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XPO offers compassionate leave

Logistics company XPO is now offering 10 days of additional paid leave for colleagues in the UK and Ireland who are dealing with a miscarriage or stillbirth. It says that research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development showed that 74% of companies in the UK&I provide little or no time off, or other services, for employees under such circumstances.XPO benchmarked its efforts against the best employers in the ... [+]

XPO appoints ops director

XPO has appointed Emmanuel Arnaud as operations director – Europe. Prior to XPO, he held senior positions during 18 years with GEFCO, most recently as divisional chief executive with responsibility for road, air and sea freight, and customs and logistics operations. He reports to Luis Gomez, XPO’s president – Europe, ... [+]

XPO brings art to the Merseyside masses

A team of specially trained XPO drivers and a special truck  are piloting the Tate and MuMo museums’ Art Explora Mobile local visitors in locations across Liverpool, St Helens, Knowsley, Sefton, Wirral and Halton during April. The mobile exhibition displays artworks from Constable to Henry Moore, along with many contemporary artists. XPO ... [+]

XPO appoints IT leader

XPO has appointed David Picking to lead the company's technology organisation in the UK and Ireland. He has more than three decades of technology leadership experience in the retail, pharmaceutical, leisure, and logistics sectors. Prior to XPO, he served as chief information officer – EMEIA for Likewize, a global technology ... [+]

XPO offers Anglo-Scottish rail solution

XPO Logistics has introduced a road-rail freight solution for plastic pipe maker Wavin. It transports Wavin products by road from a production site in Chippenham, Wiltshire, to Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT), from where move by train to Grangemouth in Scotland. From there, the XPO fleet and drivers are ... [+]

XPO in for the long haul

XPO Logistics has extended its partnership with Ironman pass participation sporets events in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to the 2024 season. It provides logistics support triathlon events with a dedicated fleet to transport equipment from race to race across Europe. [+]

XPO to restore Waterford rail link

XPO Logistics is planning to start a new rail service between Ballina and the port of Waterford from the fourth quarter of the year restoring a long-standing link for the east coast Irish port, according to a report by Tim Casterton in the Multimodal newsletter. The principal customer will be ... [+]

XPO invigorates Vigo operation

XPO Logistics has opened a multimodal transport hub in Vigo in Spain. The 3,000sq m site doubles the company’s facility space at the location in the north-west of the country, close to the border with Portugal. The new site has 22 cross-docks for domestic and international freight transport, including less-than-truckload ... [+]

Five more years on the Tour for Team XPO

XPO Logistics has been awarded a contract extension to 2024 as the official transport partner of the Tour de France - the 39th consecutive year that the supply chain firm has partnered with the cycling event. XPO will provide logistics support to organizer Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), moving almost 400 tons ... [+]

XPO Connect comes to Europe

XPO Logistics has launched its XPO Connect Cloud-based, digital freight marketplace in Europe. It matches supply with demand across the company’s transport system, with virtual tools for buying and selling capacity. XPO Connect was first introduced in North America in 2018. Customers have comprehensive visibility into freight movements, including geo-location, ... [+]

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