Chris Lewis

It’s great to be back at ACS says Alfie Arrowsmith

Air Charter Service has appointed Alfie Arrowsmith as regional vice president of cargo for North America.He joined ACS’s South African operation in 2010, before moving to another established charter broker in the country moving, in 2015 to Miami. He has now joined Air Charter Service for the second time and will be working out of the New York office.Richard Thompson, President of ACS Americas, commented: “It’s great to have Alfie ... [+]

DP World to donate £15 million to Thames region

DP World is to distribute up to £15 million to community projects in the Thames Estuary region. DP World is entering into agreements with its new occupants at London Gateway Logistics Park – part of the Thames Freeport tax zone – to fund a joint levy that will be distributed to ... [+]

Forth Ports starts work on Leith renewables hub

Forth Ports has started building Scotland’s largest renewables hub at the Port of Leith with the start of work on the new riverside marine berth. Forth Ports’ £50m project in Leith will create a site capable of accommodating the world’s largest offshore wind installation vessels and with a heavy lift capability ... [+]

Basra terminal hits 4m TEU mark

Basra Gateway Terminal, International Container Terminal Services’ operation at Iraq's Port of Umm Qasr celebrated its four millionth TEU after nine years of operation at the country’s busiest port. The record was achieved with the unloading operation of the Yang Ming vessel YM Mutuality.  ICTSI has invested more than USD300 million to modernize and ... [+]

Swissport adds Kenya cool capacity

Swissport has upgraded its cargo center at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) with a new 750sqm interconnected cold storeroom with direct access from the perishables hub to the airside. The new storeroom can hold up to 110 aircraft pallets, equivalent to just over three B747 freighter loadss. It is ... [+]

DP World launches UAE-Iraq ro ro

DP World has launched what it says is the first direct ro ro freight service between the UAE and Iraq for unaccompanied trailers. It operates under the name of P&O Maritime Transports, a DP World company. The service takes 36 hours between Jebel Ali and Umm Qasr Port in southern Iraq ... [+]

US forwarding chief predicts end-of-year upturn

The air cargo industry should expect a strong peak season in the fourth quarter despite lower Q1 volumes, said executive director of the US-based Airforwarders Association (AfA), Brandon Fried. According to World ACD, global air cargo chargeable weight flown in Q1 2023 was down 11% compared with a year earlier, but ... [+]

Cardinal Maritime to become world’s biggest employee-owned forwarder

Manchester forwarding and consolidation firm Cardinal Maritime says it will become the biggest employee-owned company in its sector in the world . The company, which is based in Sharston, Wythenshawe in the south of the city says it is marking 25 years in business by transitioning to an employee-ownership model. Since its ... [+]

Ukraine carrier still delivering the goods

Ukrainian carrier Antonov Airlines has delivered Intelsat commercial satellite to Cape Canaveral  on one of its AN-124-100M aircraft. It flew the components from Moffet Federal Airfield in California, to NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility in Titusville, Florida, USA, for a launch by the US aerospace company SpaceX. The 55,000kg cargo consisted of ... [+]

IAG Cargo boosts Caribbean and Latam space for the summer 

IAG Cargo is offering more capacity between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean for the summer season, including the restart of services between Barcelona and Chile. The carrier’s network today includes 33 destinations and in Latin America and the Caribbean, up from 25 in 2019 Flights between Madrid and Bogota increase ... [+]

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