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logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) recently confirmed that it recorded a 13.61% year-on-year increase in container handling during March 2025, reaching 699,928 TEUs compared to 616,079 TEUs in the same period the previous year. Exported containers, it said, saw a significant rise of 31.82% during this period, totalling 280,341 TEUs – up from 212,672 TEUs in the same period last year.
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1 week ago | 
logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
Paul Chandler, deputy director for net zero travel and transport at NHS England, is speaking at this year’s Sustainable Supply Chain Conference, returning to 30 Euston Square in London on 24 June 2025. Chandler has worked in the NHS for over 20 years, having joined the NHS Management Training Scheme in 2003. Most of his career has been in the management of various clinical services in specialist teaching hospitals in London.
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1 week ago | 
logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
DP World has confirmed that the construction of Bharat Mart, a 2.7 million ft² business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketplace in Dubai, has begun. The first phase of construction, spanning 1.3 million ft² is set to open by the end of 2026 in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), just 11km from Jebel Ali Port. It is set to feature 1,500 showrooms and over 700,000ft² of warehousing, light industrial units, office space and meeting facilities.
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1 week ago | 
logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
DP World and the Indian government have announced the launch of the ‘Bharat Africa Setu’ – described as “a transformative trade initiative designed to double India-Africa trade and strengthen South-South cooperation”. The initiative is being supported by India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Ministry of External Affairs. It will “connect DP World’s ports, economic zones and logistics parks across both regions”.
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2 weeks ago | 
logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
Headquartered in Dubai World Central, middle-mile air cargo operator SolitAir has announced that it has officially received its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Gaining this approval, SolitAir says, underscores its commitment to ‘maintaining the highest levels of air safety and regulatory compliance, reinforcing its position as a trusted partner in the region’s logistics and supply chain sector’.
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2 weeks ago | 
logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
US president Donald Trump has announced that, for a period of 90 days, there will be a “pause” on tariffs and a reduction to the baseline 10% rate for most of the world’s countries. He has, however, raised the tariff on China once again, while – as the 10% baseline rate didn’t apply to them – tariffs on Canada and Mexico remain unaffected.
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2 weeks ago | 
logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
US president Donald Trump has today [9 April 2025] issued an executive order, amending the tariff adjustment on China from his so-called ‘Liberation Day’ from 34% to 84%, taking the total tariff on imports to the US from China to 104%. This is after China issued its own 34% tariff increase on the US after the first announcement. China responsed to the 34% increase in tariff rate from the US with its own reciprocal tariff on US imports to China that was due to come into effect in the coming days.
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2 weeks ago | 
logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
Two-person home delivery company ArrowXL has launched its ‘Zero Waste Roadmap’ as part of its commitment to minimising CO2 emissions. According to ArrowXL, this initiative ‘encompasses a strategic focus on recycling white goods, and the establishment of a National Recycling Centre at its Wigan depot’.
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2 weeks ago | 
logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
Gary Rosier-Taylor, vice president of sales for the EMEA region at Descartes, is speaking at this year’s Sustainable Supply Chain Conference, returning to 30 Euston Square in London on 24 June 2025. A sponsor of the conference, Descartes combines innovative technology, powerful trade intelligence and the reach of its network, to deliver a complete offering of cloud-based logistics and supply chain management solutions.
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2 weeks ago | 
logisticsmanager.com | James McLoughlin |James Mcloughlin
Media and entertainment company Sky has extended its contract with supply chain partner Unipart for another three years. The partnership between the two companies goes back to 2004, combining for a set top box fulfilment operation. Since then, Unipart has supported Sky with the launch of Sky Mobile in 2017, the expansion of Sky Broadband, and the removal of all single-use plastic from Sky’s supply chain in 2020.
