Chris Lewis
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is offering a range of ‘bitesize’ eLearning courses. BIFA Bitesize has been developed as part of BIFA’s ongoing commitment to provide a variety of training options, aimed at enhancing knowledge in areas critical to freight forwarding, customs compliance, and international trade. The first rendition features extracts from the existing BIFA Freight Forwarding and Customs Essentials courses including: Preparing to Trade; Incoterms 2020; Inward and ...
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Ocean Network Express has signed a joint venture with LX Pantos to set up a Boxlinks domestic intermodal transportation service by rail or truck in the US. It will provide customized service to customers in the United States with an expanded equipment pool.
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Lufthansa Cargo’s New York JFK station has gained IATA CEIV Pharma certification. The facilities there are equipped with walk-in refrigerators (2 to 8°C), walk-in freezers (-10 to -20°C) and temperature-controlled storage areas (15 to 25°C. Lufthansa Cargo now offers over 28 CEIV-certified and five GDP-certified stations as well as CEIV ...
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Digital road freight forwarder sennder has successfully closed the acquisition of the European Surface Transportation (EST) operations of US-based CH Robinson. It said its combined business make it one of the top five full truck load players in the European market, spanning over 20 locations and connecting shippers with a ...
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German logistics service provider Arvato has acquired US-headquartered companies Carbel LLC and United Customs Services. Carbel is a full-service 3PL provider with a strong focus on fashion and retail, providing custom warehousing, distribution, storage and transportation services at six facilities in the US.
United Customs Services provides import and export solutions ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company has opened the first new cargo terminal to be built at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in 30 years.
WFS’ warehouse footprint at JFK now exceeds 1 million square feet across eight facilities, reinforcing its position as the airport’s largest provider ...
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CMA CGM Group is supporting the regeneration of two important wetland nature reserves in the UK and Spain to mark World Wetlands Day on 2 February.
The first project, spanning three years, will restore the WWT Martin Mere, owned and managed by WWT, the charity for wetlands and wildlife, near the ...
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Heavylift and project forwarder Deugro has raised €100,000 for humanitarian organization CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations.
Deugro launched its “100K for 100 Years!” campaign in 2024 with fundraising activities organized by its worldwide offices and personal. Over 200 individuals or groups contributed ...
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CMA CGM Air Cargo capacity is now available on the Cargo.one digital procurement and sales platform. Forwarders in the US, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy, can now use it to book the French-owned carrier’ services which operate from Greater China and North America and between various European gateways ...
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Customs and trade solutions provider Customs Support Group (CSG) has made a prediction of the five trends will shape global trade in 2025.
New tariffs are set to take centre stage, potentially becoming the defining term in global trade discourse in 2025. Anticipated increases from the US and the spectre of ...
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