Chris Lewis
The Competition and Markets Authority has cleared GXO’s acquisition of Wincanton subject to the divestment of a number of Wincanton grocery contracts in the UK. Integration is expected to commence in the third quarter and the teams are permitted to collaborate on specified ongoing aerospace and defence tenders in the UK effective immediately. No further regulatory reviews are required.
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, is taking a 20-year lease on a new air cargo terminal in the CargoPort area of Lyon-Saint Exupéry due to open in summer 2026.
The 5.2-hectare Aéroport de Lyon DC1 site is adjacent to the runway and will offer 19,133m² of warehouse space and ...
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Saudia Cargo has signed global logistics partnership agreements with Scan Global Logistics and Air Logistics Europe.The partnership with Danish-based SGLwill give it priority access to Saudia Cargo's global network. The agreement with Air Logistics Europe is for air cargo solutions between the UKand Saudi Arabia.
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Portsmouth stevedore Portico Shipping has secured £4.8m from the Solent Freeport's seed capital fund which will be supported by a £2.23m loan from owners Portsmouth City Council providing a total of £7.03m capital investment for major projects.
It will allow the company to create more quayside space by demolishing a warehouse, ...
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Cardiff forwarding and logistics company FSEW has gone into partnership with Zenobē to provide charging infrastructure for its electric vehicle fleet at its hub in Wentloog. The hub will be the first in Wales to be powered entirely by renewable energy sources and one of the UK’s first low carbon ...
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Inland and coastal waterways should be core components of modern multimodal transport and expanding their use can reduce road congestion, lower emissions, improve air quality and enhance regional connectivity, according to a new Logistics UK report. "The UK Logistics Network: Waterborne Freight", launched at Multimodal on 18 June, highlights the ...
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Associated British Ports’ (ABP) has acquired the long leasehold of Grimsby Seafood Village. The four-acre multi-let industrial site is located on ABP’s Port of Grimsby in the Humber and comprises 21 units including several fish processing businesses. Chief executive of Grimsby Fish Merchants Association, Simon Dwyer, said: “The Village is ...
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CargoBeamer, operator of a patented system for transferring semi-trailers between road and rail is to construct a new terminal in Kaldenkirchen, Germany near the Dutch. Designed for the automated loading of non-craneable semi-trailers to rail, construction of the new terminal is scheduled to commence in the second half of 2025, ...
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Freight forwarder Rhenus Group has launched a UK domestic distribution service. It is available for all freight types, including oversized loads, UK-wide and follows a pilot phase among a selected customer base. The service uses both Rhenus-owned trucks (available at Corby and Bradford ) and subcontracted vehicles managed by the ...
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The UK's trading relationships have suffered more than the EU's following its exit from the trade bloc, according to a Logistics UK survey. It said that the country's exports were down 23% from 2017 to 2024 while imports fell only by 5%.
In a speech at Multimodal 2025 at the NEC ...
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