Chris Lewis
Saudia Cargo has awarded a multi-station contract to Worldwide Flight Service (WFS), including key airports in Europe and the US.
The contract was formally signed by Teddy Zebitz, chief executive of the Middle East carrier and John Batten Executive vice president of EMEAA at WFS, at a ceremony held in Saudia Cargo’s Jeddah headquarters.
WFS will now be handling over 160,000 tonnes of cargo annually for Saudia Cargo, in addition to providing ...
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Essex forwarder Uniserve has appointed Penny Gradwell as director of luxury brands, a vertical dedicated to providing sector specific logistics solutions to high end brands in the apparel, fashion, footwear, jewellery, watches, homeware, fragrances and beauty cosmetics sectors. She brings over 40 years of fashion, ecommerce and FMCG sector experience.
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DB Schenker has signed an agreement with shipping line MSC to use 12,000 tonnes of biofuel for all its container traffic. The amount of biofuel purchased will save 35,000 tonne of CO2 equivalents and is one of the largest carbon-insetting biofuel deals between a freight forwarder and a shipping company, ...
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Associated British Ports has completed rollout of a new terminal operating system at Newport, South Wales. The new TBA-supplied CommTrac v4 system will streamline the management of AgriBulk operations at ABP’s second-largest bulk handling port in its Wales and Short Sea Ports region.
The system has already been deployed at Teignmouth, ...
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Air charterer Chapman Freeborn, part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed James Edwards to the new position of general manager – UK. He was most recently at Inflite The Jet Centre, based at London Stansted.
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Port operator DP World’s Trade Finance arm has signed a partnership with business payments platform MODIFI. The two companies are now offering API integration for transaction operations and will facilitate access to working capital for emerging-market small and medium-sized enterprises. The integration will reduce time taken to onboard companies, credit ...
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Europa Road has opened a new base in Rotterdam for its groupage operation. Europa Road BV opened on 1 February initially with a team of 10, led by Guy Dunmow (pictured, Left), previously branch manager for Europa in Bristol and Dirk Van Thillo (right). Europa Road already has a presence ...
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Following new office openings four months ago in Manchester and Glasgow, Cory Brothers has now opened a new location in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Situated in Rhoon, it provides freight forwarding for all modes, specialising in energy, offshore oil and gas, dredging, project cargo (heavy transportation & lifting equipment), construction, ...
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Colin Dunne, Joint Managing Director of Dublin-headquartered International Warehousing & Transport (IWT), is the 2023 President of the Irish Exporters Association (IEA).
He has been an active member of the IEA’s National Council since 2014 and at the forefront of the challenges faced by Irish exporters and importers for many years.
The ...
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Forwarders should prepare for new sustainability reporting regulations by using digital solutions, said Lionel van der Walt, chief growth officer of intelligent freight operating system Raft.
He told delegates to the Airforwarders Association’s (AfA) AirCargo Conference in Nashville, on 13 February that they needed to focus on finding an emissions reporting ...
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