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Air Charter Service has arranged the first civilian cargo flight into Aden since the troubles there started almost five months ago. ACS


chief executive Justin


Bowman said that while nearly 4,000 people have been killed and 1.3 million forced to flee their homes since the conflict began, civilian cargo flights carrying much needed humanitarian aid have not been allowed in for months. Eventually, ACS arranged for an IL-76 aircraſt to fly on 13 August, on behalf of a Middle Eastern government. The aircraſt carried 35 tons of aid, consisting of food stuffs and medical supplies,


along with six diplomats. Aden is the temporary capital


city of the country, following the Houthi rebels’ takeover of Sana’a in March of this year. Bowman added: “We have already performed more than 20 flights into Sana’a for various Red Cross organisations, charities and governments, with the first direct flight from the UAE into the country being operated two weeks ago by us. The country’s third airport,


Al Hudaydah, in the west of the country, remains non-operational at the moment. Meanwhile,


the EU called


Issue 6 2015 - Freight Business Journal


Air Charter Service comes to Yemen aid


on all parties in the conflict to refrain from deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure, including the port of Hodeida, which has suffered air strikes and shelling. It said the war is having a dramatic impact on the civilian population


whose needs have reached alarming proportions. Access for the delivery of humanitarian aid and essential supplies, including fuel, food and basic commodities to ordinary Yemenis extremely difficult.


remains Palletways goes east


Palletways has added Romania and Bulgaria to its palletised freight network, which now covers 20 countries in Europe. Managing director of Palletways Europe, Rachael Alpha, said that since joining the EU in 2007, both countries have become important growth areas for the transportation of palletised goods. “Naturally, we saw the region as the next


logical step in the development of our pan-


European services as we extend our offer to more countries,” she added. Palletways’ now handles over across Europe


30,000 pallets


every day and cross border volume growth is predicted to reach 50% this year. The group recently added Poland and the Baltic states to its operations and is looking to further develop into Hungary, Switzerland and the Nordic countries.


New manager to spearhead Palletforce European drive


Freight distribution network Palletforce has appointed Renate Ziegler as its European development manager. She was previously


international sales manager for a pallet network in Germany and has over 15 years’ experience of sales and business development in the UK, Germany, Austria,


Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. In her new role she will be


responsible for driving Palletforce’s European sales development


programme, working directly with Palletforce members, identifying and advising on commercial opportunities


within express freight sector. the UK


News Roundup Forwarding & Logistics


Rhenus Logistics has launched an extended service to Japan, part of its strategic plan to improve its UK and EU gateways to global markets and following the recent opening of its London Heathrow facility. The company now operates weekly ocean route departures and five air freight consolidations per week, focussing on exporting consumer goods to its key destinations in Tokyo and Osaka.


Davies Turner has appointed Alan Williams, previously director at Dartford, as national sales and marketing director. He is responsible for developing the Group’s logistics, overland and ocean freight operations. His replacement as director at Dartford is Edward Stephenson, a graduate of the company’s apprenticeship scheme. He was previously one of the company’s business systems analysts and has also worked at Davies Turner Air Cargo. Following the retirement of Mike Dean at Davies Turner Birmingham, Emily Stephenson becomes director responsible for the Midlands hub. Meanwhile Davies Turner Air Cargo has promoted James Wheatley to sales director.


US-owned forwarder and logistics company CH Robinson Worldwide has appointed Jeroen Eijsink as president of its CH Robinson Europe arm. He was previously chief executive of DHL Freight in Germany since March 2013, and has also worked in Belgium, Netherlands and the UK since joining that company in 2003 aſter seven years with Siemens in Munich, Germany.


Jochen Thewes is to be Schenker AG’s new chairman of the board of management, from 1 September. An internationally recognized supply chain and logistics expert, he has since 2011 been Schenker’s chief executive officer in Singapore. Prior to that, he was senior vice president global ocean freight. Previous positions before joining DB Schenker include senior management positions at Kuehne + Nagel.


US-owned forwarder BDP International’s UK arm has become an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO). The new status will give easier access to certain simplifications in customs procedures such as guarantee waivers and centralized clearance, as well as facilitations from certain security and safety controls.


Dachser UK has gained Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status from HM Revenue & Customs.


Industrial property developer Segro has acquired a 20-acre site in Purfleet, east of London, from Savills. There is space for 400,000sq ſt of development and units can be built on a speculative or pre-let basis. The land is next to the A13 corridor and Segro is expecting interest from logistics operators and retailers.


APL Logistics has opened a consolidation centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - the largest single-roof container freight station within the company’s South East Asia CFS network. The facilityincludes over 500,000sq ſt of bonded and warehouse space, 80,000sq ſt of secured parking space easily accommodating 200 forty-foot trucks, and 170 loading and receiving bays.


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