Chris Lewis

Kuehne+Nagel opens centre for schoolbooks

Kuehne+Nagel and Mondadori Group have inaugurated a 40,000 sq m fulfilment centre in San Giorgio Bigarello, Italy’s largest educational publishing logistics hub  to distrubute reading matter to schools, educators and students across the country. It brings together activities previously managed across three locations. The hub also serves Mondadori Group’s educational and retail publishing business, including bookstores, e-commerce and direct-to-consumer channels. By centralising operations, increasing inventory visibility and omnichannel capabilities, the new ... [+]

Open Logistics Foundation starts work on eDeliveryNote

The Open Logistics Foundation has launched an eDeliveryNote project to provide free, openly available open source electronic documents. It says that millions of delivery notes accompany goods shipments across Europe daily but there is no standardised digital data model for this. The delivery note plays a central role in domestic freight ... [+]

Gulftainer reveals plans to go global

Gulftainer has unveiled a strategy to become a global trade infrastructure company integrating ports, shipping, inland logistics, industry and AI into a single platform. It includes plans to expand capacity of its Khorfakkan Commercial Terminal from 3.5 to 5 million TEUs a year, with a long-term plans for 10 million ... [+]

Broker swings into action after Venezuela quakes

Air Charter Service has been arranging flights to Venezuela following the double earthquake that hit two weeks ago. Ben Dinsdale, director for government and humanitarian services said that the at the charter broker, started receiving cargo and passenger requests on the day after the quakes hit on the morning of Thursday ... [+]

Ceva opens e-commerce site in just 20 weeks

CEVA Logistics is to open an e-commerce warehouse in Derby in August. The 508,000sq ft facility will manage  the storage, handling and distribution of customer inventory, enabling faster, more efficient customer deliveries across the UK. There are over 147,000 dynamic pick faces and variable storage locations. Additional capacity can be ... [+]

Batten down the hatches, warns TT Club

Insurer TT Club is warning the freight industry that a super El Niño weather event could be a systemic shock to the already strained global supply chains. With the world now officially in an El Niño climate pattern, the latest forecasts suggest it could be one of the strongest on record, ... [+]

Realterm signs deal for Harrisburg air cargo terminal

Transport investment manager Realterm has signed a partnership with the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) to develop a new flexible cargo facility at Harrisburg International Airport (MDT). It will deliver up to 105,000 square feet of first-line cargo space for single or multi-tenant operations. It will sit directly adjacent to ... [+]

CBAMable offers carbon tax platform

CBAMable has launched a software platform to help customs brokers, freight forwarders and trade compliance providers prepare importer clients for the UK and EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, due to come into force from 1 January 2027. It gives brokers and forwarders a single workspace to identify relevant imports, request supplier ... [+]

Four freighters for Saudia

Saudia Cargo is to add four Boeing 777-200 freighters to its fleet. The first new aircraft will arrive in the fourth quarter of 2026, with the remaining deliveries to be completed throughout 2027. [+]

Logistics UK calls for joined-up strategy for Ulster

Logistics UK chief executive Ben Fletcher called for a dedicated Northern Ireland Freight and Logistics Strategy during a visit to the province when he and his colleagues met with key political figures including Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins and Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Dr Steve Aitken. Discussions focused ... [+]

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