Chris Lewis
Avia Solutions Group has become an Irish-based company following the transfer of its controlling headquarters to Dublin. It also became the second largest Irish-registered aviation business behind Ryanair.
Avia Solutions Group says it is the world's largest ACMI (aircraft leasing, maintenance and insurance) services group with a fleet of more than 165 aircraft. Its cargo activities include BBN Airlines Nordic, SmartLynx Airlines, and Magma Aviation, Arcus Air Logistic providing specialised air ...
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A consortium consisting of Lufthansa-Turkish Airlines joint venture SunExpress, Lufthansa Cargo, DPD, FIEGE, time:matters and Customs Broker GmbH, have transported more than 3,000 parcels to the earthquake zone in Turkey.
Parcels were dropped off by private donors at 7,700 DPD parcel shops and then sorted and prepared for onward transport at ...
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German-owned global forwarder Dachser is offering its airfreight customers a Sustainable Fuel booking option. Dachser says it has secured a large consignment of SAF for the launch of the new service, and it will be available to customers on all routes worldwide at an affordable price.
Customers can receive an emissions ...
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The government has released details of new post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland following the signing of the Windsor Framework between PM Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.
The plan includes green and red lanes for trade arriving into Northern Ireland from the GB mainland, depending on ...
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Following a meeting with Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak on 28 February, Logistics UK said it was cautiously optimistic that the Windsor Framework would ease the passage of goods between Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI).
Head of trade and devolved policy, Nichola Mallon, said: “While our review of the details ...
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DFDS has appointed McBurney Transport director Carolyn Carmichael managing director of the new entity following its purchase of Northern Ireland-based McBurney Transport Group. McBurney Transport will become part of the Logistics Division’s Cold Chain business unit. DFGDS added that integration is expected to be completed within a year, except for ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched a sustainability strategy, Ready for Tomorrow (RFT), backed by a plan to invest around £2 billion in decarbonising its operations by 2040 and in major infrastructure projects to enable wider UK energy transition.
It identifies five focus areas for action: Net Zero, air quality, biodiversity, ...
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FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations) has called on shipping lines to restore free time periods for containers to pre-pandemic levels. It describes the earlier decision to reduce free time during the recent shipping disruption as one-sided and says that conditions have now changed.
FIATA does acknowledge that traders do ...
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DHL Supply Chain has made a donation to FoodCloud, an Irish social enterprise tackling the twin issues of food waste and food insecurity.
It will be used to fund the lease and maintenance of 11 vans. FoodCloud works with a network of Irish charities, community groups and retailers to collect and ...
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Dutch shortsea operator WEC Lines has expanded its service into the Port of Liverpool with new weekly calls from Northern Spain, Portugal, North Africa and the Canary Islands.
The services are in addition to the existing Portuguese and Spanish routes which have called at the port since 2019.
The new direct weekly ...
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