Chris Lewis

WFS plans to take over Menzies in Amsterdam Schiphol

Worldwide Flight Services Holland, a member of the SATS Group, is expanding its presence in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), with the proposed acquisition of Menzies World Cargo (Amsterdam) B.V., Menzies Aviation’s general cargo handling operations at the main international airport in the Netherlands. It would increase warehouse capacity and cargo handling capabilities for WFS in one of Europe’s busiest air cargo locations. WFS has served Schiphol since 2000 and is now operating ... [+]

Cosco signs up for clean, green dozen

Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry and Cosco Shipping Container Lines have signed a contract in Shanghai for the construction of twelve 14,000 TEU container ships with dual-fuel methanol propulsion. The new vessels are equipped with the world’s most powerful permanent magnet shaft generator, a bow wind deflector, an air lubrication system ... [+]

Gothenburg completes biggest port expansion in 40 years

The Port of Gothenburg has inaugurated a €60 million, 144,000sq m terminal. Arendal 2, which has been in planning for six years is part of the port's strategy to concentrate its terminal operations in the outer port area, further from the city centre, and to create direct road and rail ... [+]

Malcolm Group’s John Heirs trains the trainers in Zambia

Malcolm Group construction training and compliance manager, John Heirs has returned from his fourth secondment for international development organisation, Transaid. He spent two weeks training three new HGV driver trainers at the Industrial Training Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. He has already completed three secondments took place at the National Institute of ... [+]

Inceptio delivers self-driving trucks for China

Inceptio Technology has completed delivery of 400 Inceptio-powered autonomous trucks to ZTO Express in China, the largest single delivery of intelligent heavy-duty vehicles in the world, it says. The trucks, jointly developed with Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Coare pre-loaded with Inceptio’s Autonomous Driving System. Inceptio operates line-haul logistics, express delivery, less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation ... [+]

P&O and Irish Ferries launch turn up and go joint service

P&O Ferries and Irish Ferries have formally launched their ‘Turn-up and Go’ space charter agreement on the Dover-Calais route. P&O Ferries says the agreement will reduce freight wait times by 25 as all freight on the quayside is shipped on the next available sailing on either carrier. Drivers will be offered ... [+]

TT calls for action to cut containership fires

Insurer TT Club is calling on all players in the global supply chain to recognise their responsibility for accurate and effective communication about dangerous goods, following the recent spate of container ship fires. There have been four major incidents, two in port and another two at sea within the last four ... [+]

Swain rebrands box haulage arm

Swain Group has rebranded its Express Freight Services box haulage arm, acquired in 2018, as Swain Container Solutions. It is also opening a new depot in Southampton, adding to its existing locations at London Gateway, Felixstowe and Tilbury. [+]

Brit European gains £4m boost

Winsford, Cheshire-based international haulier Brit European has received a £4m asset finance package from Lloyds Bank for the purchase of new fuel-efficient tractor units and to accelerate its sustainability plans. Brit European has operations spanning a number of countries, including the UK, Ireland, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany. The company ... [+]

CargoAi appoints CargoWALLET chief

The CargoAi online platform has appointed Olivier Veyrac as senior vice president of its CargoWALLET arm. Launched in February 2023, CargoWALLET facilitates payments in over 47 currencies and in the last 18 months has been adopted by over 5,000 airlines, freight forwarders, handlers and logistics service providers. [+]

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