Chris Lewis
DP World and the Government of India have signed Bharat Africa Setu, an initiative aiming to double India-Africa trade and strengthen South-South cooperation.
Supported by India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of External Affairs, the initiative will connect DP World’s ports, economic zones and logistics parks across both regions. The platform will give Indian exporters access to 53 African countries and 260,000 points of sale through a fully ...
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Seafrigo has opened its fifth warehouse in Sweden, a 10,000sq m, 30,000-pallet facility in Katrineholm, southwest of Stockholm.
Seafrigo specializes in the storage and handling of foodstuffs across four temperature zones, ranging from frozen to controlled ambient. The company’s Nordic operations are headquartered in Helsingborg, which opened in 2018. Across the ...
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The Cargo iQ airfreight quality standards group is rolling out a tiered certification programme to help members develop staggered implementation plans.
It aims to help them to map their quality progress and identify areas that require further improvement. The tiers – 1,2 and 3 -will reflect the scores achieved by members ...
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DHL eCommerce has opened a site in Newcastle. The 55,000sq ft facility will handle up to 15,000 parcels a day and is the latest development under DHL’s £482m investment in its UK infrastructure. It follows the opening of DHL’s Coventry Hub in March.
It has been designed to align with DHL’s ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has transported the world’s first mobile heart clinic for children to Burundi. It will provide life-saving cardiovascular surgeries for children with congenital heart diseases in partnership with German NGO, Kinderherzen.
An estimated 90 percent of children in Africa with CHD lack access to necessary medical care, contributing to ...
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Trans Global Projects (TGP) has opened a new head office at Sevenoaks, Kent. . Founded in 1988, TGP has grown from a provider of international logistics solutions to a major project logistics forwarder. It acquired Swiss logistics specialist Natco in 2015 and its German arm in 2018. It now operates ...
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XPO Logistics and Saint-Gobain Off-Site Solutions have partnered with North Yorkshire charity Chopsticks to provide timber off-cuts to its woodworking group.
Chopsticks support vulnerable adults in the community, providing them a safe working environment while teaching them new workshop skills. Working with otherwise scrap timber, the Chopsticks team create wood kindling ...
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American Airlines is to operate flights from Philadelphia to Edinburgh and Milan Malpensa, from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to Venice Marco Polo, from Chicago O’Hare to Naples and Madrid-Barajas, from Charlotte-Douglas to Athens and from Miami (MIA) to Rome-Fuimucino in its summer schedule starting in April.London Heathrow to DFW also ...
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Palletways member Magnum Logistics has set itself a target to reduce its carbon footprint by 40% by 2040, following its move to a purpose-built depot at DP World London Gateway. A quarter of the roof of its new BREEAM and Planet Mark certified 100,000sq ft warehouse are covered by solar ...
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Transportation management platform Transporeon has extended its offering to include the forwarder-to-carrier spot road freight market. While Transporeon's platform facilitates connections within its own network, the move is an entry into the traditional freight exchange segment. It says it offers a modern, efficient alternative to established freight exchanges, leveraging its ...
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