Chris Lewis
Airfreight container operator Jettainer has put the first fully certified fire-resistant containers into service with Lufthansa Cargo. The AMX containers are manufactured by US-based Satco and are certified in accordance with the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)‘s latest Technical Standard Orders (TSO) C90e specifications. They can contain a fire for up to six hours, making them the safest certified ULDs on the market, says Jettainer. Lufthansa Cargo will be the first ...
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AIPUT (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has let its newly completed ‘Black Arrow’ warehouse at Poyle Trading Estate near Heathrow as the first UK base for international freight forwarder, EFL Global (not to be confused with Dublin-based EFL International Distribution).
The new warehouse building will be operationally net zero and incorporates ...
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German owned forwarding and logistics company Dachser has moved its Texas and Boston branches to larger premises. In Dallas, the new facility is only minutes away from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in a modern complex with an office space three times as big as previously.
The new Boston branch is ...
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is using robot patrols to beef up site security at its SuperTerminal 1 facility.
The first security robot is about to enter service, initially patrolling car- and truck parking areas, and export goods handling areas, mainly at night.
.As well as helping to reduce theft, ...
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Logistics UK has appointed Mariefi Kamizouli as its new head of economics and productivity within its policy publications team. She holds a Master of Science in Environmental Economics & Climate Change from London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Forwarders network the WACO System has appointed The Mayan Group as its representative for Israel. Established in 1977, Mayan offers services including international shipping, customs clearance, marine insurance, land transportation, and logistics services.
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CEVA Logistics has launched a new international road transport (TIR) route along the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan corridor. The forwarder held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the launch of the new route as the shipment convoy of six trucks departed from western China’s inland city of Kashgar, crossing into Kyrgyzstan. They arrived in ...
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Shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM Group is the official shirt sponsor of local side Olympique de Marseille for the 2023–24 season.
It will be worn by the players of the men’s team during the first match of the season on the weekend of August 12th and 13th, as well as by ...
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AV Dawson’s Cockfield Knight agency arm is handling some rather different vessels from the cargo ships that are its normal business.
The Port of Middlesbrough-based company has been chosen to take charge of a vessel as part of the Tall Ships Festival at Hartlepool Marina.
It will be looking after the Alexander ...
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July 4 may be an important date across the Pond but it is also a significant anniversary on the English Channel – it was on that date in 1953 that the Port of Dover's roll-on, roll-off berths opened, transforming ferry travel forever.
Up to that date, vehicles were laboriously loaded on ...
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