April 2025

Hactl and HKT to set up Hong Kong’s first private 5G terminal network

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is to collaborate with telecommunications and technology company HKT to establish the territory’s first 5G private network-enabled terminal. It says the high-speed 5G network will transform terminal efficiency and pave the way for the future adoption of advanced technologies. The system will enable autonomous electric tractor operations, giving them real time coordination and dynamic adaptation to traffic and safety protocols, reducing the need for human ... [+]

CargoAi offers interline, online

CargoAi has launched a CargoMART Interline solution with a number of airlines, including Emirates SkyCargo. The tool digitizes and automates interline capacity checks and e-bookings and aims to replace manual interline booking methods through emails and phone calls. Carriers can check and book interline capacity online and, says CargoAi, unlock additional ... [+]

Report slams Welsh Senedd’s lack of urgency in Holyhead closure response

The Welsh Parliament’s Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee said it was dismayed by the apparent lack of speed and urgency in the Welsh Government’s response to the closure of Holyhead ferry port in December. In its initial findings, published on 3 April, into the storm damage and port closure that ... [+]

Mistral to put wind in CMA CGM’s sails

The CMA CGM Group is to use custom-designed solutions from Mistral AI to support its shipping and logistics activities. Under the five-year, €100 million agreement, two dedicated teams of Mistral AI specialists will be based at the CMA CGM Group’s headquarters in Marseille, as well as at Grand Central—the headquarters of ... [+]

Brittany Ferries finishes fleet renewal

Brittany Ferries has completed its largest-ever fleet renewal programme - five ships in five years – with the arrival of its second hybrid ship. Guillaume de Normandie is due to make her first commercial voyage on 18 April 2025 and will serve the company’s busiest Portsmouth to Caen (Ouistreham) route, ... [+]

Unifeeder offers Caribbean connection

DP World’s Unifeeder arm has launched a weekly service connecting the hub ports of Colon in Panama and Caucedo in the Dominican Republic with Rio Haina (Dominican Republic) and San Juan ( Puerto Rico). It can accept dry, reefer, specialized and out of gauge units. [+]

APM Terminals buys Panama railway

APM Terminals has acquired the Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC) from Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited and the Lanco Group/Mi‑Jack. PCRC operates a 76-km (47-mile) single-line railway adjacent to the Panama Canal mainly used to move cargo between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In 2024, the it generated revenue of ... [+]

Denholm companies unite under single brand

Denholm Good Logistics and Denholm UK Logistics have come together under a single trading brand - Denholm Good Logistics. The companies say that uniting under a single banner reflects a commitment to providing a fully integrated supply chain solution, including global freight forwarding, customs clearance, haulage, warehousing and distribution. The ... [+]

Emma Turner becomes Davies Turner director

Freight forwarding group Davies Turner has appointed Emma Turner to its board of directors at its Davies Turner Logistics subsidiary. Joining Davies Turner in 2011 as a contracts coordinator in Coleshill and becoming head of logistics Midlands in 2023, she has played an integral role in developing its logistics operations, ... [+]

Records record for DP World

DP World has shipped over 10 million vinyl records from its Bicester facility, the UK’s largest distribution warehouse for music and video products, since opening in August 2023. Powered by semi-autonomous ‘picking’ robots, the warehouse has become the epicentre of physical music distribution, playing a key role in the ongoing ‘vinyl ... [+]

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