Chris Lewis

Carriers return to the Middle East

Turkish Airlines resumed flights to Abu Dhabi on 1 July and will restart services to Dammam on 10 July, Kuwait on 11 July and Bahrain on 16 July. It follows the restart of Dubai operations on 9 June with an increase from seven to 14 weekly flights from 25 June. Flights to Amman and Beirut have also resumed. Cathay Pacific says it will resume freighter services to Riyadh from 1 August and ... [+]

SolitAir starts Sofia services

UAE cargo airline SolitAir has started services from Dubai to Sofia, Bulgaria, its first destination in the EU. It follows its designation as an ACC3 (Air Cargo and Mail Carrier from a Third Country) designation, granted by the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority. The new service connects to the carrier’s established ... [+]

Global K9 calls for UK screening rules overhaul

Dog screener, Global K9, is calling on UK regulators to review regulations for aerospace cargo. Chief commercial officer, Chris Daniels, told delegates at the Multimodal 2026 exhibition in Birmingham, that aircraft engines cannot currently be screened by certified canine teams in the UK and, as a result, are routinely sentby road ... [+]

BIFA boss pledges to cut through Ulster Gordian Knot

BIFA director general Steve Parker says he plans to meet with politicians and officials to try and reformulate Northern Ireland’s customs status. With a new version of the Trader Support System (TSS) due to launch in January, he says that the province’s customs status is currently unclear and indeed, “messy”. Northern ... [+]

CMA CGM to buy FedEx Supply Chain

CMA CGM Group has signed an agreement to acquire FedEx’s Supply Chain arm for $1.4 billion. The acquisition, expected to close in 2026, would nearly triple the size of the North American contract logistics operations of its CEVA Logistics subsidiary. The combined entity would operate about 150 warehouses, with a combined ... [+]

Air India space goes on cargo.one

Air India is offering its capacity on the cargo.one platform. It allows forwarders to discover, quote and book services for general cargo up to 2500 kg on both Air India’s international services between destinations in India and global gateways such as Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Zurich, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo. [+]

Insurance quotes at a click

Digital cargo insurance specialist Breeze has partnered with the Realm Realtime’s Oppi platform to automatically generate an insurance quotation that forwarders can choose to accept and issue a policy. A direct application programming interface (API) integration automates the exchange of shipment data between the two platforms. [+]

Gulftainer launches Iraq feeder

Gulftainer has launched a dedicated feeder service linking the UAE and Umm Qasr, Iraq. It operates into the Umm Qasr Logistics Centre (UQLC), which provides warehousing, container storage, cargo consolidation, customs facilitation and value-added services. Gulftainer operates ten vessels connecting the Gulf, Iraq, India, Pakistan, China, and Southeast Asia. [+]

All systems go for pan-European network

System Alliance Europe, the largest groupage cooperation in Europe with 54 member companies  including Europa Road in the UK says it has recorded the strongest volume growth of the past five years. “It handled 3.5 million shipments in 2025 compared with 3.0 million in 2025 and a tonnage of 1.1 ... [+]

XPO Logistics gets in the saddle for Tour de France

XPO Logistics, is once again making sure the wheels of the Tour de France, the world’s most famous cycling competition turn smoothly. It is also supporting the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, the increasingly popular women’s version of the Tour, which will ascend the fearsome Mont Ventoux for the ... [+]

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