September 2023
P&O Ferries reported a 71% increase in freight volumes on the Dover-Calais route between June and August compared with the same period in 2022. It adds that it has boosted its market share on the Dover-Calais ferry route to 46%.
Chief executive, Peter Hebblethwaite said “We are delighted by the trust that our customers have put into us to deliver a best-in-class offering on important trade routes between the UK and ...
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A 36-wagon 585 metre long DB Cargo freight train became the longest ever to visit the Port of Sunderland on 15 September.
Carrying just under 2,000 tonnes of alloy metal, the delivery was the latest in an established cargo flow on behalf of a client in the North East.
Rail volumes at ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has added weekly A321F freighter flights from Helsinki to Copenhagen and from Copenhagen toFrankfurt. Each flight can carry 28 tonnes. It is part of the German carrier’s network of short-haul freighters, now operated by three A321F aircraft, due shortly to increase to four.
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Logistics technolgy company Zeus is forecasting is forecasting a year on year doubling in its revenue, which has totalled £20m since 2020.
Founded by university friends Jai Kanwar and Clemente Theotokis, Zeus provides freight management solutions to over 60 customers including AB InBev, P&G, Whirlpool, Decathlon and Kraft-Heinz in 13 countries in Europe, moving ...
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Transatlantic carrier Norse Atlantic Airways has signed a deal to offer its cargo capacity on the WebCargo by Freightos booking platform.
It will open up real-time booking for forwarders on its flights to and from Europe to seven destinations in the US.
Later this year, Norse plans to open capacity from London ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, has started a proof-of-concept trial of autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) at its cargo terminal at Barcelona Airport.
The trial of Linde AGV forklift trucks will last for seven months and, if successful, similar machines will be rolled out across other WFS ...
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German owned logistics company Arvato is continuing to expand its business in Spain by opening the first two units of a new distribution centre totaling around 142,000 square meters in Illescas, south of Madrid.
The new site is one of the largest in Bertelsmann –owned Arvato's global network and confirmation of ...
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Aerospace logistics specialist B&H Worldwide has launched a new reporting tool to provide its customers with visibility of the carbon emissions on their shipments. Carbon SmartTRAC, is a Cloud-based analytical dashboard that gives end-to-end logistics data to customers who can then calculate and understand their CO2 emissions for each shipment ...
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Climate-tech company Pledge has integrated its Freight Emissions Calculator with freight forwarder network WCAworld’s website.
The calculator allows users to measure freight emissions globally across all modes of transport by entering cargo details, origin, and destination. Users can refine results by entering additional shipment data, including shipment legs, port calls, stopovers, ...
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The management of Dublin-based Toga Freight have completed a buyout and acquired the full shareholding of the forwarder from co-founder and majority shareholder, Martin Gately.
Toga Freight Services was founded in 1978 by the later Peter Toner and Martin Gately (hence the name ‘To-Ga’) and since Peter Toner’s passing away in ...
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