May 2026
A fundamental shift in how the UK eats is reshaping the food supply chain and logistics, says Dave Hands, managing director of Coleshill-based LTS Global Solutions.
The forwarder has seen a significant rise in enquiries from food ingredient suppliers and manufacturers, driven by a growing consumer preference for cooking from scratch and a renewed focus on fresh, wholesome foods.
Once dominated by shelf-ready convenience products, the UK food landscape is changing. Consumers ...
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By Ocean Network Express
The maritime industry has a recruitment challenge … but not simply because young people are uninterested in shipping. In reality, many young professionals are looking for global careers with purpose, development opportunities and long-term potential.
The issue is that maritime has not always been successful at explaining what ...
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IAG Cargo will launch routes from Madrid to Monterrey and Barcelona to Lima in June.
The new three-times-weekly service between Madrid and Monterrey will start on 2 June and will be first time that the carrier directly connects Spain with Northern Mexico. Monterrey is a major manufacturing hub, with strong automotive, ...
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Uniserve has launched a China–UK rail LCL consolidation service. Operating weekly from Xi’an, it consolidates cargo from major Chinese manufacturing hubs including Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao and Shenzhen. From there, shipments move by rail to Poland in just 12 days, providing a clear advantage. The journey continues into the UK via ...
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Kempower has signed a three-year agreement to supply DC fast-charging technology across APM Terminals’ network. The technology will be installed across APM Terminals’ global network and the first three pilot projects have already been started in APM Terminals Yucatán in Mexico, TM2 in Morocco and Callao in Peru, to accommodate ...
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Ground handler Swissport International has signed a binding agreement to acquire Swiftair Maroc, subject to regulatory approval.
Swiftair Maroc operates a 3,700sq m airside warehouse at Mohammed V Airport, Morocco’s primary air freight hub in Casablanca including cold rooms for pharmaceutical products and perishable goods.
Swissport’s Maroc arm already provides ground handling ...
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DHL Group’s contract logistics division, DHL Supply Chain, has broken ground on a new European Battery Logistics Hub in Holtum, Limburg in the Netherlands. The site offers 17,000sq m of specialized storage and service space for high voltage batteries and is next door to DHL Supply Chain’s existing Holtum automotive ...
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Demand for road transport capacity rose sharply in April as Good Friday and Easter Monday compressed available working days and businesses rushed to move freight ahead of the Early May Bank Holiday according to carrier sourcing platform TEG.
Artic demand rose 20% and haulage demand rose 12.6% during April. Carrier availability ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) says that the decision to extend the5p cut on fuel duty will be extended for the rest of the year, shows that the government is listening.Steve Parker, BIFA director general said: “BIFA has been a strong supporter of a campaign around fuel duty and ...
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Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) officially opened its new CEIV- and GDP-certified Pharma Center on May 12. With it, the largest airline-independent cargo handler at the Germany gateway has quadrupled its space for handling temperature-controlled pharmaceutical cargo. It centralizes all of its pharmaceutical handling operations across a space of just under 3,300 ...
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