Chris Lewis

Southampton welcomes car giant of the seas

Associated British Ports (ABP) welcomed the Glovis Lighthouse to Southampton on 14 July, the largest vehicle carrier to call and one of the largest and newest vessels of its type in the world. The vessel arrived at Southampton's Solent Gateway on its maiden voyage and first port call in Europe. She has a capacity for 10,800 car equivalent units (CEU), is 230 metres long and 40 metres beam. The dual-fuel vessel is ... [+]

Strikes and economy dent Antwerp-Bruges containers

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges handled 133.9 million tonnes of maritime cargo in the first half of 2026, down 2.4% compared with the same period last year. While ro ro grew (+5.9%) and bulk remained more or less stable (-1.3%), most of the decline was in general cargo segment, especially containers ... [+]

Kuehne+Nagel puts warehouses in the Cloud

Kuehne+Nagel is turning its KN SwiftLOG warehouse management system into a Cloud-native platform with AI capabilities. Spanning more than 1,000 sites in close to 100 countries, it says the deployment is one of the most extensive transformations of warehouse operations in the logistics industry. The platform is built on Blue Yonder’s Warehouse ... [+]

GBRf plays tribute to the leafbusters

GB Railfreight (GBRf), now the UK's largest rail freight company, has named locomotive 66745 Wigan Springs Branch in recognition of the vital role played by one of Network Rail's key seasonal maintenance hubs. Wigan Springs Branch is a key hub for the company's Rail Head Treatment Train which keeps the network ... [+]

Top marks for pharma for Geodis Poland

Geodis has renewed its IATA CEIV Pharma certification for its air freight operations in Warsaw and also obtained Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for its Stryków Dobra contract logistics site. CEIV Pharma is recognized as a quality standard for pharmaceutical air cargo and harmonizes global handling practices by ensuring compliance with ... [+]

American sets up Europe-US pharma corridor

American Airlines Cargo has established a dedicated pharma corridor connecting European life sciences hubs in Amsterdam and Brussels with major US destinations via London Heathrow. It aligns with IATA CEIV Pharma and GDP standards, and will use American’s daily transatlantic flights from London to key US pharma hubs, including validated ... [+]

Immingham selected for sustainable aviation fuel site

ETFuels has selected Immingham as the location for its Project King's Road schem,e to build a refinery to manufacture advanced aviation fuels. It will convert renewable e-methanol into sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) for the UK and export markets. Competitive advantages include access to some of the world's lowest-cost renewable e-methanol from ... [+]

ONE Record messages go live with Lufthansa and partners

Lufthansa Cargo, WiseTech Global and IBS Software say they have exchanged shipment records to International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) ONE Record standards in a production environment, one of the first large-scale, multi-stakeholder implementations. IATA introduced ONE Record in January 2026 to promote the transparent exchange of data between stakeholders, communities and ... [+]

Yusen opens Antwerp HQ

Yusen Logistics has officially opened its new European regional headquarters in Antwerp. Yusen Logistics Global Management (Europe) will be the centre of the Japanese owned company’s operations, with 140 employees and replaces a regional head office in Schiphol (Amsterdam). Several sister NYK Group companies, including NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) and International ... [+]

Samskip’s SeaShuttles to join HyShip project

Samskip is to bring its SeaShuttle project into the European HyShip initiative, to help accelerate development of liquid hydrogen infrastructure and zero-emission shipping. Samskip has two hydrogen-powered SeaShuttle vessels currently under construction for its Rotterdam/Oslo route. It will work with a consortium of leading European maritime, energy, research and regulatory partners ... [+]

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