August 2025
DHL Global Forwarding has started full operations at its new Frankfurt Airport warehouse. near Gate 31 in CargoCity South. It gives the air and seafreight specialist expanded capacity at a single, central location for handling up to 300,000 tonnes of cargo annually and replaces operations split across three sites at the airport. Fraport, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport, designed and built the new facility in just over a ...
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Global air cargo volumes jumped by 5% year-on-year in July as more shippers opted for the speed of airfreight to help circumvent US tariffs, according to the latest market analysis by Xeneta.
Market sentiment, however, remains subdued as tariff talks in Washington continued. The lack of clarity continues to cast a ...
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FBJ editor Chris Lewis's third go at the Three Pubs Challenge ended in triumph on Saturday 9 August completing the circuit of pubs in Sussex, Kent and Greater London with no punctures.
They were the Catts Inn, Rotherfield, the Queen's Arms (aka Elsie's) at Cowden Pound and, finally, the Jolly Farmers ...
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Heathrow airport said on 1 August that it had submitted £47bn of “shovel-ready” proposals for a 100% privately financed third runway, capable of going into operation within a decade. The blueprint submitted to Government includes a north-western runway up to 3,500m – a design that already has Parliamentary support, increased ...
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Hanseatic Global Terminals has launched a Latin America arm, its first-ever regional expansion. It has set up at regional headquarters in Santiago, Chile, which will serve as the operational hub for North and South America. Founded in 2024, Hanseatic Global Terminals is an independent entity within the Hapag-Lloyd Group, focusing ...
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London Thames Hydrogen has confirmed a £200 million private-sector commitment to build a hydrogen-from-waste facility on the Tilbury Tax Site at Thames Freeport, as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy. Delivered by Chinook Hydrogen, the Tilbury plant will produce up to 12 tonnes per day of hydrogen, using residual waste ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has named Chris Packwood as member engagement advisor with a remit to support corporate members. He brings over three decades of experience in the freight forwarding and logistics industry as former managing director of Geodis UK.
In the newly created advisory capacity, he will work ...
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The RMT maritime and transport union is helping to mark a seminal event in British trade unionism that took place in Sunderland 200 years ago.
Five striking seafarers were shot dead by soldiers during an industrial dispute in the North Sands Massacre
The killings took place on 3 August 1825 during action ...
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IAG Cargo increased revenues by 11.1% to €629 million (US$718m) in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period last year.
Latin America - Europe routes continue to be a key growth driver, with tonnage up 19.3% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is to market ITA Airways cargo capacity on routes from Asia to Rome as part of its cooperation with the Italian carrier from 1 September. It includes routes from Delhi, Tokyo-Haneda and Bangkok to Rome-Fiumicino which also be marketed and managed under the Lufthansa Cargo AWB prefix. Lufthansa ...
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