Chris Lewis
The DHL Group said it got off to a solid start in 2024, with revenue in the first quarter almost stable at €20.3 billion compared with €20.9bn for Q1 2023. Operating profit (EBIT) of €1.3 billion was, as expected below previous year’s level (Q1 2023: €1.6 billion), but above pre-pandemic level (Q1 2019: €1.2 billion).
Chief executive, Tobias Meyer, said: “We are in an unusually long phase of low momentum in ...
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Time critical specialist Priority Freight has won a King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade in recognition of its good business practices and sustained growth in overseas sales.
The company, founded in 1996, now employs nearly 300 people, operating from nine offices in the UK and Europe. Priority Freight won a ...
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CMA CGM’s LNG-powered Greenland will take part in the grand nautical parade to mark the arrival of the Olympic Flame in Marseille on 8 May.
Entering service in September 2022 under the French flag, and homeported in Marseille-Fos, she is one of five 15,000teu deployed between Asia and the Mediterranean.
As the ...
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American Airlines is to suspend or reduce several of its long-haul routes during the winter, blaming delayed deliveries of Boeing 787 aircraft. A number of summer seasonal flights will end early, on September 3 including those between New York and Athens, between Chicao and Athens and from New York to ...
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DP World Southampton handled two of the world's largest container vessels simultaneously for the first time on 30 April. Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested in widening the channel within the Western Docks, which has enabled ABP Marine Pilots to manoeuvre ultra-large vessels to other berths in DP World's container ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Sean Kelly as group IT director. He has extensive experience leading IT teams in different businesses including Microsoft, BT, EY, RBS and was most recently the chief information officer of Business Platforms at marketing and advertising agency network, Dentsu.
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AAL Shipping’s (christened its new vessel the AAL Limassol at the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong yard in Quanzhou, China on 26 April.
The ship is set to carry a full weather deck of project heavy lift cargo, including two 135-metre-long barges, weighing 1,650 tonnes and fifteen 80.5-metre-long wind blades.
She is one of ...
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DP World is using a previously neglected rail route from China to Türkiye to keep vital raw materials flowing into the country in the wake of the Red Sea attacks on shipping. Turkish manufacturing relies heavily on raw materials from China but with shipping diverting route around South Africa, transit ...
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Irish transport and logistics company Transland Group, a member of the Palletways UK network, has promoted Luke Conlon to director of operations. He joined Transland in 2021 as sales representative becoming general manager in 2023.
In his new role he will oversee the strategic development of Transland’s operation while also managing ...
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German transport company Gruber Logistics is to open a hub in Verona, Italy. With 70 loading ramps, it will be able to handle daily departures for the whole of Europe. Gruber Logistics has almost doubled its turnover compared to the pre-corona period due to organic growth and acquisitions such as ...
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