September 2025
XPO Logistics held the first edition of its Suppliers Awards on 23 September at its European headquarters in Lyon, France.
The winners were:
Sustainability – Renault Trucks
The French truck manufacturer is supporting XPO Logistics’ energy transition with an order of 230 fully electric vehicles, to be delivered up to 2026, with 112 already on the road. The electric fleet has already avoided more than 2,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions, and is complemented ...
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United Cargo has signed a partnership with airfreight digital enabler CargoAi. The carrier’s domestic and international capacity is now accessible on CargoAi’s digital platform, giving freight forwarders access to real-time rates and an eBooking process. The integration covers general cargo express, and perishables without temperature control in markets including the ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Martyn Lawns to lead its specialized project forwarding unit DHL Global Industrial Projects.He is tasked with expanding DHL’s capabilities in energy transition and infrastructure development and will also continue to lead DHL’s groupwide New Energy growth initiative, which is focused on emerging sectors such as ...
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Federal Express has started operations at its new, automated sorting facility at Tallinn Airport in Estonia. The facility, which combines ground and air services, is the first cargo terminal on the southern side of the Airport City business complex at the airport.
With a threefold increase in space compared with previous ...
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Geodis has introduced a new cross-border road transport service from South Africa to ten countries in the region forfull truckload and less-than-truckload shipments. It is centered on its hub in Johannesburg serving Angola (Luanda), Botswana (Gaborone), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lubumbashi), Eswatini (Mbabane), Lesotho (Maseru), Malawi (Blantyre and ...
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UK businesses are nowhere near the level they need to be in dealing with their supply chain emissions, although they are outperforming other major economies according to a report published by sustainability firm EcoVadis and Boston Consulting Group on 24 September.
It says that this could threaten national net zero targets, ...
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UAE dedicated express cargo airline SolitAir is expanding its network based at its Dubai World Central hub into Africa with destinations including Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Eldoret and Nairobi in Kenya, Benghazi in Libya, Johannesburg, Lusaka and Harare.
Earlier, the carrier signed an agreement with World Star Aviation for two Boeing ...
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Poland’s closure of its border with Belarus has halted rail freight traffic between China and Europe. The Polish government cited national security grounds, and freight is reported to be backing up at border stations. However shipping services between China and Europe remain unaffected.
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Project freight forwarder Scan Global Logistics is expanding into India. Its first three offices will be in Chennai, Delhi and a had office in Mumbai. Vikash Agarwal will lead the team as chief executive of India. Before joining SGL, Vikash served as managing director for South Asia at Maersk.
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APM Terminals’ West African Container Terminal (WACT) in Onne has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian Ports Authority to accelerate decarbonisation across the country’s ports and transport system. The agreement, which was formalised on 22 September at the Dutch Consulate in New York, during the week of the ...
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