Chris Lewis
Mersey Maritime interim chief executive Ruth Wood has become permanent chief executive of representative body for the Liverpool city region’s £5bn maritime sector. The former senior manager at Peel Ports Group and latterly head of commercial at Mersey Maritime, took the helm in July following the departure of Chris Shirling-Rooke, who left to become chief executive of Maritime UK.
Mersey Maritime chairman, John Hulmes said: “Ruth has shown us she possesses ...
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Kerry Logistics Network was named Logistics Company of the Year for the seventh time in a row at the 2023 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards in Malaysia on 8 November. Organised annually by the global business consulting firm, the awards celebrate outstanding companies, determined through industry trends analysis ...
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Kale Logistics Solutions is implementing a cargo community system at Istanbul Grand Airport (İGA), the first of its kind at a Turkish airport.
The ACS platform will help turn İGA into a transfer centre and will give agents, airlines, transporters, handlers, Customs, and security agencies access to all cargo-related information on ...
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Swissport International has opened an air cargo centre at Zaragoza Airport, in north-east Spain, its fifth in the country along with Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Valencia and Zaragoza. It offers over 4,000sq and provides cargo handling services for general and express cargo. The facility has 14 truck docks. Swissport has provided ...
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NVOCC Mannson Freight says a new feature on its customer portal, MFS Pro, allows UK customers to track import deliveries in real time from Felixstowe warehouse to final destination in the UK. It gives live tracking information for each shipment on the day of delivery, as well as an estimated ...
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Nova Innovation has installed a marine floating solar demonstrator to power Forth Ports’ headquarters in the Port of Leith as part of the latter’s commitment to achieve Net Zero by 2042.
The marine solar demonstrator was built and installed by Nova over the summer and has already successfully passed its ...
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Varamar DMCC has signed a commercial partnership with COSCO Shipping group company ASL Shipping & Logistics to strengthen their respective trades.
Varamar, a liner and tramp carrier that specialises in breakbulk, dry-bulk, oversized and containerized cargo, has up to now focussed on trade lanes connecting Europe with the Middle East, Asia ...
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The Incoterms that define responsibilities in the global supply chain have a crucial bearing on who bears the risks relating to the cargo in transit, especially when it comes to packing and securing, says a leading insurer.
Intermodal specialist TT Club says that 65% of cargo damage claims can be attributed ...
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Successful adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) will need solutions that enable forwarders and customs brokers to prioritize human connections, said Raft chief executive James Coombes, told the The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) executive summit on 7 November.
The tech firm founder stressed that freight forwarding is ultimately a relationships business. ...
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Thames Freeport has agreed a partnership with the Seoul Digital Foundation, South Korea, the Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Connected Places Catapult to launch a Smart Homes Innovation Hub in East London.
It is seen as the start of a long term relationship to collaboratively develop smart city and smart ...
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