January 2026

ABP partners with Hull Uni in safety study

Associated British Ports (ABP) has partnered with the University of Hull to gain new insights on safety. It is working with the team of psychologists at The Centre for Human Factors based in Lampada Digital Solutions, a University of Hull subsidiary, to carry out a survey across all ABP’s 21 ports and other locations. It uses a diagnostic safety climate tool designed to help assess and improve safety culture, measuring ... [+]

Snooki the sea turtle takes to the air with a little help from ACS

Air Charter Service was called on a wildlife rescue centre in North Carolina to get an injured creature to her new home. Snooki the sea turtle sustained a spinal injury several years ago, limiting her mobility and ruling out of a return to the wild. The rescue centre in North ... [+]

CLdN to offer Portugal box option

CLdN is to launch a weekly lo lo container service between Rotterdam Distriport and Leixões (Porto) in Portugal on 25 January. It will complement the twice-weekly ro ro sailings between Rotterdam, Zeebrugge and Leixões. [+]

Steve Hughes takes the reins at Globe Air Cargo

ECS Group has appointed Steve Hughes as managing director for Globe Air Cargo (GAC) UK, replacing Michelle House, who retires at the end of this year after ten years with the company and 44 years in the industry. Hughes joins Globe Air Cargo from Wexco Cargo GSSA after seven years as ... [+]

Awery appoints two

Awery Aviation Software has appointed Christian Gessner as business development manager and David Kerr as consultant. Gessner (pictured, above) brings two decades of experience in air cargo, including the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and several aviation software providers. Kerr (Pictured, below) has spent almost a decade at American Airlines, before moving ... [+]

North America drives Vienna growth

Vienna Airport achieved a record 313,763 tonnes of cargo handled in 2025, up 5.3% on the previous year. Key drivers were the targeted expansion of long-haul services with additional belly-hold capacity, as well as strong growth in the e-commerce and pharmaceutical segments. The Vienna Pharma Handling Center also recorded a ... [+]

Future Forwarding opens in Farnborough

Future Forwarding has expanded its UK presence with a branch in Farnborough. It will support air, courier, road, rail, sea, and e-commerce movements, led by regional director Patrick Loffler, supported by operations manager, Damien Walmsley. Founded in the UK in 1977 as a privately-owned, independent logistics provider, Future Forwarding expanded into ... [+]

Stena Connecta ready to take up Belfast-Heysham duties

Stena’s Line’s Stena Connecta freight vessel for the Belfast-Heysham route has arrived in Belfast Harbour and is due to go into commercial service on 23 January. She joins sister vessel Stena Futura which went into service in October 2025 and together the two ships will offer an additional 40% freight capacity ... [+]

Logistics UK calls for cool heads over Greenland

With the row raging between Europe and Europe over the future of Greenland, Logistics UK has urged politicians on both sides of the Atlantic to take a measured approach to trade and avoid destabilising global markets and supply chains. US President Trump has vowed to slap tariffs on countries that oppose ... [+]

Rosyth ro ro ‘when, not if’

Launch of a ro ro service between the port of Roysth in Scotland and Dunkirk “is a question of when, not if,” the deputy chief executive of the French port, Daniel Deschodt told a press conference on 20 January. Some regulatory hurdles still need to be overcome before the service can ... [+]

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