Chris Lewis

Grape expectations: MSC launches Cape Express

MSC has inaugurated a weekly Eastern Cape Express Service from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and Walvis Bay to Rotterdam, London Gateway, and Antwerp. The service avoids Cape Town, cutting transit time to London Gateway to 22 days. It has been launched at the beginning of the grape season to meet the demand for reefers and will complement the Namibia Grape Express service. [+]

Maersk saves carbon with the Halifax

Maersk has completed the world’s first conversion of a large containership to dual-configuration, able to operate on methanol or conventional fuel. The retrofit operation on the Maersk Halifax was carried out by Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard in China in 88 days and with the engine conversion carried out by MAN Energy ... [+]

Bellyhold boosts Vienna tonnage

Vienna Airport handled of 216,360 tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2024, an increase of over 20% over the same period last year. There were increases in both flown and trucked airfreight. Belly cargo on passenger aircraft increased by 45% to 90,692 tons compared to the same period ... [+]

Seafrigo sets its sights on UK growth

French-owned Seafrigo Group recently opened a new headquarters and base in Le Havre but it is also expanding rapidly in the UK. In July 2023, the French food logistics specialist acquired UK-headquartered forwarder Perishables Movements Ltd (PML) which operates at Heathrow, and Kent in air, ocean and road, warehousing and value-added ... [+]

Forwarder’s forklift fleet goes green

Davies Turner Air Cargo has upgraded handling equipment at its Heathrow hub.It has replaced its fleet with seven electric forklift trucks, three reach trucks and one battery changing truck. The 11 Bobcat vehicles have been procured on a lease contract from Rushlift, the forwarder’s partner of nearly 30 years.They include ... [+]

Southampton mode-shift scheme saves 17,000 tonnes of carbon

DP World says its Modal Shift Programme in Southampton to encourage container shippers to switch from road to rail has removed 64,300 truck journeys from UK roads and cut carbon emissions by more than 17,000 tonnes in its first year. Under the programme, launched in Septmeber 2023, customers are paid an ... [+]

Iceland and Emirates join Move to -15°C

The Move to -15°C initiative, which aims to cut carbon emissions in the frozen food supply chain by increasing temperature standards from -18°C to -15°C, has recruited UK supermarket Iceland, Emirates SkyCargo, and Latin American cold storage operator, Emergent Cold LatAm. It has also secured support from key the British Frozen ... [+]

Cosco Shipping opens Peru hub port

China’s Cosco Shipping has inaugurated a green port at Chancay, 50 miles north of Lima, Peru. The natural deep-water port offers 1,500 meters of quayside and four  berths, two container and two multi-purpose and can accommodate the world’s largest box ships. It is designed for an annual capacity of 1 ... [+]

Logistics UK welcomes East-West Rail freight

Logistics UK has welcomed news that the new East-West rail route will allow up to 14 new freight services to operate in each direction between the Felixstowe and the Midlands. It was responding to the launch of a two-month public consultation on the scheme. East-West Rail is a scheme to create ... [+]

DFDS makes about-turn to buy Ekol transport network after all

In a surprise move, DFDS has completed the acquisition of the international transport network of Turkey-based Ekol Logistics, having earlier this month saying it had abandoned its bid due to a failure to reach  contractual conditions by the agreed deadline. The Danish-owned ferry and logistics company said the deal was based ... [+]

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