The US-based handling firm also acquired Chicago-based handler MIC Cargo in October. Taking over TAS, which performs handling at eight US airports, allows AGI to enter four new markets gain four stations where it already has a presence and expands its footprint to 29 locations. TAS employs...

Rogier Spoel, senior policy manager air and ocean freight at Dutch shipper association evofenedex, said companies in the textiles industry had begun moving to Turkey and North Africa, for example. “We’re not seeing a permanent shift, but there’s a lot more ‘production spreading’ going on,�...

DP-DHL board member Tim Scharwath told Logistic-News today that when the effects of external factors like the war in Ukraine and the global pandemic subside, the drive for more efficient and cleaner supply chains will be irresistible. “Major DAX companies here in Germany show better results this ye...

A global average temperature change of between 1.5-3°C may headline the discussion, but, as the UK’s Meteorological Office expert Rosie Oates explains, it is the more subtle disruptions to existing weather patterns which will most interfere with logistics. She said: “As the sea surface heats up...

The electronic B/L, approved by the International Chamber of Commerce, uses blockchain to authenticate documents and provide an audit trail. FIATA said the solution was designed to “answer the needs of the industry for improved access and exchange of trade documents”. The document issuer can dec...

This is according to a leading pan-European air freight road feeder services (RFS) operator, which has a number of major cargo-carrying airlines among its customers. “Air imports to Europe, especially from the Asia Pacific region, have been depressed as a result of Covid lockdowns and the knock-on...

No doubt the French state – which owns a whopping 28.6% of the airline group – had its hand in the talks and, at the same time, of course, the French government was urging CMA CGM to buy Gefco in something of a fire sale; it being 75%-owned by newly anointed corporate pariah Russian Railways. Th...

The owner of Ceva Logistics and now Gefco made $17.8bn in profit in 2021, and is further strengthening its foothold in the French logistics market with the investment, while gaining an experienced partner to take care of its freighter aspirations. AF-KLM and CMA CGM have signed a 10-year, exclusive ...

Committee members voted overwhelmingly to extend the ETS to aviation, voting 66 to nine in favour, with 12 abstentions. Starting from 30 April the year after the measure enters into force, the proposal will now move for approval to the European Parliament in early June, before final approval and rat...

To that end, it has appointed a chief people officer, Caroline Andrews, recruited from DHL Express, where she was VP HR for the UK and Ireland. Although IAG Cargo did not confirm whether these are replacement or additional staff, in June 2020 it announced it was to fire 500 people. However, since th...