Chris Lewis
Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner has launched an air freight consolidation service from Chicago to London Heathrow in the UK.
Cut-off date for goods arriving into its Chicago warehouse is Thursday each week for a Sunday departure. Traffic is routed by air from Chicago O’Hare International Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport and then on to Heathrow.
President cargo-partner USA and regional director Americas, Ralf Schneider, said: “We’re excited to continue to expand our ...
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Essex forwarding and logistics company Woodland Group has acquired Sweden-based WBS Nordic, following the part-acquisition of WBS UK by Woodland in September 2021. WBS Nordic has been owned by Dag and Anna Hannerz since 2010 and specialises in the print and publishing industry across the Nordic region.
Former WBS Nordic business ...
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UK-based charter broker Chapman Freeborn - part of Avia Solutions Group – has set up an Aviation Emergency Services (AES) arm. It introduces solutions including crisis management, assisting organizations in effectively preparing for unexpected emergency situations, and security and risk management to proactively detect and mitigate potential threats related to ...
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Cathay Cargo and the Cathay Cargo Terminal have received IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Lithium Batteries (CEIV Li-batt) certification. It means that both now hold the full set of CEIV certifications, joining CEIV Pharma, CEIV Fresh and CEIV Live Animals.
The CEIV Li-batt accreditation joins Cathay Cargo’s existing mitigations ...
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Officials from the Port of Jacksonville in the US will be making a marketing visit to the UK on 25-29 September. The port is a leading and growing gateway for container services to and from the UK, as well as other ports in Asia, South America and the Caribbean. It ...
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Specialist logistics company Collett & Sons has opened a heavy lift warehouse at its Elland Depot Complex, close to junction 24 of the M62. In West Yorkshire.
It adds internal storage of 750sq m to the existing 3,800sq m internal area, a 25 tonne overhead gantry crane, 7m height under hook ...
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Shippers will hold the upper hand in the winter round of airfreight rates negotiations, says analyst CLIVE Data Services.
Clive, part of Xeneta, said that after another month of falling demand in July saw volumes drop -2% month-over-month, and the general global air freight spot rate decline at a hastening pace ...
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Multimodal freight insurer TT Club appointed Josh Finch as logistics risk manager and Neil Dalus as EMEA risk assessment manager.
Josh Finch’s 15 years’ experience in the industry includes operations manager at Howard Tenens and at DHL Supply Chain, as both operations and transport manager.
Neil Dalus’ 20 years managing port and ...
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Advanced Supply Chain (ASC) is investing £60million in a new European operating facility in Nettetal, Germany, about 30km west of Duisberg on the Netherlands border.
Part of Reconomy which provides tech-enabled solutions for the circular economy, ASC delivers services to retailers and consumer brands including specialist software for pre-retail, returns processing, ...
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Austrian Gebrüder Weiss is using electric tricycles to deliver to the hitherto inaccessible corners of the Croatian islands
Providing delivery services to the island towns with their narrow streets has never been easy but Gebrüder Weiss has started to offer its customers the eco-friendly transport solution for deliveries to private homes ...
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