Chris Lewis
DHL eCommerce has opened a site in Newcastle. The 55,000sq ft facility will handle up to 15,000 parcels a day and is the latest development under DHL’s £482m investment in its UK infrastructure. It follows the opening of DHL’s Coventry Hub in March.
It has been designed to align with DHL’s Go Green strategy which has been set to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Features include heating and lighting sensors to ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has transported the world’s first mobile heart clinic for children to Burundi. It will provide life-saving cardiovascular surgeries for children with congenital heart diseases in partnership with German NGO, Kinderherzen.
An estimated 90 percent of children in Africa with CHD lack access to necessary medical care, contributing to ...
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Trans Global Projects (TGP) has opened a new head office at Sevenoaks, Kent. . Founded in 1988, TGP has grown from a provider of international logistics solutions to a major project logistics forwarder. It acquired Swiss logistics specialist Natco in 2015 and its German arm in 2018. It now operates ...
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XPO Logistics and Saint-Gobain Off-Site Solutions have partnered with North Yorkshire charity Chopsticks to provide timber off-cuts to its woodworking group.
Chopsticks support vulnerable adults in the community, providing them a safe working environment while teaching them new workshop skills. Working with otherwise scrap timber, the Chopsticks team create wood kindling ...
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American Airlines is to operate flights from Philadelphia to Edinburgh and Milan Malpensa, from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to Venice Marco Polo, from Chicago O’Hare to Naples and Madrid-Barajas, from Charlotte-Douglas to Athens and from Miami (MIA) to Rome-Fuimucino in its summer schedule starting in April.London Heathrow to DFW also ...
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Palletways member Magnum Logistics has set itself a target to reduce its carbon footprint by 40% by 2040, following its move to a purpose-built depot at DP World London Gateway. A quarter of the roof of its new BREEAM and Planet Mark certified 100,000sq ft warehouse are covered by solar ...
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Transportation management platform Transporeon has extended its offering to include the forwarder-to-carrier spot road freight market. While Transporeon's platform facilitates connections within its own network, the move is an entry into the traditional freight exchange segment. It says it offers a modern, efficient alternative to established freight exchanges, leveraging its ...
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President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs could create a significant shift in the trade landscape which few are ready for, says Keiron Myall, managing director of Suffolk-based Customs Support Group (CSG).
He said that while the UK had got off relatively lightly with only a 10% tariff imposed on its exports to ...
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With the departure of the Brave Tern on 4 April, the Port of Dundee shipped the final offshore wind turbine blades for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, signalling the successful completion of the port’s role in the construction phase of the project.
The vessel was bound for the offshore ...
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DHL is usually associated with cutting-edge transportation such as planes, electric trucks or even drones. But local circumstances sometimes dictate a more creative approach, as the company reports in its latest survey.
For example, a truck or even a bicycle wouldn’t get you very far in Venice, Italy. Here, DHL takes ...
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