Chris Lewis
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched a range of enhanced services under the AirPlus Solutions brand. Q-Climate provides temperature-control for additional product categories, with ramp protection against external weather for general and vulnerable cargo in three standard temperature ranges.
Q-Plus offers priority capacity for time-sensitive shipments on confirmed or next available flights if the requested flight can no longer accept bookings. It is available as an add-on for Qatar Airways Cargo’s General ...
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XPO has introduced a new system, Connect Europe, to simplify the management of shipments to 25 European countries, from single pallets to full loads.
It offers international shippers a single point of contact, reducing intermediaries and complexity with streamlined processes and an integrated network of more than 150 transport and distribution ...
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The Biden administration’s plan reduce shipments entering the US under the $800 ‘de minimis’ threshold “will not put the genie back in the bottle”, says analyst Niall van de Wouw.
The chief airfreight officer at Xeneta says that Chinese e-commerce platforms are seen as exploiting a loophole in US customs regulations ...
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Belgian postal operator Bpostgroup has acquired UK and European fulfilment provider Staci for £1.3bn as part of its plan to become a leader in e-commerce and omnichannel fulfilment.
Staci UK has a presence in the US, Europe and Asia. Bppostgroup says the partnership will allow it to leverage Staci’s expertise in ...
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The Port of Liverpool welcomed the UK’s largest shipment of feed maize in mid-September when the bulk carrier Lowlands Future arrived from the US East Coast with a 55,000-tonne cargo.
The import was managed by ADM Agriculture and will be stored in ADM's dedicated facilities at Liverpool before distribution across the ...
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WEC Lines has added a Hamburg call to its North-west Continent-Portugal service. It creates a fast weekly sailing route from the German port to Leixões and Setúbal, departing from Hamburg on Sundays and arriving in Leixões on Saturdays and Setúbal on Mondays and an alternative to truck transport.
Other calls include ...
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Rhenus Group has been appointed Official Logistics Partner for the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The forwarder will draw on its extensive experience in planning and executing complex logistics for large-scale events, while benefiting from the expertise of local partners and use its global network in ...
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Freight forwarding and logistics company Woodland Group has launched a trial of HVO diesel fuel for its customer, aluminium packaging supplier Ball Corporation.
Over the past 10 weeks, the company has completed 1,100 trips on the company’s regular routes using the fuel, reducing emissions to just 22 tonnes of CO2ecompared with ...
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Nuneaton-based forwarder Independent Freight Solutions (IFS) has given a timely assist to a girls’ football team making the step up to 11-a-side matches. IFS is now the main shirt sponsor of Coventry United FC’s Under-13s for the 2024/25 season.
Clearly, the partnership is working as the first outing for the new ...
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Dachser UK is investing in an additional 112,000sq ft, 20,000 pallet capacity building at its Brackmills, Northampton base.
The new warehouse is next to the company's central domestic and international distribution hub, which operates to all UK and European destinations daily, giving UK customers integrated storage, inventory management and Europe-wide distribution.
The ...
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