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DHL Global Forwarding and pharma company Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease are to use hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) diesel on domestic and international routes from Dublin and Athlone. The fuel will reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%.
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French based logistics company Heppner has acquired Segers Internationaal Transport, a Dutch company specialising in traffic between the Netherlands and Spain. It follows acquisitions of HaCas in the Netherlands in 2017 and DINA in Belgium in 2021.
Founded in 1974, Segers Internationaal Transport is, like Heppner, ...
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XPO has introduced a new system, Connect Europe, to simplify the management of shipments to 25 European countries, from single pallets to full loads.
It offers international shippers a single point of contact, reducing intermediaries and complexity with streamlined processes and an integrated network of more ...
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Freight forwarding and logistics company Woodland Group has launched a trial of HVO diesel fuel for its customer, aluminium packaging supplier Ball Corporation.
Over the past 10 weeks, the company has completed 1,100 trips on the company’s regular routes using the fuel, reducing emissions to just ...
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Federal Express is to move its line haul trucks at three UK sites to biofuels from September.
More than 170 trucks – all tractor-trailer combinations – will use hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in Parkhouse (80 tractors), Marston Gate (54 tractors), and Atherstone (38 tractors). FedEx has ...
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Scandinavian spare parts distribution company Danx is now using Duo trailers, in its Swedish operations following a change in legislation. The new rules allow trucks with two or three trailers up to 34.5 metres in length to operate on around 590km of the country’s road ...
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Freight software firm Agency Sector Management (ASM) is warning that the new Government’s failure to communicate of new Safety & Security Entry Summary declarations will make it hard to deliver the required functionality by the October deadline.
Currently, the UK applies a waiver for goods coming ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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