Chris Lewis

Green power at Frankfurt handler

Frankfurt Cargo Services’ (FCS) operation in Germany is now powered by 100% renewable energy in support of parent company Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) ‘Our Sustainable Flight Path’ programme. It supports the operation of the entire FCS warehouse facility, including material handling. IT and security systems, lighting, and charging stations for electric forklifts and company and customer vehicles. FCS also operates a waste management and recycling system and has KPIs in place to ... [+]

KN signs deal for Jo’Burg centre

Kuehne+Nagel has signed a long-term agreement for a new airside facility located in the airport zone of OR Tambo International airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. It includes a comprehensive cold chain solution for pharma products. It will also offer solutions including warehousing, transportation, customs brokerage, supply chain management, and airside support ... [+]

First Freeports get final green light

The UK’s first Freeports in Plymouth, Solent, and Teesside are now fully up and running after receiving final government approval, said the Department for Levelling up on 7 December. Each of will now receive up to £25 million seed funding and potentially tens of millions of pounds in locally retained business ... [+]

Fishermen missing after collision with Channel Islands freighter

A search for three crewmembers of a fishing boat is underway off the Jersey coast  following a collision with Condor Ferries freight vessel, Commodore Goodwill at 05:30 on the morning of 8 December. According to reports, the wreck of the fishing boat has been located on the seabed while the ... [+]

New Nigeria chief for APMT Nigeria

Frederik Klinke has been appointed country managing director, Nigeria at APM Terminals, taking over from Klaus Holm Laursen, who moves head of joint ventures, Africa and Europe. Frederik Klinke has been with AP Moller - Maersk since 2006. Most recently, he was regional head of finance for Africa and Middle ... [+]

More Swedish logistics space for Geodis

Geodis has further extended its contract logistics capabilities in Sweden with a 20,000sq m warehouse close to its existing facility at Arendal, near Gothenburg. It is 12 months since the forwarder established an operational footprint adjacent to the port with a 16,000sq m facility. The extension has a railhead within ... [+]

Hamburg ships food aid to Odessa

German Food Bridge, stevedore Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and Unilever have shipped a container of urgently needed food by rail to Odessa  in Ukraine. Head of German Food Bridge and chairman of the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, André Pilling, said that with the damage done to energy infrastructure in ... [+]

Airfreight customers reluctant to commit

Freight forwarders are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach before making long-term air cargo capacity commitments demand dropped 2% month-over-month in November , says the latest weekly market by Xeneta’s CLIVE Data Services. Chargeable weight in November was down 8% versus the same month of 2021, although the 1% reduction in ... [+]

Courier saves Qatar from World Cup own goal

The On-board Courier (OBC) division of Frankfurt-based NEO Air Group managed to ship an urgent piece of broadcast equipment to Doha within 19 hours despite Qatar’s severe entry restrictions during the World Cup competition. Elite Global Logistics made an initial enquiry at 09.32, for the critically urgent shipment from its customer ... [+]

Woodland is on the Ball to cut carbon emissions

Woodland Group says it has helped Ball Beverage Packaging cut its UK inbound supply chain emissions by 82% between March 2021 and September 2022. Ball makes infinitely recyclable aluminium beverage cans with 25 plants in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia alone. With its Doncaster facility located next to the iPort ... [+]

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