Chris Lewis
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has named Stephen Parker as its new director general to succeed Robert Keen, who will retire from full time employment with the trade association in 2023.Mr Parker has retired from his position as head of Customs UK at DHL Global Forwarding to start his new role with BIFA from the start of the new year.His career spans over four decades in freight and logistics. ...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) is to add an Altiplano Service feeder route from Callao (Peru) to Arica and Iquique (Chile) from February. It complements ONE’s existing Asia to West Coast Latin America services and provides more connections for intra-Latin American shippers.
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Portsmouth International Port’s Mike Sellers, has taken over as Chair of the British Ports Association. Mr Sellers, who is port director at the Hampshire ro ro and general cargo gateway was elected as Deputy Chair of the Association in 2022 and replaces Neil Glendinning of Harwich, who has retired. Mike ...
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Danish logistics operator DFDS has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Ulster-based McBurney Transport Group, its second acquisition on the island of Ireland in six months.
Ballymena-headquartered McBurney’s core activity is the transport of around 100,000 full and part-load trailers between Ireland and the UK by road and ferry, ...
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The Port of Dover says it handled its largest ever tonnage of fresh fruit during pre-Christmas build-up. The port’s cargo business unloaded five vessel calls in seven days from Seatrade and GreenSea, including melons from Brazil, bananas and fresh produce from Ecuador and grapes from South Africa.The terminal offers temperatures ...
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Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines has been named Best Cargo Charter Operator of the Year in the ACA awards. The Air Charter Association’s recognises and rewards companies for excellence in our industry, in nine categories by the association’s 330+ global member companies, alongside a panel of independent industry judges.
Antonov Company acting general ...
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Silk Way West Airlines has flown 100 yaks 2,000 kilometres from Kyrgyzstan to Azerbaijan for a wildlife reintroduction project. Experts at the Baku-based all-cargo airline accepted the challenge of moving the herd from Bishkek Manas International to Baku Heydar Aliyev International for transport by truck to their new pastures by ...
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Swiss WorldCargo has moved its first SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel)-compensated cargo shipment, from Barcelona to Narita via Zurich. The consignment of medicines was on behalf of forwarder PHSE, one of the first of a regular series of SAF-compensated cargo shipments that the customer has agreed to ship until the end ...
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DSV has opened a 380,000sq ft temperature-controlled warehouse in Northampton. The BREEAM ‘Outstanding’-certified building will be one of the largest in the logistics and forwarding company’s Midlands portfolio and will significantly increase its UK footprint.
It will incorporate DSV Solutions UK’s largest GDP-compliant temperature-controlled solution for large and small healthcare companies ...
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The Welsh Government has decided to postpone plans to introduce pre-notification for certain sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) goods products imported to Wales from the Republic of Ireland. It follows concerns by stakeholders over the available time before 1 January 2023 to prepare, said Minister for Economy, Vaughan Gething.
Introduction of prenotification ...
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