Chris Lewis
IAG Cargo is to restart services between London Heathrow, Beijing and Shanghai after almost two years, as China reopens its borders to tourists. Flights to Shanghai Pudong International and Beijing Daxing Airport will resume on 3 June, with four flights each week.
During the early pandemic period, IAG Cargo offered customers cargo-only services and charters between the UK and China to deliver essential cargo needed for the fight against Covid-19.
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Supply chain visibility company FourKites has appointed Rocky Subramanian as president. He will work alongside chief executive Mathew Elenjickal to drive the company's strategy, growth and customer success globally. Subramanian was most recently executive vice president at human capital management software firm Ceridian, where he helped the company grow to ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Dominique von Orelli as chief executive of its Hillebrand Gori drinks logistics arm. He succeeds Tim Scharwath, chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, who had been leading the business in a dual role and has driven the integration of Hillebrand Gori. DHL acquired UK-based ...
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The GMB Union said on 5 April that P&O Ferries is to make changes to its management structure that could lead to up to 60 job losses in Dover. Regional organiser, Frank Macklin said he was seeking urgent talks with management to discuss the proposals but warned: Given P&O management’s ...
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The Cabinet Office has published a draft Border Target Operating Model, setting out the Government’s new approach to importing into Great Britain that will be progressively introduced from the end of October.
It proposes a new approach to security controls, for all imports, and to sanitary and phytosanitary controls (for live ...
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Longer-term contracts between shippers and freight forwarders may signal ‘more common ground’ in a stabilising global air cargo market says industry analysts CLIVE Data Services, part of Xeneta.
In its report published on 5 April, it said that demand dipped by -3% year-over-year in March.
The number of six-month shippers’ agreements rose ...
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Time-critical logistics firm Carousel Logistics has acquired Dublin-based Alltrans.
The two companies have already integrated their IT and operational systems, are now investing in additional sites at Dublin airport.
Carousel UK managing director, Andrew Lowery (pictured) said the move would give more flexibility and swifter fulfilment of parts and products between Ireland ...
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Wholesale freight forwarder Air Menzies International (AMI), part of Menzies Aviation, has opened a branch near Toronto Pearson International Airport.
It is AMI’s second branch in Canada and offers a variety of wholesale air freight services including door-to-door services on global import and export shipments; exports with consolidation and ‘Back2Back’; ‘Quick2Ship’, ...
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DHL says it has now shipped more than 60,000 care packages to Ukraine under the DHL initiated a campaign it initiated in early April 2022. For one year now, private customers in Germany have been able to send parcels free of charge through DHL to provide support to the people ...
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Turkish parcel company Kuryenet says its new automated robotic sorting system is not only the first of its kind to be installed in the country but also represents the biggest application of robot-based technology in Europe.
The system was designed and fitted by LiBiao Robotics in conjunction with its partner, Lodamaster, ...
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