Chris Lewis

Pharma hub for northern France

GeoPost/DPD Group life sciences logistics specialist Biocair has opened a new hub in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, to the northwest of the French capital. The first phase is a Good Distribution Practice (GDP)-compliant warehouse with fridges, freezers and temperature-controlled packaging. The local team is also developing in-house transport solutions with approved service partners to establish a network in and around France. [+]

Third birthday for online air broker

Croydon, South London-headquartered digital air cargo charter business CharterSync, is celebrating its third birthday in July. Co-founders  Ed Gillett and Simon Watson – who are commercial pilots and flying enthusiasts -  say they have carved out a substantial share of the UK and European air cargo charter market since 2019 thanks ... [+]

DHL starts work on new Munich hub

DHL Express Germany has broken ground on its new Munich Airport facility. The building will boast a gross floor area of over 11,000sq m, almost seven times larger than the warehouse DHL Express currently rents at Munich Airport's cargo centre. The €104 million investment is in response to growing DHL Express ... [+]

UPS revenue up 5.7%

UPS has announced second-quarter 2022 consolidated revenues of $24.8 billion, a 5.7% increase over the second quarter of 2021. Consolidated operating profit was $3.5 billion, up 8.5% compared to the second quarter of 2021, and up 9.3% on an adjusted basis. [+]

IAG Cargo graduate scheme open for applicants

Applications are now open for the October intake of IAG Cargo’s graduate scheme. The carrier is looking to welcome more than a dozen talented graduates to join the two-year programme covering a range of head office functions from revenue management, human resources, marketing and transformation, with one place dedicated to ... [+]

Top marks for XPO on disability equality

XPO Logistics has received a score of 90 out of 100 on the 2022 Disability Equality Index (DEI, the second consecutive year the company has been recognised for disability inclusion as a best place to work. The DEI is a comprehensive benchmarking tool that helps companies continuously improve inclusivity in ... [+]

Strong first half for Dublin Port

Dublin Port’s volumes for the first six months of the year grew by +10.1% to 18.6 million gross tonnes in the first half of 2022. Four-fifths of cargo volumes were ro-ro and lo-lo modes and the number of trailers and containers that passed through Dublin Port in the first half of ... [+]

Arvato sets up state-of-the-art system in Dortmund

German-headquartered logistics company Arvato Supply Chain Solutions - a division of Bertelsmann - has put a new hall with one of the largest AutoStore storage systems in Europe in Dortmund, and now the company has its sights on expanding its warehouse in the industrial core region of Dorsten/Marl, about 20km ... [+]

DSV doubles forwarding earnings

DSV says its Air & Sea forwarding division achieved a 105% increase in EBIT earnings in the first half of 2022 amid strong half-year results in all divisions and regions. Gross profit grew 61% in the first half of 2022 compared to the first half of 2021, supported by the ... [+]

Women in Aviation and Logistics to be non-profit

The Women in Aviation and Logistics (WAL) group has been established as a not-for-profit Association and is now open for formal membership for both corporations and individuals. WAL was launched on International Women’s Day 2021 as a movement for change aimed at mobilising the industry to work towards closing the workplace ... [+]

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