Chris Lewis

Rhenus to deliver for Nando restuarants

Rhenus Group has signed a partnership with the Nando’s restaurant chain to handle all stages of its operation from air freight the restaurant chain’s Central Kitchen. Specialists coordinate each movement from port to plate, using tailored workflows, synchronized planning and embedded teams. [+]

IAG goes for AOG

IAG Cargo has launched a dedicated Aircraft on Ground (AOG) service for the urgent transport of aircraft parts. The service capitalises on IAG’s network of more than 250 destinations and also benefits from its presence near major manufacturing and maintenance hubs in Europe and North America. Shipments booked through AOG are managed ... [+]

A cat rehoming with a difference

DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Express have helped rescue eight big cats from captivity in Honduras and brought them  new lives in the US after a complex international rescue. The animals – five tigers and three lions – had been living in conditions that, despite the care provided, could not meet ... [+]

Network Rail to operate Barking rail terminal

Network Rail’s property development arm Platform4 is to take long-term control of the Barking Eurohub freight terminal site in east London, currently owned by Legal & General (L&G), and plans to invest around £15 million to transform it into an international logistics hub. The Department for Transport said it would help ... [+]

Mark 3 takes on Tricargo platform

US/UK express specialist Mark 3 International has acquired the Tricargo air cargo sales solution. Created by the independent, non-profit Federation of Airline General Sales Agents (FEDAGSA), Tricargo will continue to allow freight forwarders to search for airfreight capacity and pass booking requests to general sales and service agents (GSSAs) and airlines. Mark ... [+]

Freighters to return to Korea

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is to return to the South Korean maindeck market with the  launch a Boeing 747-400 freighter service between Amsterdam Schiphol and Incheon on March 30. It will operate three times per week and will continue from Incheon  to Hong Kong before returning to Amsterdam. Cargo is expected ... [+]

Kale’s piece offering keeps track of e-commerce shipments

Kale Logistics Solutions has launched AvSys, a cross-border e-commerce platform to help airlines, retailers, shippers or consignees manage individual or high-volume parcel shipments. It enables piece-level tracking for either individual or consolidated air cargo shipments, allowing them to monitor orders and adhere to customs requirements. The platform also supports end-to-end operations, ... [+]

Forth Ports gains Tilbury3 consent

Forth Ports has gained planning consent to develop its  for the development of its 143-acre Tilbury3 (T3) terminal. The outline consent from Thurrock Council is for general industrial storage, container operations, warehousing, processing, vehicle storage, and  handling of construction materials and aggregates. The site will have direct strategic rail and road ... [+]

Deugro opens in Warsaw

Specialist heavylift forwarder Deugro has opened a new branch in Warsaw, Poland. It will provide the full scope of project freight forwarding and logistics solutions to industries including energy, wind, infrastructure, oil and gas, petrochemicals, and mining. Tomasz Kwapis joins as country manager Poland, Michal Tlatlik as project manager and ... [+]

ONE announces succession

Till Ole Barrelet will join Ocean Network Express (ONE) on 1 May as chief executive - designate, succeeding Jeremy Nixon on 1 July 2026, at which point the latter becomes senior advisor. Nixon has led ONE since its inception in April 2018, transforming the legacy Japanese carriers – K Line, ... [+]

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