a renewal audit. The accreditation acknowledges that the company has met stringent security standards in its operations and cargo handling ... [+]

Priority Freight recruits Dover GM

Express logistics firm Priority Freight, has appointed Mark McKenna as general manager of its Dover head office. He brings over two decades of industry experience, most recently serving as global operations director at B&H Worldwide, where he was also a member of the management board. McKenna assumes full responsibility for the Dover ... [+]

Turkish to lease Atlas jumbo freighter

Turkish Cargo has signed a partnership with outsourced freighter operator Atlas Air Worldwide for a Boeing 747-400F wide-body freighter based in Istanbul. It will operate flights to destinations in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, from May. [+]

Saudi firm SAL joins Cargo iQ

Saudi Arabian logistics and supply chain company SAL has joined the Cargo iQ air cargo quality standards group’s as a full member. It has already implemented the Freight Into Warehouse (FIW) and Freight Out of Warehouse (FOW) milestones to help improve transparency of warehouse processes and will bring more clarity ... [+]

De Mieter to drive Maastricht cargo sales

Maastricht Aachen Airport has appointed Pascale De Mieter as cargo sales executive. She will focus on driving growth in high-demand verticals such as perishables, pharmaceuticals, live animals, and vulnerable cargo, bringing over 23 years of air cargo expertise, including senior roles at Air Belgium, where she launched and led cargo ... [+]

Qatar joins forces with Virgin Australia

Qatar Airways Cargo has signed a partnership with Virgin Australia partnership.  It currently offers more than 240 tonnes of belly cargo capacity each way each week into Australia and, with the addition of Virgin Australia flights, will increase to more than 400 tonnes. Also from June 2025 Virgin Australia will operate ... [+]

Deugro USA appoints VP

Deugro (USA) has promoted Ryan Blewett to vice president and country manager. He joined the project forwarder in 2016 in Doha,  and moved to Deugro USA in 2019 as turnaround logistics manager, becoming Houston branch manager in May 2022. [+]

XPO adds Morocco space as shipments soar

XPO Logistics says it has tripled its revenue in Morocco in the last six years and moved 30,000 shipments between Europe and North Africa in 2024. To meet this demand, XPO Logistics has launched new routes connecting the Port of Tangier with Algeciras and Motril and invested in 60 new container ... [+]

DP World signs Domincan deal

DP World has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Dominican Republic for a deal worth US$760 million to expand the Port of Caucedo and its Free Trade Zone. It will raise Caucedo’s container handling capacity from 2.5 million TEU to about 3.1 million TEUs, while unlocking ... [+]

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