Logistics
French-owned logistics company SPI group has won its first tenders in the UK, taking over the management of packaging activities and associated logistics for a consumer goods company in the Cambridgeshire area. SPI now oversees its customer's upstream logistics, secondary packaging and product forwarding activities. SPI intends to further strengthen its presence by setting up a dedicated subsidiary, SPI UK. The SPI Group is active in primary packaging, secondary packaging, ...
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DP World has launched what it describes as the world’s first container port carbon inset programme at London Gateway and Southampton, aimed at helping cargo importers cut their emissions.
Starting on 1 January 2025 for an initial six-month trial, the Carbon Inset Programme will reward ...
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UK freight forwarder LTS Global Solutions has opened a regional headquarters in Delhi, India. It will act as a central hub for its operations within the subcontinent, where it will provide logistics and freight forwarding services. LTS opened a regional office in Hong Kong, China ...
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Organisers of the Multimodal exhibition in Birmingham have opened visitor registrations for the 2025 event, which takes place on 17-19 June at the NEC.
Multimodal is launching an AI Clinic on the main floor of the event which aims to be a ‘one stop shop’, debunking ...
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UK lighting and furnishing company Tyson says that Europa Road’s Europa Flow Delivered Duty Paid service has drastically simplified its operations since adopting it in 2021.
The company says that having experienced delayed shipments and extensive administrative and customs paperwork, plus increased duty payments due to ...
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Passive temperature-controlled container provider Tower Cold Chain says it can offer a vastly expanded network with three Centres of Excellence and 54 regional hubs in 26 countries, following its recent acquisition by Cold Chain Technologies (CCT).
Ahead of the acquisition, Tower Cold Chain had recently launched ...
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Stena Line is reporting a significant increase in customers considering insetting options in their carbon emissions reduction strategies for 2025.
Carbon insetting means creating initiatives to reduce carbon emissions throughout the entire supply chain and can vary from transitioning to renewable fuel alternatives, improving energy efficiency ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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