Chris Lewis

Cargo-partner opens Istanbul site

Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner, which recently announced its sale to Japan’s Nippon Express, has opened a 20,000sq m logistics centre in Istanbul. Close to the new Istanbul airport and the region’s main seaports, it offers a wide range of logistics services to customers in Türkiye (Turkey). The site includes 5,850sq m of bonded warehouse area, along with 20,000 pallet spaces and 17 loading docks. Cargo-partner says it will create more than 85 ... [+]

Client pressure pushes forwarders into carbon-cutting

Client pressure is driving decarbonisation as much as legislation, according to a member survey by the freight forwarding trade association, BIFA The survey was conducted in association with BIFA’s partner, the Pledge decarbonisation software platform for transport and logistics, to evaluate the importance of the issue. It found that there is growing ... [+]

DB Schenker moves to new Glasgow site

DB Schenker has opened a new multi-modal site at Hillington, near Glasgow airport. It offers over 17,000sq ft of warehousing and more than 750 pallet positions for storage and pick and pack services, along with full security camera coverage including the external yard for devanning and loading containers. The site is ... [+]

Simon Albrecht joins Röhlig

German forwarder Röhlig Logistics has appointed Simon Albrecht as global sea freight director. He holds a Master’s degree in digital business management and has 25 years of experience in the logistics sector. Prior to his new position at Röhlig Logistics, he was global key account manager at Maersk Germany. Board member ... [+]

Wallenborn to run Etihad road feeders

Etihad Cargo has appointed Wallenborn Transports as its road feeder service (RFS) partner for Europe. It will operate in 27 countries, including the main gateways of Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt, and offline stations [+]

First voyage for Stena Vision

Stena Line operated the inaugural voyage of the Stena Vision between Rosslare and Cherbourg on 30 June. The new vessel boosts sailings to 12 per week as well as significantly bolstering capacity. [+]

Maastricht Airport reopens

Maastricht Aachen Airport officially reopened its upgraded runway on 30 June after a planned eight-week closure. The second largest cargo hub in the Netherlands has invested €35.3 million as part of a plan to extend its operational length to 2,750 meters by January 2025. Cargo operations have now returned, with ... [+]

AD Ports buys Noatum

AD Ports Group has completed the acquisition of logistics services provider Noatum, after receiving approvals from all relevant regulatory bodies. It paid AED 2.65 billion for 100% of the shares of the Spain-headquartered company. Noatum will assume leadership of AD Ports Group's Logistics cluster, and will immediately start to integrate ... [+]

New chef for Dachser Food Logistics

Dachser’s current chief operating officer of road logistics will take over as managing director of Dachser Food Logistics when Alfred Miller retires at the end of the year. He will head the business unit in conjunction with his existing role. Alfred Miller has headed Dachser Food Logistics since 2010 during ... [+]

Ex-Maersk man to take over Heathrow

Current Copenhagen Airport chief executive Thomas Woldbye will replace John Holland-Kaye as chief executive of Heathrow Airport when he steps down later this year after nearly 10 years in post. Thomas Woldbye  has been chief executive of Copenhagen Airport since 2011 and prior to that spent 27 years at Danish ... [+]

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