Chris Lewis
APM Terminals Poti has handled the maiden call of Zim Line’s new Poti Turkiye Feeder (PTF) service between Turkey and Georgia.
The 925TEU Contship Joy will operate between Turkish ports and Poti Port every 12-14 days.
Poti is a gateway for Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, with on-dock rail connections and is connected to all key cities in Georgia, the greater Caucasus region and Central Asia.
APM Terminals’ chief commercial officer, Iain Rawlinson, said: ...
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Port of Felixstowe workers have reached agreement with owner Hutchison Ports over pay, ending the series of strikes that have affected the UK’s largest container hub. The new deal includes a bonus of £1,000 and an 8.5% pay increase.
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Japan’s ANA Cargo has become the latest carrier to sign up to the Freightos WebCargo platform. Forwarders will gain access to its fleet of over 200 aircraft on 130. Freightos says that airlines representing over 50% of global air cargo capacity are now available for booking on WebCargo, the largest ...
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Logistics company SCH has agreed a multi-year lease with Peel Ports Group to expand its car storage and transporter park at the Port of Liverpool.
The project, worth over £1 million, will increase the facility from 8 acres to over ten, to deal with growing demand for the processing of vehicles ...
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Blockchain document company CargoX says it has completed the world’s first transaction between competing electronic bill of lading platforms. with edoxOnline. The eBL was created by the shipping line on CargoX, transferred to the shipper on edoxOnline, transferred to the consignee on edoxOnline and surrendered to the shipping line on ...
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IKEA is making home deliveries to customers in Paris by boat and electric vehicles, says the Haropa port authority. Orders are prepared at a distribution centre in the Gennevilliers inland port on the river Seine in the northwest of the city and then transported in specialised containers by boat to ...
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Lufthansa Group’s time:matters rapid logistics arm has opened a tation in Casablanca and extended its same-day network to North Africa. Casablanca is served 17 times a week with direct flights from Frankfurt and Paris, able to carry shipments up to 300kg.
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The DIY and home and garden improvement market received a significant boost during the pandemic while supply chains for the industry are more global than almost any other. Products are also very seasonal, while there has been an appreciable swing towards e-commerce. Dachser DIY logistics handles nearly eight million shipments ...
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Birmingham forwarder Metro Shipping has joined Air France KLM Martinair Cargo‘s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme, the first in the UK to do so. Metro managing director Grant Liddell said: “Although it is currently early in the switch to full SAF on cargo flights, this will gather pace over the ...
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Air broker Chapman Freeborn, part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Andy Hudson as regional chief executive for the APAC region. He has been in the aviation industry for over 21 years, and his first charter broker position was in 2006. He then moved to aviation aircraft acquisitions and aircraft ...
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