Chris Lewis

Europa Air & Sea thrives in Dubai

Europa Group’s Europa Air & Sea is forwarding arm says its has increased its team in Dubai from three to 17 since opening its office there three years ago. Europa Air & Sea, based near Dubai International Airport, has increased its airfreight consolidated service between the UK and Dubai from once to twice weekly departure, along with twice-weekly air consols from Milan, Frankfurt and Amsterdam, which is supported by weekly ... [+]

Prestwick bags another China freighter

Glasgow Prestwick Airport has entered an agreement with Chinese carrier Beijing Capital Airlines, a member of Hainan Airline Group, to launch a four-times-a-week freighter service with Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport. The first flight, operated by an Airbus A330-243 (P2F), arrived at Prestwick on 16 October. Beijing Capital is the third ... [+]

New service links UAE with Somaliland

DP World has partnered with Sumit Shipping to launch a regular container service between Jebel Ali Port in the UAE and Berbera Port in Somaliland. It operates every nine days with scheduled stops at Aden and Djibouti. From Berbera, cargo can connect onwards to inland destinations such as Ethiopia, providing ... [+]

Ceva offers new approach to carbon-cutting

CEVA Logistics is offering a Mass Balance solution in Europe to help decarbonize road transport It says it ensures that customers can access the environmental benefits of low carbon energy, even in regions where the supporting infrastructure is not yet fully developed. By decoupling the physical consumption of low carbon ... [+]

Stena Connecta sets sail – literally – for Heysham

The Stena Connecta, the sister ship to the Stena Futura recently launched on the Heysham/Belfast route will shortly begin her maiden voyage to the Irish Sea. Alongside Stena Futura, which entered service in September, the two new freight ferries will boost freight capacity by 40%. Operator Stena Line describes the Connecta ... [+]

Ben Fletcher to lead Logistics UK

Logistics UK will appoint Ben Fletcher as its new chief executive from 1 December, following the departure of David Wells at the end of July. Ben Fletcher was lately chief operating officer at manufacturer’s group, Make UK where was responsible for public affairs, membership and the business arms of the organisation ... [+]

DHL invests to accelerate Africa trade

DHL Group says it will invest over €300million in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The multi-year initiative will be deployed across DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding, and DHL Supply Chain to expand infrastructure and enhance services for sectors including e-commerce, perishables, energy, and life sciences and healthcare. The investment will include upgrading gateways, ... [+]

Indonesia’s ANL cuts carbon with Cocoon

Indonesian-based ANL Logistics has partnered with UK software provider CocoonFMS to track and offset carbon emissions. Integrating the CocoonCarbon calculator into its operations allows ANL and its customers to measure, report and act on shipment-level carbon data for road, sea, air and rail. It tracks Scope 3 emissions across the ... [+]

Awards recognise women in air cargo

Czechia country manager for 4RCargo, Petra Justová won the inaugural RFS/GSSA Women in Air Cargo Award, while head of the CargoBooking platform, Anna Balan, received the award for IT during the Aviation Connect conference in Copenhagen on 15 October. Petra Justová was recognised for her achievements in redefining the Czech air ... [+]

Rail loading project ready to roll

The KIBA project has completed three years of research and development into Artificial Intelligence and loading optimization for combined transport. Led by operator Kombiverkehr and supported by Deutsche Umschlaggesellschaft Schiene-Straße (German Rail-Road Transhipment Company), Goethe University, operations research software firm INFORM, KombiConsult, Technical University of Darmstadt, and VTG, the project ... [+]

More »

advert 3