Chris Lewis
Imran Mohammed, London branch manager at pan-European logistics specialist Transmec, has been promoted to UK general manager. He takes over from John Simkins who has stepped aside after nine years in the role.
Previously serving as UK finance director for 18 years, Imran Mohammed became London manager in 2019 and will continue to take charge of the branch.
His priorities are to manage continuing growth while overseeing the London depot’s forthcoming move ...
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John Holland-Kaye is to stand down as chief executive of London Heathrow Airport during 2023, after nine years. He led the UK’s number one air gateway through turbulent times, including the Covid crisis and subsequent recovery as well as leading crucial negotations on plans for a third runway. He also ...
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Westbound air cargo volumes between Europe and North America rose 6% year-on-year in January – despite high inflation and falling US retail sales, said CLIVE Data Services in its latest report.
However, overall global air cargo demand continued to fall, down -8%, as an earlier Chinese New Year. Economic headwinds subdued ...
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Terminal solutions provider Lödige Industries has joined the Cargo iQ airfreight quality standards group. Lödige will lend its experience as a provider of logistics systems and material handling solutions and will strengthen Cargo iQ’s ability to deliver guidance and recommendations in air cargo handling best practice, along operational insights from ...
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As one of the world’s leading carriers of livestock, IAG Cargo has carried some interesting creatures over the years but surely none as impressive as the Patagotitan Mayorum ‘titanosaur’. This, the largest known land animal ever, roamed what is now Patagonia in Argentina, around 100 million years ago, weighing an ...
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The Singapore-based Freightify rate management has secured $12m in Series A funding, led by Sequoia Capital India with participation from TMV and Alteria Capital, to further develop its suite of products for freight forwarders. Freightify provides rate automation solutions to digitize procurement, management and quotation processes and allows forwarders to ...
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Danish-based forwarding and logistics company DSV says it delivered a strong result in 2022, driven by good performance across all business areas. Gross profit increased by 33%, while EBIT before special items grew by 48% and adjusted free cash flow more than doubled compared to 2021.
The Air & Sea forwarding ...
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Liverpool based freight forwarder Warrant Group has become an employee owned trust after owners Ian Jones and Lynsey Morrison sold 90% of their shares. They will step back from the business over time.
Andy Simpson (pictured, below) has been made managing director and John Healy finance director.
An employee owned trust acquires ...
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Traders can save costs by using Customs Special Procedures (SPs), said software solutions provider Customs4trade (c4T) in a recent series of webinars.
SPs have become more pertinent since the UK left the Single Market, and C4T has seen a big increase in enquiries over the past year or so from companies ...
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American Airlines is to switch to M&G Packaging’s biodegradable BioNatur Plastics in its cargo operations. The carrier has already begun replacing its current plastic products with the brand at most major hubs, allowed it to reduce its long-term plastic waste in landfills by more than 130,000 lbs or the equivalent ...
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