Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has increased its facility footprint at London’s Heathrow Airport after a 30 percent growth in volumes in the past year. WFS has signed a five-year lease on Building 578 in the airport’s cargo area, boosting its warehouse and office space by a further 27,000 sqft. Due to commence operations in October, the building features eight landside doors for cargo deliveries and collections, and a 20-foot truck dock. Plans are underway for caster deck storage for loaded … [Read more...] about WFS boosts cargo handling capacity at Heathrow
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CCS-UK fastens delivery and collection process at Heathrow Airport
Two users of AIS (Advance Information System) - the new CCS-UK module that helps speed up deliveries and collections of air cargo at Heathrow Airport – have collaborated with CCS-UK and CCS-UK User Group to produce a system enhancement that enables them to send automatic status updates to airfreight forwarders and hauliers. Air cargo handling agents dnata and ASC can now provide agents and hauliers delivering or collecting cargo with regular updates direct into their systems, or via the AIS … [Read more...] about CCS-UK fastens delivery and collection process at Heathrow Airport
Collaboration crucial if UK air cargo is to compete and grow
The air cargo community in the UK would be far better at influencing government aviation policy if it collaborated more closely, says Nick Platts, head of cargo, Heathrow Airport. “I think that a community speaking with one voice would be an enormous benefit to the UK,” he told the audience at the Future of UK Airports seminar at Multimodal 2016. “Unfortunately I can’t see it happening as no one talks to each other.” He cited Schiphol as an example of a community that had worked together to … [Read more...] about Collaboration crucial if UK air cargo is to compete and grow
UK freight forwarding, logistics back Heathrow Commons Committee Report
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) and the British International Freight Association (BIFA) have echoed the British House of Commons Transport Committee's call for a speedy decision on the long drawn out airport expansion decision. In its report on airport expansion in the South East, the House of Commons Transport Committee, has criticised the UK Government for squandering the opportunity to end decades of "political dithering" over a decision on the expansion of UK airport … [Read more...] about UK freight forwarding, logistics back Heathrow Commons Committee Report
New senior regional director at B&H Worldwide
Specialist logistics provider B&H Worldwide has announced the appointment of Doug Coull to the newly created position of senior degional firector. He joined the company in mid-2014 in a European capacity and has now been given a wider brief which will also include the Americas. Coull is a highly experienced senior executive who has previously served as UK operations director at DB Schenker and BAX Global as well as sales director at Exel in the UK. In his new role, he will continue to be … [Read more...] about New senior regional director at B&H Worldwide
New senior regional director at B&H Worldwide
Specialist logistics provider B&H Worldwide has announced the appointment of Doug Coull to the newly created position of senior degional firector. He joined the company in mid-2014 in a European capacity and has now been given a wider brief which will also include the Americas. Coull is a highly experienced senior executive who has previously served as UK operations director at DB Schenker and BAX Global as well as sales director at Exel in the UK. In his new role, he will continue to be … [Read more...] about New senior regional director at B&H Worldwide