Freight News
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 a new rail route for passengers and freight on reopened rail routes and upgraded existing lines between Oxford, Bletchley/Milton Keynes, ...
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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 ...
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Ukrainian-owned An124 operator Antonov Airlines and Netherlands forwarder First Class Freight have moved an urgently needed marine propulsion unit from Hong Kong to Houston. It was needed to ensure the safety of a cruise ship due to set off for the Arctic.
The move was complicated ...
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The airfreight industry has been called into action multiple times around the world this year to charter planes into disaster regions, says Ben Dinsdale, Air Charter Service’s director for government and humanitarian services.
This year the industry has been busy assisting humanitarian operations in the Far ...
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Groupage operator Europa Road has signed a partnership with the Pledge sustainability platform ahead of the EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) which requires companies with more than 500 employees to reveal their carbon footprint, a critical shift in how businesses approach environmental and ...
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Heathrow on-airport express courier handler CFL has is introducing an Automated Import Manifest System (AIMS) to help Border Force better target suspect incoming packages for inspection.
It will automate and simplify manifest information sharing with Border Force and other parties, including HMRC, and will mean less ...
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German forwarding and logistics company Dachser has opened a corporate IT Hub in Porto. It will fill around 100 IT positions by the end of 2026.
Porto will complement existing IT locations in Germany, France, Spain, Hong Kong, and the US where specialists develop and optimise ...
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Hermes Logistics Technologies has completed an upgrade to the Cargo Management System at Cairo International Airport last week and migrate local handler CACC Cargolinx’s to its Cloud-based service. Hermes Business Intelligence and Track and Trace apps will provide data insights and detailed shipment information for ...
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UK based packaging specialist Tower Cold Chain – recently acquired by Massachusetts-based Cold Chain Technologies - has introduced a carbon calculator to help customers improve the sustainability of their logistics operations in partnership with Cardiff University’s Business School and using datasets from the Department for ...
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DFDS has ordered the first ten zero-emission Endurance transport refrigeration units from Sunswap, the UK clean-tech start up’s first commercial business in the global cold-chain market. The Sunswap Endurance combines battery and solar panels mounted on refrigerated trailers to keep goods cold, replacing diesel-powered equipment. ...
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