July 2023

Royal Mail opens king of postal hubs

Logistics property developer Prologis UK,has opened Royal Mail’s Midlands Super Hub at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal near Northampton. Spanning 53-acres and totalling 840,000sq ft of warehousing space, once fully operational, the Super Hub has the capacity to process 235 million parcels a year, and includes an integrated rail link. [+]

DP World and PLA to host ports conference

DP World has partnered with the Port of London Authority (PLA) to host the British Ports Association (BPA) annual conference 2023 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, London Tower Bridge on 17-19 October. It will be a platform for participation from port members, associates, government officials, regulators, and international maritime representatives The ... [+]

Motis eases the pain of HGV levy

Customs clearance and truck services firm Motis has put in place arrangements to help drivers arriving from the Continent to pay the UK’s HGV Levy which restarted on 1 August, having been paused during the Covid pandemic. Drivers can pay in cash or by card at Dover using a Motis ... [+]

XPO gets top marks for diversity 

A team from logistics company XPO achieved top marks in the Big Logistics Diversity Challenge 2023. The challenge, which was held this year at the Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire, brings together companies within logistics to take part in mental and physical team building events that all support inclusion and diversity. The XPO team ... [+]

DFDS gets clearance for Ekol acquisition

Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS has obtained clearance from the Turkish Competition Authority for its possible acquisition of Ekol Logistics’ international road haulage activities. The filing was made in October 2022. DFDS has made commitments to the continued access for all logistics operators to DFDS’ ferry routes to/from Türkiye. ... [+]

Stena sailings back to normal

Stena Line has resumed normal sailings on its Belfast-Cairnryan and Rosslare-Fishguard routes.  Services were impacted last week when an onboard incident resulted in the withdrawal of Stena Superfast VII on the Belfast-Cairnryan route. Stena Superfast VII returned to service for the 19:30 sailing from Belfast to Cairnryan on 27 July whilst Stena ... [+]

IAG Cargo half year revenue drops 28.5%

IAG Cargo has reported commercial revenues of €603 million for the first half of 2023 (1 January to 30 June), a 28.5 % decrease year-on-year but an increase of 8.5% versus the same period before the pandemic in 2019. Yields for H1 2023 were below those of H1 2022, tonnage ... [+]

Italy’s TX Logistik set to create a German rail freight giant

Italian-owned TX Logistik is set to become the second largest rail freight carrier in Germany after it announced a plan to buy Exploris Deutschland Holding GmbH, Hamburg, subject to regulatory approval. TX Logistik is part of the Mercitalia Group, which also includes the logistics activities of the Italian state railway’s FS ... [+]

Envirotainer to merge with va-Q-tec

Pharmaceutical logistics specialist Envirotainer and thermal insulation company va-Q-tec have gained approval from the Austrian and German competition authorities for a merger. Envirotainer said va-Q-tec’s offering of advanced passive boxes and containers that maintain temperatures from -180°C to +20°C without external energy input would be a perfect match for its own ... [+]

City Boys: Where were you when British shipping needed you? – DP World director

DP World independent non-executive director Robert Woods has lambasted the UK’s financiers for their lack of support for the UK shipping industry.At the christening ceremony in Dover for P&O Ferries’ latest vessel, the P&O Pioneer, he paid tribute to the Dubai-based company’s support for the cross—Channel and Irish Sea ro ... [+]