Chris Lewis

Freighter to Cairo

CMA CGM Air Cargo has launched weekly freighter flights from its Paris CDG hub to Cairo. It will be operated by an A330F aircraft in partnership with the Air France KLM Martinair Cargo [+]

Car transport without the waste

Rhenus Logistics is offering a reusable alternative to single-use wooden crating for cars being transported by air.Based in the Rhenus major global finished vehicle logistics hub in London, Heathrow, the Cartainer can be used for round trips or multiple-stop delivery of security sensitive prototypes to testing programmes, media events, trade ... [+]

Forth Ports commits to zero carbon

Forth Ports made a commitment to achieve a net zero carbon operation by 2042 at a launch event in Edinburgh on 4 October.  It premiered a film which demonstrates its ambitious vision of achieving carbon neutral emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2032 and creating an infrastructure platform to help accelerate ... [+]

IAG adds Ghana and ups South Africa space

IAG Cargo is to launch a new route between London Gatwick and Accra from 29 October 29th, adding three services per week to its present daily service between London Heathrow and the Ghanaian capital. It will also resume pre-pandemic levels of services to South Africa, with 31 weekly flights from ... [+]

Danish buy readies Rhenus for Nordic transformation

Rhenus has bought Danish road, sea and air transport specialist, Modul Transport. It specialises in European road freight groupage shipments and air and ocean cargo, with Rhenus Road Freight taking over both the Modul Transport and Modul Air Cargo divisions, which operate from Copenhagen and Vejle in Jutland. Rhenus Group said ... [+]

CMA CGM poised to open Manchester high tech hub

CMA CGM Group will launch its Zebox UK startup accelerator in Manchester in October, its sixth innovation hub in the world. The shipping and logistics specialist says that the city offers five universities, financial incentives for entrepreneurs and a growing number of sustainable development initiatives. Manchester is also one of the ... [+]

Shippers and forwarders learn to commit

Increasing shipper and forwarder confidence in a more stable global air cargo market led to a higher commitment to longer-term freight contracts in September, said Clive Data Services in its latest report, published on 4 October. A drop in capacity and traditional month-over-month seasonality pushed volumes up +6%, according to the ... [+]

Ceva sets up e-commerce joint venture

Ceva Logistics has set up Weavenn, a joint venture with French retailer Fnac Darty and CEVA Logistics in the European e-commerce logistics market. It will offer a fully integrated service combining the technology and logistics for multi-channel distribution offering services such as the complete management of marketplaces, direct sales to ... [+]

A clearer picture of global supply chains

The Project44 supply chain visibility platform has made a number of enhancements. These include the ability to merge data from carriers and forwarders to deliver complete visibility from door to door, eliminating blind spots at interchanges so shippers can manage inventory in transit and meet order due dates while minimising ... [+]

WACO and Bluebox offer real-time visibility

Freight forwarders network, the WACO System has partnered with the BlueBox Systems visibility platform to bring members real-time tracking of their air and ocean cargo shipments. WACO members now have access to BlueBox’s two freight dashboards, BlueBoxAir and BlueBoxOcean, which gives shipment status and flight-related information, including changes to estimated arrival ... [+]

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