Chris Lewis
Air Charter Service (ACS) arranged charters to Myanmar and Thailand over the weekend of 29/30 April following the earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday 28 April. Several flights have already delivered aid to Yangon and Bangkok in Thailand.The epicentre of the earthquake, measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale, was less than 20 miles away from Myanmar’s second largest city, Mandalay, but caused damage as far away as south-west China and ...
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Air Canada has resumed flights from Ottawa to London Heathrow with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Services will operate four times weekly with connections at Heathrow across Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa. The carrier will serve Heathrow from six Canadian cities, with up to 63 weekly flights in ...
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Peel Ports Liverpool handled 702,000 tonnes of steel from South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Turkey and Europe in 2024 and further investments should boost this figure to around 1m tonnes over the next 18 months.
While the UK steel industry does face challenges from US tariffs and other factors, there are still ...
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Associated British Ports Immingham has handled the first vessel under a new military capability deal with the Ministry of Defence.
The 23,000-tonne Eddystone, a strategic equipment transport vessel, called on 29/30 March, transporting hundreds of vehicles and pieces of equipment belonging to 7 Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team (the Desert Rats) ...
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Awery Aviation Software says that Schiphol-based on board courier Wings achieved a 25% increase in productivity since implementing its tailored digital solution.
In collaboration with the Wings team, Awery developed a comprehensive OBC service solution, incorporating Awery's enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, with custom-designed track-and-trace software accessible through a mobile application.
Wings ...
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Supply chain visibility specialist FourKites has appointed two additional vice presidents to its leadership team. It follows the recent launch of Intelligent Control Towe, which combines real-time supply chain data and continuously updated digital twins with an AI-powered Digital Workforce.
Sree Mangalampalli joins as vice president of digital transformation solutions, bringing ...
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Nordic Transport Group’s NTG Ebrex UK arm has acquired EDS Worldwide and Rolls Freight. Founded in 1978 and 2002, respectively, EDS and Rolls Freight are Wolverhampton-based freight forwarding companies owned by the same shareholders, specialising in land transport with a strong focus on the Irish market.Current managing directors Emma Pegg ...
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Ocean and air freight routing and planning platform Fluent Cargo is partnering with market intelligence firm Xeneta.
By working together, they aim to give users comprehensive information alongside routing capabilities, allowing them to make more efficient decisions.
As Xeneta's inaugural partner in the Australia/New Zealand region, Fluent Cargo will help introduce Xeneta's ...
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The Logistics UK Non-Executive Board has voted to extend the tenure of Phil Roe as the organisation’s president for the next two years. He took up the position in April 2022, after five years as a non-executive director. During his time in post, he has worked to build the organisation’s ...
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Logistics UK has been invited by the Welsh government to join its taskforce examining the disruption caused by storm damage to the port of Holyhead and identifying ways to minimise similar issues in the future. The closure of Holyhead at the start of this year caused significant problems for the ...
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