French transport and logistics firm Bolloré Group has received an offer for 100 percent of its African logistics unit from major container shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC Group). The deal, estimated at €5.7 billion or US$6.4 billion, includes all of the forwarder’s transport and logistics activities in Africa. Aside from ocean, air, road, and rail transport, warehousing and terminal operations, Bolloré Africa Logistics manages the entire administrative and customs procedures … [Read more...] about Bolloré gets offer for its African logistics unit from MSC
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Volga-Dnepr flies world’s largest comms satellite to Japan
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has organized the delivery of the world's largest and most sophisticated commercial communications satellite—Inmarsat-6 F1, also known as I-6 F1—from Toulouse in France to Kitakyushu in Japan aboard its An-124-100. The challenging and complex delivery was completed in close cooperation with Bollore Logistics, with both teams starting initial project discussions back in 2019 and operations planning in September 2021. I-6 F1—the first of two Inmarsat-6 … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr flies world’s largest comms satellite to Japan
ABC flies urgent cargo amidst airport disruptions in China
Amidst ground handling disruptions at major Chinese airports last week, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) found a way to transport a large batch of diabetes treatments together with long-standing partner, Bollore Logistics. With passenger flights cancelled due to the Delta variant outbreak in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and other Chinese air hubs, resulting to consequently ground handling failures, Bollore Logistics worked with Volga-Dnepr's healthcare team to transport 25 tonnes of much-needed … [Read more...] about ABC flies urgent cargo amidst airport disruptions in China
PLA Global Wrap: Week 26
In this week's global wrap, we look back at B2B updates from week 26, including more recent commitments to adopt SAF and recent developments in unmanned air cargo delivery, with Dronamics and Hellmann announcing drone transport services as early as next year and DB Schenker and Volocopter conducting a joint static proof of concept for VoloDrone. Of course, we have the latest industry updates from the world's top airlines, airports, cargo handlers, forwarders and express operators, … [Read more...] about PLA Global Wrap: Week 26
PLA Global Wrap: Week 25
In this week's global wrap, we look back at the latest industry news and updates from week 25, including the end of Austrian Airlines' 'prachter' flights. We also cover the FAA's US$8 billion in grants to support the recovery of airports, as well as Korean Air's recent participation in the country's 'Space Pioneer' project. We round up the wrap with B2B updates from forwarders Geodis, CEVA and Bollore, as well as Safran, Brussels Airport, Qatar Airways, CHAMP and more. See the week 24 Global … [Read more...] about PLA Global Wrap: Week 25
Bolloré names new manager for food vertical in China
Bolloré Logistics has appointed Julie Pirola as food & reefer product manager to lead the growth for the vertical in China. Julie has been in the food and reefer logistics industry for 10 years and has helped build solutions in cold chain management and international freight forwarding for overseas producers, local importers, distributors and customs brokers. Also read: Bolloré to build its largest pharma hub in Europe “By working with our overseas network of experts and tapping on … [Read more...] about Bolloré names new manager for food vertical in China
