Chris Lewis
Walden Group has entered negotiations to sell its Walden Health activities to NYK’s forwarding arm, Yusen Logistics.
Since it was founded in 1951, Walden has grown from a French domestic to a pan-European operator itself acquiring Movianto from Owens and Minor in 2020. However, it said that as the healthcare logistics market becomes increasingly global, the sale would allow Walden Health to expand its footprint beyond Europe, while building on Yusen ...
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Ports of Normandy officially opened its piggyback road-rail terminal at Cherbourg on 17 July in the presence of dignitaries including Ireland’s ambassador to France, Niall Burgess as well as officials from Brittany Ferries and local and national government.
Opening of the terminal will pave the way for setting up a rail ...
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Arca BioLogistics has completed an update of its management portal for the life sciences sector Arca Live.
It allows users to book shipments in minutes, track progress in real time, monitor GPS and temperature data, access documentation, and manage compliance from a single platform and has been developed in collaboration with ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has become the first airline to join the Silicon Saxony association of companies in the microelectronics, semiconductor, and IT industries, the largest of its kind in Europe. Based in Dresden, Germany an important location for semiconductor manufacturing, it brings together over 600 players, ranging from international technology groups ...
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Romanian logistics operator Simon Trucks has completed a landmark transport movement from Romania to Jordan in mid-July, entirely by road, using the TIR system. By transiting through Iraq, the truck reached its destination in just five days compared with eight weeks by traditional multimodal routes take eight weeks.
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Heathrow Airport has launched a £10 billion in investment programme to make London’s main gateway fit for the future, including plans to increase freight capacity by 20%. The scheme envisions a comprehensive redevelopment of the ‘Horseshoe Road’ area with 1960s-era buildings demolished and replaced and creation of a remote truck ...
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Maersk has opened a new gateway to Latin America. Thes Panama Pacifico Logistics Centre in a Special Economic Zone on the Pacific side of the country spans more than 20,000sq m, a height of 11.5m and 10,952 pallet positions, it will be a centralized distribution hub for companies operating across ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has opened a fully-owned subsidiary in Colombia as part of its network expansion in the Americas. The German-owned forwarding and logistics company has been active in Colombia for almost 30 years through local partner companies. Earlier this year its acquired its perishables partner HPL Apollo, including the ...
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AGI Global Logistics has promoted Lisa Montague to regional commercial director for the South. She joined the forwarder in April 2023, and has held a series of high-profile sales roles since then. In her new role, she will be supporting AGI’s offices in Folkestone, London and Southampton, working closely with ...
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Chapman Freeborn, the air charter arm of Avia Solutions Group, recently completed shipment of the longest piece of cargo at Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK).
The shipment included a 67-foot-long, 24-tonne component, transported on three 20-foot connecting pallets, along with two additional 40-foot components for the oil and gas industry, transported aboard ...
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