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Bring on the bling! Cargo-partner and Nippon Express celebrate first 100 days

Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner celebrated its first 100 days as a member of Japan’s Nippon Express Group with a ceremony at Vienna’s Hofburg Palace, once one of Emperor Franz Joseph’s favourite cribs. Among the many tasks that the two companies have carried out since 8 January is a new logo that retains Cargo-partner’s traditional seagulls but complemented with the wording: “Member of Nippon Express” to show that the cargo-partner has now become ... [+]

Davies Turner goes 7UP with Atherstone hub

UK freight forwarder Davies Turner has opened its seventh bespoke third party logistics facility at Atherstone in the Midlands.The multi-user hub is fully Customs-bonded, with 140,000 sq ft of warehousing, incorporating a high bay fully racked area. With an eaves height of 17 metres, is ... [+]

Ceva’s team on its marks for Paris 2024

CMA CGM and its Ceva Logistics arm expect to deliver 1.3 million items of furniture and over 900,000 pieces of sports equipment to Paris Olympics venues. As the official logistics partner for the Games, the CMA CGM Group is mobilizing its 180,000 employees to help meet ... [+]

Emirates and Schenker get together

Emirates SkyCargo has established an API connection with forwarder DB Schenker. The host-to-host connection with DB Schenker’s internal booking engine gives agents direct access to schedules, standard and contract tariff rates and available capacity, on its network of over 140 destinations. Launching first in Germany, Austria ... [+]

Inspections would bring US air cargo to a halt, warns forwarders’ chief

Any moves towards 100% physical inspection of pharma packages in the US to tackle the fentanyl crisis would grind air cargo operations to a halt, warns executive director of the Airforwarders Association, Brandon Fried. Instead, government should use advanced data analysis and detection technologies to target ... [+]

Unsworth clients see Border Control issues at first hand

Unsworth recently organised an exclusive tour of Defra’s Inland Border Clearance facility at Sevington for almost 100 of the forwarder’s clients and other stakeholders. The event, which was held in association with Ashford Port Health, was designed specifically to provide first hand information about the next ... [+]

WACO recruits in Indonesia

The WACO System network has appointed PT Fajar Insan Nusantara (FIN Logistics) as its member for Indonesia. Family owned forwarder FIN Logistics offers air freight, sea freight, and Customs brokerage through nine branches across the country. Its areas of expertise include healthcare and pharmaceuticals, fashion, ... [+]

Tariffs pose threat to small-firm traders, says economist

Small and medium-sized companies could be increasingly pushed out of international trade by giant corporations if protectionist trade policies continue to increase, economist and author Marc Levinson told the latest episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club podcast, produced in partnership with Dimerco. He argued that the ... [+]

Dachser launches Smart Border solution

Dachser has launched two Smart Border Connect services, connect40 and connect42. They provide UK exporters, shipping on DDP incoterms, with frictionless access to Dachser’s European groupage network.Since Brexit Dachser has created many bespoke customer DDP solutions but Smart border connect is designed to give UK ... [+]

Climate change puts the heat on pharma shipments

Aramex UK is urging companies exporting pharmaceuticals overseas to be mindful about shipping to warmer climates. Temperature fluctuations due to improperly configured refrigerated containers, unforeseen delays or other issues can lead to product damage or loss, costing potentially millions of pounds. Failures in temperature-controlled logistics could ... [+]

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