Chris Lewis

East Midlands reorganises for growth

East Midlands Airport is reorganising its aircraft stands to increase capacity for cargo and passengers as part of its recently-unveiled plans to develop parts of the airfield to facilitate forecast growth in freight operations. The east and west aprons are dedicated to cargo and the central apron handles all passenger flights. During the summer season, the 23 stands for passenger aircraft are full and with growing numbers of cargo airlines also ... [+]

Hamburg invests for the future

The port of Hamburg and the Germany public sector are to invest €1.1 billion in modernising container terminal operations at the Waltershofer Hafen The Elbe approach is to be enhanced created to make navigation to the Burchardkai and Hamburg container terminals easier and faster. At the same time, new land for ... [+]

Irish Freight Solutions continues the mental health conversation

Irish Freight Solutions has launched a second co-branded trailer with Whysup, unveiled at Multimodal 2025. It aims to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing issues in the logistics industry. It builds on an ongoing collaboration that has already seen Whysup deliver training and wellbeing sessions to logistics teams, with a ... [+]

Ice cream tops Dublin export success

Dublin Port says it handled record lo lo container tonnage in May, breaking the 800,000 tonne mark for the first time in a single month. It said the figures underscore the resilience and continued growth of Ireland’s export-driven economy. Chief executive Barry O’Connell, said: “The month of May saw more containers ... [+]

Laura Ritchey to lead Geodis in the Americas

French-owned forwarding and logistics specialist Geodis has appointed Laura Ritchey as president and chief executive of its Americas region. She will also serve on the group’s executive board. Ritchey will oversee the management and growth of the region’s multiple business units across North and South America, including contract logistics, freight forwarding ... [+]

M&M opens in Singapore

Swiss-based Militzer & Münch Group has opened a new country unit in Singapore to act as a regional coordination centre for cross-border logistics in Southeast Asia. It will offer the forwarder’s entire range of M&M services including land transport, air and sea freight, project logistics, and customs services. M&M also ... [+]

Avia and DHL slash emissions through SAF

Avia Solutions Group, the world's largest Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance (ACMI) provider, has partnered with DHL Express to reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions through the carrier’s GoGreen Plus service. Through the GoGreen Plus Basic Model, Avia Solutions Group has already reduced GHG emissions by 12.61% associated with DHL shipments, ... [+]

First cargo for Deugro’s new heavylift ship

Deugro’s new Rotra Futura heavylift vessel, delivered in April, has officially started operations moving wind turbine blades from Denmark to the US. The project supply vessel, specifically designed to handle larger and heavier offshore wind turbine components, collected the 108-meter-long blades at the Port of Aalborg, Denmark.   default [+]

Humber Freeport appoints head of investment

Humber Freeport has appointed Richard Beason as its new head of investment. He was previously economic development manager for Selby District Council, and subsequently North Yorkshire Council, for the past four years. He previously worked for Birmingham City University, as its growth hub account manager, and East Midlands Chamber of ... [+]

Taking the pain out of the pharma supply chain

Yulia Celetaria is leading a new entity, Healthc’Air to manage temperature-sensitive pharma airfreight. It has two major launch clients, ECS Group and Global GSA and says it has attracted the interest of over a dozen airlines at various stages of developing their pharma product offering. Healthc’Air offers a multi-tiered approach - ... [+]

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