March 2025
Thurrock Council has approved a new ten-year Local Development Order (LDO) to enable continued expansion and job creation at DP World’s London Gateway Logistics Park. The LDO streamlines planning processes for new construction projects, which are all built to a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ classification as standard. Under the LDO, new builds at the Park are granted final approval within 28 days.
The Park is the largest facility of its type in the ...
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German forwarder DB Schenker – soon to become part of the Danish DSV family – says it has delivered 99.5% inventory accuracy to Siemens at its site at Congleton, Cheshire.
It adds that the achievement is unprecedented in the history of the operation and is now being used as a blueprint ...
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The Port of Tyne has appointed Elaine Scott as innovation partnerships manager. She brings a wealth of experience from her time at Space North East England, where she led the development of the region’s Space sector and in her new role will focus on the skills and innovations needed to ...
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GB Railfreight has moving imported steel slab from the Port of Bristol at Portbury to Tata Steel UK in Port Talbot, South Wales.
GBRf will run this service until the end of 2027 when Tata Steel’s new three million tonne-per-year Electric Arc Furnace is due to be commissioned.
To minimise downtime and ...
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German-based Duvenbeck Group has started operation of a MAN eTGX Ultra Low Liner electric truck between its logistics warehouse in Herne and the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg.
The 317km (200 mile) route is served by a single eTGX electric truck operating the round trip with electricity is supplied by the public ...
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Independent cargo handler Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has signed its first carrier of 2025, Hungary Airlines.
The carrier has started scheduled services between its Budapest hub and Hong Kong, using 62 tonne capacity A330F aircraft.
Hactl will provide cargo terminal operations, aircraft loading and unloading, and documentation.
Budapest is a ...
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Logistics UK has appointed four new directors to its non-executive board.
Mark Grimshaw-Smith, head of rail and supply chain for Cemex UK, brings more than 40 years of experience in the movement of heavy construction materials and has operational and development experience in Europe and Mexico.
Professor Rem Noormohamed has extensive experience ...
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Car maker Mercedes-Benz has place the largest single order for Sustainable Aviation Fuel by a DB Schenker customer. The agreement for 13,000 tons of SAFwill reduce the company’s CO2e emissions by 40,000 tons and will be accredited towards export air freight shipments from Frankfurt to Beijing and Shanghai.
DB Schenker and ...
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The WCAworld network’s Worldwide Conference attracted a record attendance for the second consecutive year. It brought together 4,700 freight forwarders from 179 countries over five days, with over 80,000 one on one meetings, reinforcing the vision of WCAworld chairman David Yokeum, who has long championed the idea that face-to-face interactions ...
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Air Charter Service has promoted Andreas Spies to head of time critical services for the EMEA and APAC regions, based in Frankfurt, Germany. He joined ACS seven years ago after more than a decade of onboard courier experience and will now further develop the broker’s OBC and Next Flight Out ...
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