Chris Lewis

Onne port achieves safety milestone

ICTSI’s Onne Multipurpose Terminal (OMT) in Nigeria has celebrated two million manhours with zero lost time injury, two years after starting commercial operations in 2021. OMT is one of ICTSI’s four terminals in the African continent. [+]

Port firm helps airfreight company green its trucks

Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) is supporting Frankfurt Airport-based air freight logistics services company CHI Cargo Handling International to convert its truck fleet to climate-friendly propulsion. CHI has commissioned HPC to identify the propulsion technology suitable for the areas of application in a feasibility study, to appoint an efficient truck manufacturer and ... [+]

Maersk opens Dubai cold store

Maersk has opened its first cold store in Dubai and its third logistics centre in the Emirate. The site at Dubai Industrial City, is close to Jebel Ali Port, Al Maktoum International Airport, and the Etihad Rail freight terminal. It offers 12,500 pallet positions. [+]

Haven Gateway Partnership to close

The Haven Gateway Partnership is to close on 19 July after 22 years of operation. Founded in 2001 around the Haven Ports in South Suffolk and North Essex, the Partnership has lobbied Government on issues such as the A120 improvement, supported major initiatives such as bidding for and developing Freeport ... [+]

From coal to green hydrogen in Tilbury

Forth Ports has signed an agreement with power generator RWE and trading and investment company Mitsui to develop a hydrogen project at the port of Tilbury. The organisations will complete two parallel work streams - a small scale ‘proof of concept’ to produce green hydrogen for decarbonising port and an ... [+]

Nippon Express opens semiconductor site

Nippon Express USA has opened a dedicated semiconductor warehouse in Mesa, Arizona. The Mesa Logistics Center is about 15 minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and has ready access to nearby semiconductor plants less than an hour away. The warehouse is compliant with Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requirements and ... [+]

New appointments for Neo Air

German-based cargo charter and aviation services provider Neo Air Group has appointed Nadin Schuck (pictured top) as sales specialist and Fernanda Abe (pictured below) as time critical business development manager. Nadin Schuck works in the recently-launched Airfreight department, which provides solutions exclusively for trade customers with shipments that are not large ... [+]

P&O Ferries extends North Sea charters

P&O Ferries has signed a three-year extension to its charter agreement with Bore Ltd for the MS Norsky and MS Norstream, which operate on the Zeebrugge-Teesport and Zeebrugge-Tilbury routes. It has also signed a separate extension with Finnlines for the MS Finnpulp which operates on the the Zeebrugge-Teesport The vesselwill ... [+]

B&H signs air parts deal

UK-based specialist aerospace logistics company B&H Worldwide has been awarded a two-year extension to manage inventory in Singapore and Australia for end-of-life aircraft and engine firm AerFin. The company manages both aircraft teardown and engine disassembly at sites around the world, B&H will support AerFin’s expansion with storage and 3PL ... [+]

Fear factor grips global air cargo

The decline in global air cargo volumes eased again in June but the ‘fear-of-missing-out’ created an irrational airline and freight forwarding market as shippers indulged in a 41% year-on-year fall in the general airfreight spot rate, said industry analysts, CLIVE Data Services, part of Xeneta.                Air cargo capacity rose ... [+]

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