Chris Lewis
A freight permit system for the Operation Brock queue for freight on the M20 to manage traffic in what is predicted to be a very busy summer for Dover and the Channel Tunnel. Large numbers of passengers are expected to head through Kent to Europe on holiday or to the Paris Olympic Games and Operation Brock is set to return to the M20 to help keep traffic moving.
Permits would be ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) in Europe, Middle East and Africa has published a Driver Security Guide. It is available to download free from the industry Association’s website in 15 and discusses the supply chain security environment and associated risks. It also highlights the importance of communication with law ...
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Danish-owned forwarding and logistics company DSV is to use green HVO diesel in its 40-vehicle London delivery fleet. It has installed an HVO fuel bunker at its Purfleet base, which is expected to contribute up to a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions. It is also evaluating HVO for its fleets ...
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Chiara Venuti, vice president, global drug distribution at UPS’s clinical arm Marken has joined the Cool Chain Association board. She joins as CCA plans new projects with like-minded groups in the temperature-controlled supply chain, including a study with the pharma.aero industry group.
Venuti has over 20 years’ experience in logistics, including ...
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DB Schenker has become the latest and biggest contributor Cathay’s Corporate Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Programme. The programme, established in 2022, enables members to purchase SAF for uplift on Cathay Pacific and Cathay Cargo flights, from Hong Kong and other ports on the network. The German forwarder has committed to ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has announced flights to two more Asian stations with its B777F long-haul fleet from its home hub in Frankfurt - Shenzhen Boa’an twice a week in future while it had already started freighter flights to Zhengzhou three days a week. The airline expects the take delivery of another ...
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SWISS and Swiss WorldCargo have secured their first-ever validation under Europe’s EMAS environmental management system. They have also earned the international ISO 14001 certification for environmental management systems. As a result, SWISS will now be publishing an annual environmental report.
EMAS is a voluntary-membership framework, established by the European Union to ...
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Digital insurance platform Breeze has completed its integration with the WebCargo by Freightos air cargo platform. Forwarders now have instant access to an insurance quote when they place a booking, removing the need to source insurance separately. It also reduces policy costs and booking times. Initially, Breeze’s integrated insurance offering ...
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Temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical specialist Envirotainer has opened three new testing chambers at its site in Rosersberg, near Stockholm. The company now offers six chambers including four medium-sized, one large that handles temperatures from -40°C to +60°C, and one small chamber for freezing conditions down to -70°C.
In addition to climate testing, Envirotainer ...
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Cargo-partner is now offering intermodal transport throughout Europe and Türkiye including the UK and Ireland. Its solutions use 45ft pallet wide containers and 13.6 m tilt trailers with rail for the main leg. The forwarder says this not only reduces costs but also gives potential CO₂ savings of up to ...
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