Chris Lewis

First ship for new Saudi port

The new container terminal at JCPDI Port, Jazan, Saudi Arabia has handled its first vessel, the MV Kota Rahmat on Pacific International Lines (PIL)’s , Intra Red Sea Feeder service which also calls at Jeddah, Port Sudan, Djibouti Hodeidah and Aden in Yemen. The Hutchison-operated port is expected to become a major gateway to the Kingdom’s southern region. [+]

WFS to handle RwandAir in Paris

RwandAir has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as its cargo handling partner for its new direct flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle. WFS will provide full cargo handling services. The Rwandan airline is now flying to the capital Kigali with three non-stop Airbus A330 flights a week, its first-ever direct ... [+]

Containers and coal lead Rotterdam fall

Rotterdam’s total cargo throughput was 5.5% lower in the first half of the year at 220.7 million tonnes compared with 2022’s 233.5 million tonnes, according to the port authority’s latest report. The fall was mainly seen in containers, coal throughput and other dry bulk commodities while agribulk, iron ore and ... [+]

Hermes takes on Northern Italy site

The Otto Group’s logistics service provider Hermes Fulfilment is to take over a dispatch centre in Valdengo, Northern Italy, around 100kms west of Milan. The site specialises processing low-volume product ranges and employs around 230 people. Valdengo will mostly be used for processing returns from Southern Europe for the online ... [+]

Climate change set to put global trade at risk

More than $122 billion of economic activity is at risk from the impact of extreme climate events on ports, according to research by Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute. According to the paper in Nature Climate Change, knock-on effects within global shipping, trade and supply chains network will hit ports and economies around ... [+]

Avianca joins Cargo iQ

Latin American carrier Avianca has joined the Cargo iQ quality standards organization. The airline will help its partners and suppliers adhere to international standards and practices to ensure efficiency and drive improved service quality control. [+]

Pledge offers simple carbon offset scheme

Climate software company Pledge is offering freight forwarders a simple solution that allows them to invite their customers to purchase carbon credits to offset their unavoidable emissions. Impact Links is a white-label solution, enabling forwarders to add their own branding and can be embedded on a website, emailed directly to ... [+]

Dachser to add London and Dublin to zero-emissions scheme

Dachser is to expand its emission-free delivery service for non-chilled groupage shipments to 12 more European city centres the end of 2025. It will offer the service in London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Cologne, Malaga, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Toulouse, Warsaw, and Vienna. It will also expand its existing zero-emission delivery area ... [+]

Europa adds strength in Belgium

Europa Road has created eight new sales roles and made two internal promotions at its Belgian site. Europa Road Belgium (previously known as Continental Cargo Carriers) now has a team of 47 team in Oostende and the UK, offering for part-load, full-load and groupage. The sales team in Belgium is ... [+]

Marks and Sparks to be Maersk’s first Croatia customer

Maersk has opened its first multi-customer warehouse Croatia. Located less than 20 kilometers from the port of Rijeka the 12,000sq m facility’s first customer will be Marks & Spencer. The new warehouse is a Class A type, with high security standards and is designed to minimise greenhouse gas emissions thanks to ... [+]

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