December 2025
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, has won a competitive tender to lease a new, built-to-suit 11,000sq m air cargo facility at London Heathrow Airport, expected to be fully operational during 2027.
WFS will install a four level, 220 position pallet and container handling system with two elevating transfer vehicle that together with other features will give an annual handling capacity of over 160,000 tonnes.
The 20-year lease on the new ...
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Port of Dover Cargo says it has had a successful citrus season this year. Working closely with the Reefer Alliance service, operated jointly by Seatrade and Cool Carriers, the Port of Dover handled weekly citrus import shipments between June and October.
In 2025, the South Africa (SAF) service expanded its schedule, ...
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A fire broke out at the port of Methil in Fife on Sunday 21 December, with multiple lorries and trailers on fire according to press reports. Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it was alerted at 9.11am on Sunday and had seven appliances at the scene but there are no ...
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French-owned forwarding and logistics company Geodis has concluded an agreement to acquire full truckload operator, Malherbe, subject to completion of regulatory formalities. It would put Geodis among the top three players in the French market for full and less than full truckloads, with combined revenue of €2 billion. Malherbe was ...
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TIR movements from Türkiye to GCC markets via Syria officially restarted in mid-November after years of interruption. Operations via Syria are critical for onward movements towards neighbouring markets and the wider Middle East.
Managed by IRU under a United Nations mandate, allows shipment goods via unlimited countries with trucks sealed at ...
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Italian-owned Grimaldi’s latest deepsea ro ro vessel pays tribute to one of Turkey’s major cities and ports. The company held a christening and delivery ceremony for the Grande Istanbul in Shanghai in late November for its sixth ammonia-ready pure car and truck carrier (PCTC).
Grimaldi Group vessels call at Turkish ports ...
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APM Terminals and Barging Marine Solutions Ltd have signed an exclusive lease agreement until September 2031 to expand services in and around Apapa, Nigeria to increase capacity and to provide enhanced landside and barge connections.
The facilities include two waterfront and inland container terminals as well as barge services that will ...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today has agreed a 33-year lease extension at Maher Terminals, the largest and busiest container terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey. The long-term agreement secures operations at the terminal through September 2063 and includes investments in support ...
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The planned sale of Hutchison’s international port operations, including Felixstowe, to a consortium including BlackRock and MSC’s Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) are deadlocked, according to a report in the The Wall Street Journal. The sticking point appears to be demands by China that its state-owned shipping company Cosco has a ...
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Gulftainer has opened its second bonded Dry Port in Sajaa in the northern UAE. Positioned between Sharjah and Khorfakkan Port, the 70-hectare hub includes a 50,000sq m fully interlocked yard, 5,000sq m of warehousing, bulk and container storage of and direct road links to UAE ports.
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