February 2025
DP World has completed 65% of the first phase of its Sokhna Logistics Park, 100km east of Cairo in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.
The $80 million hub spans 300,000sq m is scheduled for completion in June 2025, and aims to improve efficiency and reduce logistics costs between Egypt, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.
The park is designed to support a range of industries, such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, retail, automotive and ...
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DHL Global Forwarding, the ocean and air freight division of DHL Group, has published a white paper, ‘China Plus X: The New Global Supply Chain’. It highlights multi-shoring strategies that go beyond the classic ‘China Plus 1’ philosophy and focuses on diversifying production and supplier locations in several to safeguard ...
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Glasgow Prestwick Airport handled its longest-ever piece of freight on 27 January, part of a consignment for the oil and gas industry.
The cargo was flown from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, alongside two additional 40-foot components for on-carriage to Aberdeen.
The longest piece, 67 feet long and weighing 24 tonnes, was transported on ...
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Air Charter Service has opened its first Italian office in Milan. It will be headed by Leonardo D’Alessandro, who joined the broker in February 2015 at its London headquarters, before moving to the Geneva office in 2018. From there he has been focussing on predominantly Italian clients.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group’s Wallenius SOL intra-European arm has acquired UK-based freight operator, Mann Lines. The company, which operates ro ro, con-ro and sto-ro services from Tilbury and north-west Continent to ports in Sweden and Finland, said the move would enable it to expand its liner services to Harwich, Turku, Paldiski, ...
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São Paulo-based Modern Logistics (ML) has launched an Amazonas Conectado project to help drought stricken communities in the Amazon region.
It includes a Sea-Air service, whereby import cargo is transferred by sea to Manaus, through its own network or through partners and then loaded onto its 737 aircraft or a chartered ...
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XPO Logistics is launching a ‘Nature Network’ project to enhance biodiversity around its sites in the UK and Ireland, part of its efforts to improve sustainability by reducing CO2 emissions and within the microclimates around each depot. The company's headquarters at Crick in Northamptonshire will be the first site to ...
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The UK must invest in an efficiently functioning border including revitalising the Single Trade Window scheme launched by the previous administration if, says Logistics UK. The organisation has submitted the sector’s priorities to the Treasury as part of the government Spending Review.
Policy director Kevin Green, that Logistics UK member businesses ...
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Cathay Cargo says it has become the first carrier to adopt the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) ONE Record data protocol in day-to-day interactions with forwarders, one year ahead of the target date of January 2026.
In December 2024, three freight forwarders on the Chinese Mainland – Sinotrans Air Freight, Wecan ...
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Intermodal operator CargoBeamer has raised up to €65 million in equity and debt financing from Orion Infrastructure Capital. Alongside €50 million from existing shareholder and €90 million in grants from the German Federal Railway Authority and the Swiss Federal Office of Transport in 2024, the company has secured a total ...
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