Logistics

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Air France-KLM Group and the CMA CGM Group on 18 May announced that they have signed a long-term strategic partnership in the air cargo market. This exclusive partnership will see both parties combine their complementary cargo networks, full freighter capacity and dedicated services in order …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations in India (FFFAI) has announced its 24th Biennial Convention of the Federation to be held from August 12 to 14, 2022 at ITC Grand Chola in Chennai with the theme ‘Logistics – Reshape, Embrace and Surge in The Digital …

Kolkata: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, has said Waterways will usher in a new era of growth in the country’s North-eastern region. Inaugurating the exhibition at the Waterways Conclave in Dibrugarh, Assam he said that a waterways ecosystem that …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: J M Baxi Heavy Private Limited has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Allcargo Logistics Limited’s Project Forwarding & Logistics Business. It has also provided a binding offer to Lift and Shift India Private Limited (Lift and Shift), to acquire its heavy and over-dimension cargo …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) on 8 April 2022 announced the launch of Maersk Air Cargo as the company´s main air freight offering serving the logistics needs of its clients with integrated logistics. At the same time Maersk chooses Denmark’s second largest airport, Billund, as …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air cargo markets showing that demand increased in February despite a challenging operating backdrop. Several factors benefitted air cargo in February compared to January. On the demand side, manufacturing activity ramped-up quickly after the early …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has stated that the work on Mumbai-Goa highway will be completed within the next one year. Gadkari was speaking at the inauguration of three national highway projects worth Rs 131.87 crore in Raigad district and a …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: One of India’s top-ranked B-School – National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) has embarked upon bridging the academia-industry gap in the field of supply chain and logistics as part of the endeavour to reduce logistics cost in Asia’s third largest economy. At a stakeholder meet …

Guest article by Dinesh Rathi, Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Free Zone It is now less than 15 months since the birth of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on New Year’s Day 2021. The setting up of the free trade area (FTA) was announced amidst much fanfare. With the …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) and National Association of Freight & Logistics (NAFL) based in Dubai, UAE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an objective to record and form the basis of understanding between the said associations to strengthen, promote …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: The Executive Committee of the Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) is hosting its 4th EC Meeting on March 23, 2022 in Dubai while participating in the World Expo 2020 in Association with the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) organised event- 3rd …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: LogiNext, a global technology company that offers a SaaS Delivery Automation Platform, has partnered with MaltaPost p.l.c., Malta’s leading postal services company in the Maltese Islands to drive digital transformation solutions across the latter’s operations. MaltaPost will leverage LogiNext’s Delivery Automation Platform, which is an …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Early this week, the FIATA Multimodal Transport Institute (MTI) came together to discuss the impacts of the ongoing events in Ukraine on freight forwarding and logistics across sea, rail and road transport. Beyond the dramatic human consequences to which the sector is particularly moved, global …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: As part of ongoing efforts to accelerate the digitalisation of Abu Dhabi’s trade and logistics landscape and to further enhance the capabilities of the Advanced Trade and Logistics Platform (ATLP), Maqta Gateway, AD Ports Group’s digital arm has introduced Digital Airfreight Solutions as part of …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Hot on the heels of the launch of our own solar farm, a weekly train service to Jodhpur has started, catering for imported solar panels and in association with CONCOR , CU Lines and Seahorse Ship Agencies. PSA Mumbai bringing world class efficiency in its …