September 2024
Belgian postal operator Bpostgroup has acquired UK and European fulfilment provider Staci for £1.3bn as part of its plan to become a leader in e-commerce and omnichannel fulfilment.
Staci UK has a presence in the US, Europe and Asia. Bppostgroup says the partnership will allow it to leverage Staci’s expertise in managing complex logistics flows and multichannel distribution.
Thomas Mortier, who has served as chief executive of Staci Group since 1996, will ...
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The Port of Liverpool welcomed the UK’s largest shipment of feed maize in mid-September when the bulk carrier Lowlands Future arrived from the US East Coast with a 55,000-tonne cargo.
The import was managed by ADM Agriculture and will be stored in ADM's dedicated facilities at Liverpool before distribution across the ...
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WEC Lines has added a Hamburg call to its North-west Continent-Portugal service. It creates a fast weekly sailing route from the German port to Leixões and Setúbal, departing from Hamburg on Sundays and arriving in Leixões on Saturdays and Setúbal on Mondays and an alternative to truck transport.
Other calls include ...
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Rhenus Group has been appointed Official Logistics Partner for the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The forwarder will draw on its extensive experience in planning and executing complex logistics for large-scale events, while benefiting from the expertise of local partners and use its global network in ...
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Freight forwarding and logistics company Woodland Group has launched a trial of HVO diesel fuel for its customer, aluminium packaging supplier Ball Corporation.
Over the past 10 weeks, the company has completed 1,100 trips on the company’s regular routes using the fuel, reducing emissions to just 22 tonnes of CO2ecompared with ...
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Nuneaton-based forwarder Independent Freight Solutions (IFS) has given a timely assist to a girls’ football team making the step up to 11-a-side matches. IFS is now the main shirt sponsor of Coventry United FC’s Under-13s for the 2024/25 season.
Clearly, the partnership is working as the first outing for the new ...
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Dachser UK is investing in an additional 112,000sq ft, 20,000 pallet capacity building at its Brackmills, Northampton base.
The new warehouse is next to the company's central domestic and international distribution hub, which operates to all UK and European destinations daily, giving UK customers integrated storage, inventory management and Europe-wide distribution.
The ...
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Parcel delivery company DPD has partnered with Army Cycling to encourage more service people to get on their bikes – whether to get around the base or to enter elite competitions.
The Army Cycling Union (ACU) was created in 1950 to encourage and promote all branches of the activity. As well ...
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The Cargo Integrity Group (CIG) is calling on more national administrations to report the findings of their container inspection programmes after an analysis found that less than 5% were regularly submitting results to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in publicly available form.
Under resolutions adopted more than 20 years ago member ...
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Federal Express is to move its line haul trucks at three UK sites to biofuels from September.
More than 170 trucks – all tractor-trailer combinations – will use hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in Parkhouse (80 tractors), Marston Gate (54 tractors), and Atherstone (38 tractors). FedEx has secured at least four million ...
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