Month: February 2020

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Etihad Aviation Group, has selected ECS Group, the world’s largest General Sales & Support services group, to deliver a significant scope of its new regional sales operating model across multiple-territories.

Etihad Cargo has entered into Cargo Service Provider (CSP) agreements with ECS Group’s subsidiary company Globe Air to provide customer service, reservations, post-flight support, operations support, accounting and billing support services in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. Etihad Cargo will itself lead sales activities in those territories through its own commercial organisation.

Furthermore, through ECS Group’s subsidiary companies Globe Air, UniversalGSA and ExpAir, the parties entered into CSP agreements that also cover sales services in Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Nordics, as well as Los Angeles and the offline Etihad stations in the United States.

Services under the new agreements will commence on April 1st 2020 across all the above territories, with the exception of the Czech Republic, Singapore and Indonesia where services are expected to commence on June 1st 2020.

TPN – The Pallet Network — has signed Tamworth-based Time Logistics, which starts as a full Member on Monday 2nd March.

The Midlands-based freight-forwarder and haulier has grown rapidly since its inception in 2014, and now boasts 80 vehicles, 130 employees and a wide array of air and sea freight customers.

Time MD Jason Palmer says: “We’ve never belonged to a network before but we have worked closely with key TPN Members for a long time, so we are very familiar with its systems and service levels. We know that the network performs very well and we are already embedded in terms of technology and protocols,” he says.

Time Logistics already has a substantial palletised freight business, as well as 52,000 square feet of warehousing. Its specialist services include contract logistics, pick and pack, and container management. It also operates as an Amazon fulfilment centre.

TPN MD Mark Duggan says: “It’s great that Time Logistics, having seen TPN’s operation in practice for an extended period, has decided to move from customer to Member. It’s a testament to the performance of the network.”

Element Logic, the first AutoStore partner, has opened an office in France. It is now operational in Chalon sur Saône where Isabelle Bion (left) has been hired as Managing Director responsible for business development and sales.

Pointing to ecommerce growth throughout Europe, Dag-Adler Blakseth (right), CEO of Element Logic, says: “We are very proud to announce the opening of our office in France and with Isabelle’s experience from the E-commerce business and knowledge concerning supply chain and logistics, I am convinced that we will get a strong development and that France will be important for our future growth.”

Bion comes from DS Smith Packaging where she was a Key Account Manager for 5 years in charge of sales and business development and top e-commerce customers in France. Prior to this, she was with LGR packaging.

AutoStore, the leading automated material handling solution, is a central part of Element Logic’s solution portfolio. Element Logic, being the first distributor of AutoStore, has more than 15 years of experience and has developed specific software that further enhances the AutoStore solution.

Element Logic has operations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Benelux, UK and now France and has identified approximately 500 potential customers within its priority segments over the next few years.

“We have many customers growing and many customers already curious on automated warehouses. The market is really starting to mature, and we are ready to capitalise on the growth we are already seeing. These are both industrial and manufacturing customers, and typical growth companies that meet the increasing challenges of intralogistics. They should automate warehouse operations to maintain and gain even more competitiveness,” states Dag-Adler Blakseth.

The company will be exhibiting at SITL (March 17-20) in Paris at Stand J100.

With delays and blockages now starting to affect global supply chains due to the coronavirus outbreak, one key UK provider has promised its customers that its stock remains in outstanding shape. AUT Wheels and Castors says it holds circa £1M worth of stock at its Manchester warehouse and circa £6M-worth at its bulk warehousing facility in Germany. The company points out that delays can happen from time to time that require contingency plans to be put in place and says it has stock that can be delivered in a little as 24 hours.

AUT is one of the leading resources and technical authorities in the UK. It provides a full logistics service involving a network of manufacturers, providing customers with access to the most comprehensive range of wheels and castors available in the world.

Contact AUT if you need assistance on 01457 837772 or email sales@aut.co.uk.