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04.03.2021

Customs clearance with 3T Logistics

Transport management technology specialist 3T Logistics and Technology Group has launched a new customs clearance service for UK’s exporters and importers. The fourth-party logistics (4PL) provider aims at minimising border...

04.03.2021

Iata regional VP, Africa & Middle East

Kamil Al-Awadhi assumed his new position as Iata's vice president for the region Africa & Middle East (AME) on 1 March 2021. Succeeding Muhammed Albakri, who has been appointed senior vice president for customer,...

04.03.2021

UK selects first eight freeports

In his annual budget announcement, British chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak said that eight freeports will be established in England, with Teesside and the Solent amongst the winners. The first wave of freeports includes...

04.03.2021

Bottleneck for heavy traffic eliminated

The new bridge across Akhtuba River in the Astrakhan region in Russia is now open for traffic. The new bridge is one of the key links to increase goods throughput to the ports of the Azov-Black Sea basin. The opening of the...

04.03.2021

Solar power for Night Star Express

Night Star Express, an association of six medium-sized logistics service providers founded in 1993, is reducing its carbon footprint by introducing solar energy on its building in 's-Heerenberg, the Netherlands. To this end, 676...

04.03.2021

TSA "qualifies" dual-view air cargo scanner

The HI-SCAN 145180-2is pro of Smiths Detection, an American specialist for threat detection and security screening technologies, has been added to the “qualified” section of the transportation security administration’s (TSA)...

04.03.2021

More than 100,000 teu at Liège

The Autonomous Port of Liège, Belgium, witnessed a new mark in 2020 for the volumes of river container traffic. With 115,921 teu and an increase of 20% (+19,701 teu), the container terminals of the Port of Liège thus recorded...

04.03.2021

4,000 violations discovered

In Germany, the Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG) and the Federal Association of Road Haulage, Logistics and Disposal (BGL) joined forces to combat unfair practices in road haulage such as illegal cabotage. The...

04.03.2021

"Curiosity of the Day"

The Cavendish banana variety, which dominates 95% of world trade, is sterile and can only be propagated by cloning.

04.03.2021

Chep appoints Vicente Vallina

Chep, a provider of supply chain solutions, has named Vicente Vallina as director of retail and asset management in Spain, effective 1 March 2021. He reports directly to Vicente Mollá, Chep Spain's CEO and will design and...

Letzte Meile als Schlüssel

Auf der E-Commerce-Welle surfen nicht nur die KEP-Anbieter. Auch klassische Speditionen setzen auf den wachsenden Markt – und versuchen, wie XPO Logistics nach einem schweren Jahr, in ausgesuchten Wachstumsfeldern zu punkten.

03.03.2021

Drones assist in vaccine logistics

Zipline is cooperating with UPS and the UPS Foundation to assist the government of Ghana in the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines across the West African country. Supported by the coordination of UPS Healthcare with vaccine...

03.03.2021

Hungarian coaches for Egypt

DHL is supporting Dunakeszi Járműjavító Kft to transport the largest order of rolling stock in the country's history. 676 passenger coaches will be delivered from the production site in Dunakeszi, Hungary, to Egypt within a...

03.03.2021

Americold's expansion pays off

For 2020, Atlanta-headquartered Americold reported revenues of USD 1.99 billion, an uptick of 11.4% in comparison to 2019. The company invested both in the extension of its network and in acquisitions, pouring USD 2.6 billion...

03.03.2021

Latam Group reveals big cargo plan(e)s

Latam Airlines Group announced a significant expansion of its cargo operations with the conversion of up to eight Boeing 767-300ER aircraft into Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF), representing a freighter capacity growth of up to...

03.03.2021

Central Asia: another step towards digitalisation

Two trucks carrying cotton bound for Turkey have crossed the border from Tajikistan to Uzbekistan, using the TIR-EPD electronic customs pre-declaration for the first time in Tajikistan. Transport operator Sharipov Tojiddin...

03.03.2021

From transatlantic to transpacific?

Transpacific is one thing, transatlantic another. Sea Intelligence, the maritime intelligence provider from Copenhagen, recently analysed the volume of blank sailings on the transatlantic trades. CEO Alan Murphy: "In...

03.03.2021

Helping to build digital carrier community

European digital freight forwarder Sennder has appointed Jared Winder as VP - carriers. As the latest addition to the leadership team, Winder joins the growing Amsterdam team, where he will be responsible for developing the...

03.03.2021

Mode marries Avenger Logistics

3 PL Mode Transportation, a Dallas-headquartered company, has purchased Avenger Logistics, a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based freight brokerage firm offering OTR and LTL services in North America. The financial terms of the takeover...

03.03.2021

Carriers to pay damages

United Airlines has agreed to pay over USD 49 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to fraud on postal service contracts for the transportation of international mail. The sum includes USD 17,271,415 in...