July 2025
LeShuttle Freight Village in Calais welcomed its one millionth visitor on 9 July, five years after its opening.
Driver Enus Ionut was presented with a certificate welcomed by the LeShuttle Freight team.
He said that he “always made sure to stop off at LeShuttle Freight Village”, and that his favourite things are “the security, cleanliness, and the welcoming team members” – as well as the food truck, which he loves.
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Dachser has introduced a Smart Landbridge Connect service from Ireland to continental Europe via the UK. The German-owned forwarder says that, compared to Ireland/Continent ferry connections, the route offers more flexibility, shorter transit times and more frequent departures. Direct ferry connections between Irish ports and mainland Europe have limited capacity, ...
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Customs Support Group (CSG) has officially opened its European TechHub in Warsaw. The Hub will act as the digital innovation centre for CSG’s European business, currently spanning 14 markets and focus on the development, deployment and operational support of automation and digitalisation solutions.
CSG aims to eliminate manual preparation of customs ...
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Tesco is to invest in a new distribution centre at DP World London Gateway, expected to open in 2029.
It will be an energy-efficient site and is expected to achieve BREEAM Outstanding certification, demonstrating its commitment to sustainable building practices.
Tesco is collaborating with logistics automation specialist Witron, to bolster its network ...
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Executive director of the Airforwarders Association, Brandon Fried, has described President Trump’s budget bill – signed into law on July 4 as “a landmark moment for the air cargo and logistics industry.”
He said: "This legislation delivers the modernization our industry has long needed from billions in Federal Aviation Administration funding ...
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FedEx has opened a facility in Vianen, near Utrecht in the Netherlands. It includes 5,865sq m warehouse space, ten dock doors for trailers - one equipped with a scissor lift and nine with loose load capabilities – 48 direct loading positions for vans and maximum sorting capacity of 3,600 parcels ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Michael Young as chief executive for the US, succeeding Robert Reiter.
Michael Young is currently chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding UK & Ireland and president of Global Motorsports. He has more than 30 years of experience within DHL Global Forwarding, having held senior roles at ...
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DHL Supply Chain is to invest £550m to deploy over 1,000 additional robots in its UK operations. The new investment builds on the €1bn already spent on automation by DHL Supply Chain over the last three years, with more than 3,200 digitalisation projects deployed across the UK, Ireland and EMEA.
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A new land route between Türkiye to Kuwait via Iraq was inaugurated on 8 July when Hasbayrak International Transport completed the first shipment under the TIR transit system. Three trucks carrying fresh fruit and vegetables departed from Türkiye and reached Kuwait in four days, compared with 45 days by sea. ...
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DHL Supply Chain chief development officer and 20-year DHL veteran, Markus Voss is to succeed Uwe Brinks as the new chief executive of DHL Freight from 1 September. In his new role, Markus Voss will report directly to Tim Scharwath, chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, and become a ...
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