January 2024
DP World has removed fossil diesel from its operations at London Gateway. Diesel-engine equipment and installations were switched over to run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) at the start of January. HVO, a renewable biodiesel derived from sustainable sources, will significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions and is expected to save around 8,300 tonnes of CO2 equivalent a year.
The move follows DP World Southampton’s transition to HVO 18 months ago, which ...
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Bullet Expresshas Wesley Riggins, as its director of storage and logistics. He brings over 35 years of experience in warehousing and logistics and has previously held senior positions with AMG Group, Peacock Salt and Curry European Transport. He joined Glasgow-based Bullet Express in March 2022 to lead the development of ...
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Air France-KLM and CMA CGM are to end their strategic air cargo partnership, signed in April 2023, blaming “the tight regulatory environment in certain important markets” which had “prevented the cooperation from working in an optimal way”.
At the time that the deal was signed, the partners said that approval had ...
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Röhlig Logistics has appointed Christoph Passek as managing director for China & Hong Kong and assigned four area general managers to a new regional structure comprised of North China, East China, South China & Hong Kong and West China. Passek first joined Röhlig China in 2020 as general manager commercial ...
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Ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and intelligence platform Xeneta has appointed Tonia Luykx as chief revenue officer.
She has worked for businesses including Sift, Google, Dropbox and Amazon, and says: “In terms of the potential to transform how ocean and air freight is bought and sold and how supply chain ...
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FedEx Express Europe has appointed Frédéric François as vice president ground operations Italy, Spain, and Portugal as. He has held various positions, including senior leadership legal positions within the business, and most recently as chair of the board in France. He succeeds Stefania Pezzetti.
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The Department for Levelling Up published a delivery roadmap for Freeports on 19 December. It aims to create investable sites – bringing sites and enabling infrastructure forward, to promote Freeports and create clusters of economic growth, capitalising on early investment to attract a wider supply chain.
While the measures have been developed ...
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Supply chain visibility and collaboration platform Beacon has launched road freight tracking, giving users visibility of their ocean, air, and road transport in a single dashboard. Customers can expect real-time tracking data updates at 15-minute intervals for important tracking milestones including estimated and actual departure and arrival times and remaining ...
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Kent-based S&S Distribution (S&S) is now offering UK customs and international freight transport services.
The new customs and international freight function handles all aspects of UK customs formalities and manages the international movement of freight from S&S’s site in Tonbridge.
Operations spearheaded by head of international freight, Paul Black (pictured, below) who ...
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GB Railfreight named a Class 66 diesel locomotive Ipswich Town in honour of the local football side on 12 January.
To mark the occasion, GB Railfreight chief executive, John Smith, Mediterranean Shipping Company’s managing director, Dan Everitt and Tractor Boys, chairman, Mike O’Leary and Chief Executive, Mark Ashton unveiled the name ...
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