September 2026
UAE-based Gulftainer is to make a strategic investment in Suksawat Terminal on the Chao Phraya River, the Group’s entry into Thailand. Located south of Bangkok in Samut Prakan, Suksawat Terminal has direct barge connections to Laem Chabang, Thailand’s principal deep-sea port. Gulftainer plans to invest in the terminal’s capacity, productivity and service offering. Gulftainer chief executive Farid Belbouab, said the group’s ambition was to build an integrated trade and logistics ...
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Freightliner has welcomed the Government's new interim rail freight growth target of 40% by 2040. The rail company - now part of the CMA CGM Group – said it was an important stepping stone towards the already published longer-term ambition of 75% growth by 2050.
Freightliner said the 2040 target is ...
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Air Charter Service has recruited Timo Kaden as cargo business development director for Germany, based its Frankfurt office. He brings with him 30 years of logistics expertise and has worked in cargo aircraft chartering for the past 19 years. Chief executive of ACS Germany, Caroline Werf, commented: “In recent years ...
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SJH Fulfilment is to invest £3.5 million in a new 46,000 sq ft Greater Belfast fulfilment facility, more than doubling its total warehousing footprint and supporting 25 permanent jobs over the next three years.
The new facility at Maryland Industrial Estate in Moneyreagh takes the company’s total warehousing footprint in Northern ...
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City of London Corporation’s Heathrow Animal Reception Centre (HARC) has achieved International Air Transport Association (IATA) CEIV Live Animals re-certification for a third consecutive cycle.It verifies that HARC continues to meet the highest international standards for animal welfare and follows an independent assessment of its facilities, procedures, staff expertise and ...
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Bullet Express chief operating officer Grant Donald is to succeed John McKail as chief executive from 1 November. Grant Donald (left) joined the business a year ago following senior roles at Movianto and DPD and has led the Scottish specialist’s transport, storage and worldwide operations.
John McKail will remain on the ...
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Hutchison Ports has put two new, bigger Ship-to-Shore cranes into service at its ‘BEST’ terminal in Barcelona.
The ZPMC-manufactured machines can operate vessels of up to 26 container rows and with a 55-metre height under spreader. They are also the world’s largest cranes with a goose neck design, which will increase ...
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Rhenus Logistics is calling on UK exporters to take action following the introduction of the EU’s new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). The legislation, which became mandatory on 12 August, applies directly across all EU member states and affects all UK businesses placing packaged goods on the EU market.
Under ...
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The Airforwarders Association (AfA) is has called for trade talks between the US and Canada in to restart before Canadian retaliatory tariffs on US imports take effect on September 8.
The Canadian tariffs are the latest episode in an ongoing war of words between the two North American neighbours which has ...
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Essex-based forwarder Uniserve has launched a direct Indonesia LCL Service to give UK importers a cost-effective solution for lower-volume cargo. It operates via Jakarta and Felixstowe, with a transit time of around 33 days, with devanning at Uniserve’s London terminal for onward distribution across the UK.
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