Chris Lewis
Digital freight forwarder Sennder Technologies has renewed its joint venture with Poste Italiane for up to 10 years, saying it has the potential to generate up to €2.3 billion revenues. They will use technology to optimise full truck load (FTL) operations and the movement of parcels and mail between Italy’s sorting and distribution hubs.
In 2019, German-based Sennder established operations in Milan and created Sennder Italia through its joint venture with ...
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Dachser Finland will open a new logistics centre in the Tampere region, in the south of the country in summer 2024. The new general cargo facility at Tampere-Pirkkala Airport will have an area of over 50,000sq ft with 107,000sq ft for future expansion. Shipments from the Tampere region will no ...
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Developer Curzon De Vere says that it has nearly completed four units at Port One Logistics Park at Great Blakenham, Ipswich, 20 miles from the port of Felixstowe. All now have tenancies agreed. They have a unique roof design to discreetly house modern photovoltaic panels, and there is over 80 ...
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The Hamburg Senate has endorsed a new development plan for the city’s port. It lays down strategic guidelines for policy in the coming years, defines the availability of land for port development and outlines strategic orientation for its future utilisation.
The Plan considers global trends, local operating conditions and social and ...
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Intelligent logistics platform Raft has completed $30 million in Series B funding. The funding round was led by global VC investor Eight Roads with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Episode 1, Dynamo Ventures and Moguntia Capital. Founded in 2017, Raft—formerly known as Vector.ai—applies Artificial Intelligence (AI) to daily ...
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Europa Air & Sea says its office in Dubai has exceeded its annual sales target by 35% since opening last year. Director of Europa Air & Sea, Angus Hind, said that the 15-strong team, led by general manager Nathan Lynn, “has demonstrated great skill in supporting the supply chain needs ...
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Austrian-based forwarder Cargo-partner – which recently announced its merger with Japan’s Nippon Express - has opened a second Spanish office near Madrid Barajas Airport – within less than a year of opening an office in Barcelona last September. Cargo-partner’s subsidy in Spain has meanwhile obtained IATA membership. The local branch ...
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AAL Shipping (AAL) has recently shipped critical Toshiba-built power station components from China and Japan to Queensland, Australia on behalf of forwarder DB Schenker. They are to be used to repair the Callide Power Station as part of a USD200 million project to fix damaged turbines and return one of ...
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P&O Ferries is celebrating 50 years of ferry operation between Larne, Northern Ireland and Cairnryan, Scotland.
Since its establishment in 1973, the route has provided a crucial link between Northern Ireland and the rest of Europe.
The two ships operating on the route, European Highlander and European Causeway, now carry up to ...
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Le Havre-based temperature-controlled logistics firm Seafrigo Group has acquired specialist UK-headquartered forwarder Perishables Movements Ltd (PML). PML operates at Heathrow, Lincolnshire and Kent in air, ocean and road as well as warehousing and value-added services.
Seafrigo regional chief executive Jason Knox said: “With its excellent market reputation and our shared expertise ...
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