February 2024

GAC opens South Korea office

Shipping, logistics and marine services group GAC has opened its first office in South Korea. With the country looking to tap into renewable offshore wind energy to meet its net-zero targets and aiming to install 14.3 GW of offshore wind by 2030, and this is expected to attract a large amount of investment in South Korea’s supply chain over the coming years. GAC adds that while its core focus is ... [+]

Gebrüder Weiss takes over Salt Lake City’s Cargo-Link

Austrian forwarding and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss is to take over Salt Lake City, Utah-based Cargo-Link. Cargo-Link was founded in 1976 and, with its 15 employees, is mainly active in sea and air freight as well as customs clearance s. It operates a 2,000sq m warehouse close to Salt Lake ... [+]

Solent raises funds for life-changing research

A partnership between Solent Stevedores and the Neuroblastoma UK charity has raised £4,000 raised for research into more effective and kinder treatments for children affected by disease Solent Stevedores selected Neuroblastoma UK as its Charity of the Year following nomination by two members of the Solent Stevedores London team whose ... [+]

TST to support Pallet-Track in Northern Ireland

Ballymena -based Pallet-Track shareholder member, TST Group, is extending its partnership to support the network’s Northern Irish operation.  Family-run TST Group has been a shareholder of Pallet-Track since 2017 and manages an average of 500 pallets per day for the UK distribution network via its Birmingham operation. The latest move will ... [+]

Virgin space available on WebCargo

Virgin Atlantic Cargo capacity is now available on Freightos’ WebCargo e-booking platform. The UK-based airline flies to 30 destinations, including the US, the Caribbean, India, China, Nigeria and South Africa. [+]

Dover signs digital twin deal

The Port of Dover and the Universities of Plymouth and Manchester have been awarded a £333,585 grant by Innovate UK to create a digital twin of the ro ro port. The funding underpins a three-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), that will harness the universities’ expertise in hydrodynamic modelling and cutting-edge research ... [+]

GBRf launches London Gateway-Doncaster route

GB Railfreight has started a new five days a week intermodal service between London Gateway and iPort Doncaster. It will use new FEA-G intermodal wagons, each able to carry six teu , significantly increasing the volume of cargo that can be transported on each journey. [+]

Kuehne+Nagel to be the forwarder’s forwarder

UK-based Clarion Events has selected Kuehne+Nagel as its official global logistics partner on a long-term contract. Clarion Events organises over two hundred exhibitions around the world, including the Multimodal show in the UK in June. Kuehne+Nagel will be the exclusive onsite handling provider for those events, which includes storage, lifting ... [+]

ABP appoints Wales and South-west manager

Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Ashley Curnow as its new divisional port manager for Wales and the Southwest. He will oversee ports in South Wales alongside Plymouth and Teignmouth in the Southwest and was previously head of Humber International Terminal and Immingham Renewable Fuels Terminal. [+]

EU customs reforms ‘could have unforeseen consequences’

CLECAT (European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services) and the European Shippers Council have warned Members of the European Parliament that the EU Customs Reform proposal could have unforeseen consequences. While supporting the overall objectives of the plan, they say that the programme is “incredibly ambitious”, and that MEPs ... [+]

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