Chris Lewis

New feeder for south-east Asia

AD Ports Group’s Safeen Feeders and CMA CGM Groupare to launch a Southeast Asia service linking Singapore, Colombo and Chennai. It will be operated by the Safeen Pioneer which has a capacity of 2,034TEU. [+]

Global issues and Ukraine deplete Schiphol cargo

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s total cargo volume for the first six months of 2022 decreased by -13.8% to 721,746 tonnes compared to the first six months of 2021. Inbound cargo volumes decreased by -17.5% to 364,376 tonnes, and outbound cargo volumes also decreased by -9.7% to 357,369 tonnes during the same period ... [+]

Lufthansa aims to be film star

Lufthansa Cargo says it will become the first cargo airline to use a new type of film that consists of ten percent recycled plastic and is also one micrometer thinner than previous films – saving about 2kg per flight. Each year, the carrier uses about 500 tons of plastic film ... [+]

Good month for Le Shuttle

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight transported almost 107,000 trucks during August 2022 – a 1% increase on the year before. Since the beginning of the year, Le Shuttle Freight has seen almost one million trucks cross the Short Straits. Le Shuttle has also achieved its best monthly performance since August 2019, ... [+]

EV Cargo buys Spain’s Air Express Cargo

EV Cargo has acquired 75% of Spanish-based Air Express Cargo from its founding family owners.  Formed in 2004, and operating out of offices in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, Air Express Cargo provides air and sea freight forwarding and customs brokerage services across Spain. The acquisition of Air Express Cargo will also provide ... [+]

August gives glimmer of hope for global air cargo

August gives glimmer of hope for global air cargo August offered a glimmer of hope for the global air cargo market as the decline in demand of the previous four months slowed and general air cargo rates between Europe and North America stabilized, said CLIVE Data Services, part of Xeneta. After -8% ... [+]

Germany forwarder to support Belgian Olympians

Rhenus Air & Ocean is the new Team Belgium Official Supplier for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024.The forwarder will be responsible for transporting all sports equipment for the team ranging from bicycles and vaulting poles to sailing catamarans door-to-door to the various competitions by road, air or ocean ... [+]

Home shopping boom for Birmingham forwarder

Coleshill-based International Forwarding Limited (IFL) says an increasing number of deliveries to residential addresses has resulted in a boom in business. IFL joined the Palletways network in 2002 has recruited staff to manage customs entries and systems and, with the introduction of new Clean Air Zones across the country, ploughed thousands ... [+]

SAL signs up for new ships

Project cargo shipping specialist SAL Heavy Lift has signed building contracts for four firm and two optional new generation ships with Wuhu Shipyard, China. Scheduled for delivery starting in mid-year 2024, the first two ships of the Orca Class will be exclusively involved in the transportation of offshore wind turbine components ... [+]

Pharma Masterclass gets underway

The second International Pharma Logistics Masterclass is taking place at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi this week with 120 participants gathering for a five-day intensive programme of presentations, debates and practical workshops. This year’s edition is a international joint initiative, organized by the HOPE Consortium, Khalifa University of Science and ... [+]

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