January 2026

Education for all with DHL

DHL Group has extended its global youth employability program, GoTeach by five years to mark the initiative’s 15th anniversary and reaffirming its partnerships with Teach For All and SOS Children’s Villages through 2030. Launched in 2010, GoTeach was designed to address global youth unemployment. The program connects young people – particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds – with DHL employees who serve as mentors and role models and provide skills, confidence and ... [+]

ABP signs carbon-capture pact

Associated British Ports (ABP), LBC Tank Terminals (LBC), North Sea Port in the Benelux and the Port of Esbjerg have signed two memoranda of understanding to study the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) shipping corridors between Northern Europe and the UK and to share experience and understanding of ... [+]

Japan sweeps the field in Hactl tournament

Teams from ten international airlines t6ook part in the fifteenth Hactl International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition, held at Hactl’s SuperTerminal 1 in Hong Kong. Some 300 spectators watched participants from Air Canada, Cargolux, China Southern Airlines, Emirates SkyCargo, EVA Air, Finnair, IAG Cargo, Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines, SF Airlines ... [+]

Currie joins Palletforce network

Scottish domestic and international haulier Currie Solutions has joined the Palletforce network as member for the Edinburgh area. With offices across the UK and Europe, Currie Solutions operates 160 vehicles and employees over 400 staff. [+]

CharterSync launches AI tool

Air cargo platform CharterSync has launched its first artificial intelligence (AI) deployment, extractCS. It can extract key details from freight forwarder communications and automatically populate CharterSync’s request process, reducing processing time to under a minute. It automatically extracts and populates the platform with data including airport origin and destination, cargo ... [+]

Stena completes Latvia port purchase

Stena Line has completed the acquisition of the terminal operator Terrabalt in Liepaja, Latvia, and officially taken over ro ro, bulk and general cargo operations. Liepaja is Latvia’s third-largest port and Stena Line currently operates the Liepaja, Latvia –Travemünde, Germany route with two vessels. In parallel with Stena Line’s long-term ... [+]

Partners pioneer first electric truck through the Tunnel

Kuehne+Nagel, LeShuttle Freight, Voltempo and DAF Trucks have sent the first electric heavy-goods vehicle through the Channel Tunnel. The journey began at KN’s East Midlands Gateway depot in the UK where the truck was loaded with 12-tonnes of freight before being fully charged using the depot’s Voltempo HyperCharger, the UK’s first ... [+]

Haropa boosts cargo and boxes in a turbulent year

The Haropa Group of ports (Le Havre, Rouen and Paris) increased total maritime traffic by 2%, with containers reaching a historic high, up 4% to 3.1 million TEU,  in the face of an extremely unpredictable international environment, according to figures for 2025. The year was marked by the introduction of new ... [+]

Liège joins Emirates Skycargo network

Emirates SkyCargo has added Liège to its freighter network, the airline’s first new destination of 2026. The Belgian gateway is one of the world’s fastest-growing cargo hubs. In recent years, Emirates SkyCargo has served it with ad hoc freighters, shipping specialised products such as fresh-cut flowers and e-Commerce packages, as well ... [+]

Logistics UK calls for Welsh freight strategy

Logistics UK is urging the Welsh Senedd to publish its long-awaited freight and logistics strategy as a matter of urgency, following the omission of the sector from the latest Welsh budget. Policy manager Josh Fenton said: “The final Welsh budget fails to recognise one of the country’s largest and most critical ... [+]

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