December 2024
GB Railfreight (GBRf) says that its latest type of locomotive will operate solely on electricity or renewable fuels such as HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil). The Class 99 is due to enter service in late 2025 and will be the first heavy-haul freight locomotive capable of transporting significant volumes at mainline speeds on both electrified and non-electrified sections of the UK network. Rail freight is already the least carbon intensive solution ...
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When former Royal Signals serviceman Craig Wells left the army, he was described as “the most qualified unemployed person I’ve seen” by his Job Centre rep. But after a long battle to find work, he set up T&B Solutions in Redcar, Teesside with one vehicle.
Ten years on, the company boasts ...
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Federal Express Corporation has officially opened its new facility in Plzeň, Czech Republic. It spans 2,600 square meters—nearly doubling the size of the previous site and features a warehouse and office space, including 23 courier van docking bays and eight additional docks for linehaul vehicles. A key innovation is its ...
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Online customs platform Descartes Systems Group is supporting three categories in this year’s BIFA Freight Service Awards 2024. While it has supported he ‘Extra Mile’ category for eight years, this year the software provider is also sponsoring the ‘Specialist Services’ and the ‘Supply Chain Management’ categories, following its acquisition of ...
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Along with the usual parcels, pallets, planeloads, and shipping containers, DHL Group delivered some more unusual consignments in 2024.
They included orphaned, disabled chimpanzee Chocolat from Kenya to a new home at the Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset, UK in August, from poachers in the Congo who left her ...
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Antonov Airlines has collaborated with Vivat Publishing to create a series of illustrated children's books hat aim to support Ukrainian children affected by the war.
The first two books in the "Winged Stories" series are already being printed in Kharkiv. These books, created with the support of Antonov specialists, tell stories ...
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Kuehne+Nagel has opened a 2,000 sq m, GDP-compliant cross-dock facility for healthcare goods in Budapest. It serves as a hub for less-than truckload (LTL) services, complementing the existing facility in Luxembourg and allowing the forwarder to optimise routings and reduce lead times. The Budapest hub provides highly secure and temperature-controlled ...
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The Premier Alliance - Ocean Network Express (ONE), HMM and Yang Ming – has announce details of its inaugural sailings in 2025. It follows the signing of a five year cooperation deal in September 2024. The first sailings will take place on 4 February, including an FP1 service from China ...
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CMA CGM Foundation has started work on France's largest warehouse dedicated to food aid in partnership with five food aid organizations. It offers 5,000sq m of storage space and a capacity for 3,200 tons of food for five local organizations and will supply 330 meal distribution centers in Marseille and ...
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GXO Logistics chief executive Malcolm Wilson is to retire in 2025. He will continue to lead the company during the search process for his successor. Since taking up the role in August 2021, he has led the US-headquartered group’s growth to 130,000 employees and more than 200 million sq ft ...
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