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Evri to open new Gatwick hub

Parcels company Evri (formerly Hermes UK) is opening a new distribution depot near Gatwick airport at Crawley Business Quarter.  At 81,671sq ft, the new warehouse will almost double the size of the existing depot and will be operational later in 2022, giving a capacity of over 200,000 parcels a day. [+]

(Less than) 24 hours Le Mans

Urgent logistics firm Priority Freight arranged a rapid courier delivery of £110,000 worth of microchips from Manchester to Le Mans in less than 20 hours recently to prevent a production line shut-down. Within an hour of the initial enquiry, it secured a driver and van, ... [+]

The High Chaparral

FedEx Express is to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system in its ‘middle-mile’ logistics operations, moving shipments between sorting sites from next year. California Bay-based Elroy Air is building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system in the ... [+]

DHL signs two big new green fuel deals

DHL Express has signed what it says are two of the largest ever Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) deals with BP and Neste for over 800 million litres over the next five years. Together with the previously announced introduction of SAF into the DHL network in ... [+]

Kerry gets vital medicines to people in need

Kerry Logistics Network’s Kerry Pharma arm has launched a customised home delivery service for patient medication deliveries in Hong Kong un in collaboration with SF Express (Hong Kong). The Medication Home Delivery service aims to help institutions and organisations provide remote support for patients in ... [+]

P&O mass sackings ‘will lead to cross-Channel disruption’

International delivery specialist ParcelHero says that P&O Ferries’ “crass” mass-firing of 800 staff is leading to supply chain and cross-Channel freight disruption. The parcel broker warns that the ongoing suspension of services could have serious implications for Great Britain – Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland (ROI) shipments, ... [+]

FedEx chief to hand over the reins

FedEx Express president and chief executive Don Colleran is to retire at the end of 2022, after a nearly 40-year career carrier. He will be succeeded by Richard Smith, currently regional president of the Americas and executive vice president of global support. He will become ... [+]

Record results for DHL – but uncertain times ahead

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s announcement of record results for 2021 – which would be major news under almost any other circumstances - seemed almost irrelevant. At a press conference on 9 March, group chief executive Frank Appel said ... [+]

Lufthansa’s time:matters adds Spanish options

Lufthansa Group’s sameday delivery arm, time:matters has expanded its network with additional capacity via Air Europa’s Madrid hub. Several daily flights can now be offered to a total of 14 stations between Madrid and Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy as well as within Spain. [+]

Chapman Freeborn signs Saudi partner

Avia Solutions’ UK-based aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has appointed NAQEL Express as its exclusive partner in Saudi Arabia. Michael Harradine, NAQEL Express director for the global freight forwarding division Michael Harradine, said the partnership would give clients direct access to the cargo air charter ... [+]

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