Chris Lewis
Austrian-owned forwarder Gebrüder Weiss has acquired logistics company Wedlich based in Bayreuth. The family-owned company specialises in land transport, logistics and relocation services, and employs around 100 people and is a further step in Gebrüder Weiss expansion into southern Germany.
Wedlich operates a 15,000sq m logistics facility in Bayreuth as well as another 15,000 m² in nearby Bad Berneck. It also operates the largest photovoltaic system of its kind in Bayreuth.
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Lufthansa Cargo and forwarding partner Kuehne+Nagel are piloting totally paperless shipments for general cargo between Germany and Hong Kong, with not only electronic air waybills but all other accompanying documents and paperwork.
Further trade lanes will be targeted in the next phase of the scheme, the partners add, and the plan ...
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Freight forwarder Davies Turner welcomed the news on 18 July that the UK and Türkiye (Turkey) have committed to negotiate an updated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and deepen the relationship between the two countries.
Tariff-free arrangements like the one signed in 2020, which was rolled over from when the UK left ...
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Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has started testing a digital truck access system for the port’s container terminals. The Passify app will replace the current card-based process and was developed by HHLA Next, HHLA’s innovation unit.
In future, the 6,000 truck drivers who transport containers to and ...
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DFDS has acquired 100% of the share capital of Rotterdam-based road operator Estron Group. The company transports dry goods in full- and part-load trailers mainly between the UK and Germany, Benelux, and Poland using a leased fleet of 300 trailers and subcontracted haulage. Warehousing, cross-docking, and logistics services are provided ...
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The Freightos WebCargo airfreight platform has developed a system that it says can book cargo onto two or more connecting carriers in seconds – a process that until now often takes 24-48 hours to complete using manual processes.
The first booking was a test shipment by Qatar Airways Cargo on an ...
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Total throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges was 139 million tonnes in the first six months of this year, down 5.5% compared to the same period last year.
The port – which comprises Antwerp and Zeebrugge - said that while the global economic situation is causing a drop in container demand, other ...
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AV Dawson, owner and operator of Port of Middlesbrough welcomed His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester on 17 July to unveil a newly restored 1960s Atkinson truck.
Accompanied by Mrs Jo Ropner, His Majesty’s Lord- Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, the royal delegation were given a tour of AV Dawson’s new ...
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German-owned project forwarder Bertling Logistics has set up a joint venture with Clemenger International Freight in Australia. Clemenger Bertling Projects has a head office in Perth and a presence in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, along with a network of partners and suppliers throughout Australia.
The new joint venture will explore new ...
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Handling company Menzies Aviation has agreed to take a majority stake in Cargo Handling Services Limited (CHS) at Bulgaria’s Sofia International Airport. Established in 2016, CHS provides cargo services including warehousing, import and export handling, mail handling and temperature-controlled storage. CHS will transition to the Menzies brand and its standards ...
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