July 18 - XLProjects network member MariTrans has become part of CargoTrans - a provider Customs, brokerage, consolidation and freight forwarding services.
MariTrans brings a wealth of experience moving oversized and out-of-gauge shipments, and the ability to handle large projects, to the venture.
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has appointed Sam Warren, sustainability manager at Woodland Group, as chair of the organisation’s sustainable logistics policy group.
XLP members Freight Traders and SaCeMa Nordic Projects, representing New Zealand and Denmark respectively, have collaborated on the transport of a 96-tonne generator.
Freight forwarder network Project Partners has rebranded as Premium Logistics World (PLW).
Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute (SDARI), in collaboration with DNV and Toepfer Transport, has developed two state-of-the-art multipurpose vessel designs: Octopus 12.6 and Octopus 12.
Colonel’s Island Terminal at the USA’s port of Brunswick had its busiest month ever for ro-ro cargo during March 2024 handling 77,236 units, an increase of 21 percent over the same month of last year.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has joined global public-private partnership the First Movers Coalition (FMC), which is working to scale the most critical, emerging climate technologies required to decarbonise the world’s heavy-emitting sectors.
