Chris Lewis
UAL has introduced a fixed nine-day Caribbean Shuttle loop service linking the hub port of Point Lisas in Trinidad & Tobago with Georgetown (Guyana), and Paramaribo (Suriname). It will be operated by the newly delivered UAL Transporter, a landing craft vessel with a shallow five-meter draft and a capacity of 387TEU, able to access river ports. It can handle containers, ro ro cargo and breakbulk and project cargo.
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DHL eCommerce has opened a Midlands facility in Minworth, Birmingham. The refurbished 9,700sq m site will increase handling capacity by 50% and service over 80 core routes with a further 30 during peak season. It forms part of DHL eCommerce’s €560m investment in the UK announced in 2022 and follows ...
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International airline network Air One has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777 Freighter at Boeing’s Everett production facility in Washington.
The production freighter is the first of two new 777Fs purchased by AeroTransCargo FZE, the aviation asset management company and subsidiary of Air One International Holdings. The second aircraft is ...
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FTA Ireland (FTAI) says it is disappointed by the An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP, Irish Planning Board)’s final decision to impose a quota on night flights at Dublin Airport.
Chief executive Niall Cotton, said the ruling disregarded recommendations made by the organisation and its members, and will restrict the logistics industry in ...
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Humberside-based logistics company Neill & Brown has launched a European rail freight service in joint venture with its Italian partner, Sogedim. The two companies have invested in six reinforced Huckepack trailers that can be lifted on and off rail wagons. They will move by road in the UK to and ...
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Bullet Express has appointed Grant Donald as chief operating officer. He joins the Scottish-based company from Movianto, where he was national head of UK network operations and before that held executive positions with companies including DPD, G4S and Tuffnells. In his new role, he assumes operational oversight of Bullet Express ...
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DFDS is to buy some of the assets of Naviera Armas’ Strait of Gibraltar ferry operations including a ro-pax ferry, a high-speed catamaran and existing route permits, along with some 200 employees. The purchase price is DKK 240m (£27.8m) and is subject to regulatory approvals. DFDS currently operates two ferry ...
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Global GSA Group’s IT operations have been awarded ISO 27001 certification, the internationally recognized benchmark for information security management systems. The company has demonstrated rigorous technical and organizational controls, including data protection, access management, risk assessment and business continuity planning. It also supports the Group’s alignment with GDPR and other ...
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Bertelsmann-owned supply chain specialist Arvato has opened a 10,000sq m high-tech logistics centre in Frankfurt am Main. It describes the facility as a response to the growing demand for agile and secure supply chain solutions in a key corridor for Cloud infrastructure, AI services and data centres.
The new Frankfurt site ...
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CMA CGM has launched the second edition of its Startup Awards—an international competition to identify and support the most innovative new companies in maritime transport, logistics and media. Organized in partnership with BFM Business and La Tribune, the competition is part of the Artificial Intelligence Marseille (AIM) forum, which takes ...
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