Chris Lewis
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 Airline and Group, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, said: "This order reflects Emirates’ confidence in airfreight demand and overall ...
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Software firm Awery Aviation Services has signed agreements with GSSA Airnautic and GSA A.D. Aviation to integrate its enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform into their current software.
The system will streamline both companies’ sales, operations, and finance functions, as well as supporting bookings through Awery’s CargoBooking system. The ERP platform provides ...
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The new Côte d'Ivoire Terminal in Abidjan officially went live on 2 November. The first vessel to be officially operated on at the terminal was a 5,770TEU CMA CGM Rossini. Abidjan’s second container terminal is a joint venture between APM Terminals and Bolloré Ports, with a total investment of about ...
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Dublin Port Company has appointed Barry O’Connell as its new chief executive from 14 November.
He joins the port from the Coca-Cola System, where he has held multiple senior executive roles in bottling operations around the world since 1992 and has led organisational transformation initiatives in Austria/Slovenia, New Zealand, Australia and ...
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Thor Svecon Group (TSG) has added a new routing on its SUN Line Line service between Sweden, the Netherlands and Hull.
The 660TEU MV Perseus will operate a weekly Stockholm (Norvik)-Hull-Rotterdam rotation from 8 November.
TSG already operates the Alrek (220TEU), Frej and Odin (both 178TEU) between Västerås (about 50km west of ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened a third cargo handling facility at Copenhagen Airport.
The new Terminal 3 cargo building adds a further 3,700sq m warehouse facility to WFS’ handling infrastructure in Copenhagen, where it handles over 100,000 tonnes of cargo a year on passenger and freighter services.
Since opening its first ...
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Logistics UK says it has received a record number of entries for its Logistics Awards 2022 – around double the figure received in previous years.
The shortlist for the event at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London on the evening of Thursday 8 December include: CharterSync, McCulla (Ireland) UK and PD ...
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Avia Solutions Group’s air charter arm Chapman Freeborn has appointed David Tasker as director – government and humanitarian. He brings over 30 years of logistics experience to the role, including six years as vice president global defence at DB Schenker and 13 years at the Ministry of Defence where he ...
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Supply chain company Agility is to build a logistics park near Jeddah as part of a land-concession agreement announced by Saudi Arabia’s State Properties General Administration. The project at Jeddah- Al Mahjar calls for construction of a modern warehousing complex on a 576,760sq m parcel south of the city with ...
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Bosch Secure Truck Parking and Travis Road Services have signed an alliance that they say will offer the highest number of bookable spaces in Europe. From the beginning of 2023, users will be able to access a portal with a total of 15,000 parking spaces at well around 400 locations ...
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