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Record month for Europa in Belgium

Europa Road’s Belgian arm, Ostend-based Europa Road NV says it handled a record number of consignments in July. Europa Road NV exceeded its previous best month with a 30% increase in shipments for July – a record since the launch of its dedicated sales team in Ostend in January 2023. Its DDP (delivery duty paid) export service now accounts for over half of its total groupage exports. The Ostend sales team is ... [+]

Uniserve buys Iberia intermodal operator, KLOG

UK forwarding and logistics company Uniserve has acquired Portuguese intermodal specialist KLOG. The company operates a rail service between Portugal and Poland, via hubs in Spain and France. The service is currently based on two block train departures a week to and from Portugal to ... [+]

Fiona Cooper spearheads Goggins’ growth

Ireland and GB logistics specialist, Goggins Transport has appointed Fiona Cooper as business development manager. She brings ten years’ experience in the UK commercial vehicle industry, most recently as sales director for a leading supplier of vehicle safety systems .  In her new role she will be ... [+]

New passport checks could increase shop shelf prices, warns Logistics UK

The new European Entry and Exit System (EES) for passport controls could increase food prices and lead to shortages in the shops, warns Logistics UK. It says that research, carried out by independent modelling expert MDS Transmodal, Logistics shows that it could have a significant ... [+]

CargoBeamer doubles Calais-Perpignan service

Intermodal carrier CargoBeamer is to double services on its Calais-Perpignan route from 7 October, from two to four round trips per week. This 1,400 km route, which runs the length of the country from north to south, carries craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers, as well as ... [+]

Catching crooks on camera could cut freight crime

Truck CCTV provider Centrad says that artificial intelligence-equipped  cameras could help detect and prevent freight thefts. With freight crime costing the UK £460 million last year, road freight thefts are on the rise according to the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS). With over 5,300 incidents ... [+]

Malcolm Group’s John Heirs trains the trainers in Zambia

Malcolm Group construction training and compliance manager, John Heirs has returned from his fourth secondment for international development organisation, Transaid. He spent two weeks training three new HGV driver trainers at the Industrial Training Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. He has already completed three secondments took place ... [+]

Inceptio delivers self-driving trucks for China

Inceptio Technology has completed delivery of 400 Inceptio-powered autonomous trucks to ZTO Express in China, the largest single delivery of intelligent heavy-duty vehicles in the world, it says. The trucks, jointly developed with Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Coare pre-loaded with Inceptio’s Autonomous Driving System. Inceptio operates line-haul logistics, ... [+]

P&O and Irish Ferries launch turn up and go joint service

P&O Ferries and Irish Ferries have formally launched their ‘Turn-up and Go’ space charter agreement on the Dover-Calais route. P&O Ferries says the agreement will reduce freight wait times by 25 as all freight on the quayside is shipped on the next available sailing on ... [+]

Swain rebrands box haulage arm

Swain Group has rebranded its Express Freight Services box haulage arm, acquired in 2018, as Swain Container Solutions. It is also opening a new depot in Southampton, adding to its existing locations at London Gateway, Felixstowe and Tilbury. [+]

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