Chris Lewis
Felixstowe forwarder Elite Universal has implemented Verso Waves to consolidate its activity on a single platform and improve job management and visibility. Developed for freight forwarders, Verso Waves has a modular structure that enables the platform to adapt as workflows and business requirements evolve.
Elite Universal joint owner and director Mel Pipe, said: “Changing a core operational system is a major decision. We needed not only technology our team could work ...
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German-owned Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is opening new branches in Indianapolis, the Columbus metropolitan area, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Hellmann established its presence in the US in 1988 and will now operates twelve branches nationwide. The Indianapolis branch, which is already operational, is designed to serve the automotive supply ...
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US-based Puerto Rico specialist Trailer Bridge has appointed Charles Gittens as chief executive. He brings more than 30 years of experience in transportation and logistics, and was most recently president of trade for King Ocean Services in the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, and the Eastern Caribbean. Before joining King Ocean, ...
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Challenge Group is to launch a twice-weekly Boeing 777 freighter service from Navi Mumbai International Airport in India to Liège in Belgium and Chicago Rockford International in the US. There will be dedicated temperature-controlled trucking from Rockford for pharma shipments as well as road connections in Europe. The service will ...
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Kenya Airways Cargo has completed its first shipment of live cattle from Kenya to Nigeria, transporting more than 50 animals from Nairobi to Lagos on a dedicated charter from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The operation was handled under Kenya Airways Cargo’s KQ Live service, ...
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Philippine Airlines (PAL) is to replace its current cargo system with IBS Software’s iCargo Cloud-based platform. It will support PAL’s full range of business functions, from commercial and operations to back-office accounting, while enabling further innovation and digitisation. iCargo will support cargo movements across PAL’s domestic and international operations, including ...
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Stena Line is offering four young people the chance to experience life at sea through a new bursary competition.
The Spirit of Shackleton, in partnership with Stena Line, is launching a new bursary competition to give four young people from Bangor University and the wider Holyhead and Anglesey area the chance ...
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Rail services to and from London Gateway are currently suspended due to a train derailment in Barking, reports shipping line, Hapag Lloyd.
It says the disruption is expected to continue for at least one week. It is advising shippers to arrange transport by truck where possible.
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Every £1 of economic activity directly generated by the logistics sector more than doubles its value to provide a further £1.04 across the wider economy, according to new research from business group Logistics UK.
UK logistics: a critical driver of growth and investment, produced in association with Capital Economics, also says ...
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There is pent-up demand for rail freight at British ports, industry experts told a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group on 26 October. Lee Armstrong, head of commercial for rail at Associated British Ports listed a number of routes where investment could boost the number of freight trains including ...
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