Chris Lewis
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of SATS Group, will increase cargo capacity at New York John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) by 20% in early 2025 with a new 346,000sq ft terminal.
JFK is one of WFS’ biggest international cargo stations. WFS already operates eight handling facilities at the airport, serving 38 airlines and the new facility will take the company’s footprint there to over 700,000sq ft. and increase capacity ...
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Samskip is launching a new direct short-sea service between Finland, Latvia, the UK and the Netherlands.
The new route, operated by two ships, connects Rotterdam, Helsinki, Riga and Hull with a five-day transit time from Riga to Hull, and seven days from Helsinki to Hull.
Door-to-door service will be offered, along with ...
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Forth Ports Tilbury welcomed the West Ham United youth team for an educational visit as part of Black History Month and Windrush75. The Port of Tilbury was the first arrival point for the HMT Empire Windrush on 22 June 1948 and the anniversary was celebrated with members of the local ...
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SSE Energy Solutions has signed a deal with the owners of Hunterston Port and Resource Campus (Hunterston PARC) to provide renewable energy for the site. Peel Ports Group is developing an energy and marine campus on 300 acres of land at the Clydeport facility in Ayrshire. It will bring together ...
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Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines has delivered a power plant rotor from Atlanta, Georgia to Nagoya, Japan on board one of its An-124-100M aircraft.
The 53-tonne piece was transported in a bespoke specific frame manufactured specially for this mission along with a ramp manufactured by Antonov`s in-house engineers.
The rotor had been repaired in ...
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Swiss WorldCargo has signed a deal to deploy Sonoco ThermoSafe's Pegasus ULD temperature-controlled bulk shipping containers. Pharma freight forwarders will be able to access fleet directly through the carrier from the winter timetable 2023/24.
Constructed with composite materials, Sonoco says that the ThermoSafe is both lighter and more damage-resistant than metal ...
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UPS has entered into an agreement to acquire a US-based software and reverse logistics company Happy Returns from PayPal. UPS chief executive Carol B. Tomé said: “We know that returns have long frustrated shoppers and retailers looking for quick and easy solutions. By combining Happy Returns’ easy digital experience and ...
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Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, opened CMA CGM Group’ss Zebox UK startup accelerator at Portland Street. It becomes the sixth innovation hub for the accelerator founded in 2018 by CMA CGM chairman Rodolphe Saadé.
The hub will accelerate decarbonisation and operational optimisation through technological breakthroughs in the supply chain industry, ...
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Adaptability, resilience, and carbon footprint reduction are the key areas for technology investment to focus on in the next chapter of digital transformation in the supply chain, concludes a thought leadership paper by express logistics firm, Danx Carousel Group.
‘Logistics 5.0: Strategy Beyond Data – Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity’ acknowledges the ...
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American Airlines Cargo says it is operating 1,100 more flights in the November 2023-March 2024 winter schedule than last year – a total of 12,500 widebody roundtrips.
Flights between London Heathrow (LHR) and key US destinations account for nearly half of the trans-Atlantic increase at 490 more flights compared to last ...
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