Chris Lewis

NI support scheme extended

The Trader Support Service for goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been extended until December 2024. Support for businesses will remain in place while Windsor Framework measures are introduced, said the Government. It adds that thousands of businesses have now registered with the free-to-use platform since its launch in 2020. It also provides guidance and training to help businesses understand what the Windsor Framework means for them, ... [+]

Maersk opens LAX site

Danish-owned shipping and airfreight giant AP Moller-Maersk has inaugurated a new 130,000sq ft import and export gateway near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It offers direct planeside recovery and immediate unit load device (ULD) transfers. It complements Maersk’s existing air cargo gateways, including Atlanta and Chicago that have opened in ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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