Chris Lewis
UPS has more than doubled the size of its healthcare logistics hub in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It has added 6,000sq m GDP-compliant space for a variety of temperature-sensitive medicines and biologics.
The facility will support growth and greater access to fast-growing Eastern European markets.
The Ostrava hub, UPS’s first dedicated healthcare logistics facility in the country, opened in October 2021 with a 3,800sq m facility. The expansion will enable faster ...
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Eurora Solutions, which provides artificial intelligence and machine learning-backed cross-border trade compliance platforms, has launched a service portal to allow smaller UK firms to outsource red tape caused by Brexit. It includes an Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) Service and Core Business Bundle with automated HS code allocation, duty and ...
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Plane maker Boeing is forecasting strong demand for air cargo services over the next two decades in its 2022 World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF), published on 9 November.
It expects traffic to double, while the world freighter fleet will expand by more than 60%.
The latest WACF projects that the world’s cargo ...
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Active airfreight container firm Envirotainer has expanded its production site in Rosersberg, just north of Stockholm in response to high demand for temperature-controlled units to transport medicines. This year alone, the business will add annual shipping capacity for around 200 million more doses and by the end of 2022 will ...
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The EIT Food innovation community is calling for proposals to help Ukraine export large quantities of grain and reduce dependency on export by sea through ports affected by the Russian invasion. The Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture is seeking alternative ways to move the country’s food exports, including an overland “pipeline”.
EIT ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) in partnership with recruitment agency Manpower has launched a Freight Development Pathway programme to help attract candidates to freight forwarding and logistics from outside the sector.
The Pathway offers participants a three-week employability programme, plus an introductory freight and customs training course, delivered by BIFA’s ...
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Peel Ports says that the Liverpool port strike scheduled for 14 November has been “postponed”.
Peel Ports Group, which operates the Port of Liverpool’s container terminals Terminal Investments Limited (TIL) said that an agreed proposal has been reached with Unite the Union that will be fully recommended to its members.
Unite will ...
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Work to build a new version of the Antonov AN-225 Mrija – the sole operational example of which was destroyed by Russian forces after they invaded Antonov Airlines’ Hostomel base early in the Ukraine war – has already started at a secret location, according to press reports.
In an interview with ...
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Portsmouth International Port stevedore Portico has begun building a new warehouse thath will more than double general cargo space to 50,000sq ft. The facility will be ready from spring 2023.
Managing director Steve Williams said: "We know that there is huge demand right now for warehouse space in the south-east, so ...
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Emirates has made a firm order for five new Boeing 777-200LR freighter aircraft, two of which will be delivered in 2024 and three in 2025. The agreement, worth over US$ 1.7 billion at list prices, takes the airline’s total order book to 200 wide-body aircraft.
Chairman and chief executive of Emirates ...
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