Chris Lewis

Seafrigo opens Stockholm site

Seafrigo has opened its fifth warehouse in Sweden, a 10,000sq m, 30,000-pallet facility in Katrineholm, southwest of Stockholm. Seafrigo specializes in the storage and handling of foodstuffs across four temperature zones, ranging from frozen to controlled ambient. The company’s Nordic operations are headquartered in Helsingborg, which opened in 2018. Across the Nordics, Seafrigo handles 3,000 specialist pallets daily and conducts 600 tonnes of blast-freezing of meat per week. The new Katrineholm site ... [+]

CargoIQ moves to three-tier certification

The Cargo iQ airfreight quality standards group is rolling out a tiered certification programme to help members develop staggered implementation plans. It aims to help them to map their quality progress and identify areas that require further improvement. The tiers – 1,2 and 3 -will reflect the scores achieved by members ... [+]

DHL opens North-east e-commerce site

DHL eCommerce has opened a site in Newcastle. The 55,000sq ft facility will handle up to 15,000 parcels a day and is the latest development under DHL’s £482m investment in its UK infrastructure. It follows the opening of DHL’s Coventry Hub in March. It has been designed to align with DHL’s ... [+]

DHL brings life-saving heart clinic to Burundi kids

DHL Global Forwarding has transported the world’s first mobile heart clinic for children to Burundi. It will provide life-saving cardiovascular surgeries for children with congenital heart diseases in partnership with German NGO, Kinderherzen. An estimated 90 percent of children in Africa with CHD lack access to necessary medical care, contributing to ... [+]

Project forwarder TGP opens UK head office

Trans Global Projects (TGP) has opened a new head office at Sevenoaks, Kent. . Founded in 1988, TGP has grown from a provider of international logistics solutions to a major project logistics forwarder. It acquired Swiss logistics specialist Natco in 2015 and its German arm in 2018. It now operates ... [+]

XPO helps Chopsticks turn scrap timber to good use

XPO Logistics and Saint-Gobain Off-Site Solutions have partnered with North Yorkshire charity Chopsticks to provide timber off-cuts to its woodworking group. Chopsticks support vulnerable adults in the community, providing them a safe working environment while teaching them new workshop skills. Working with otherwise scrap timber, the Chopsticks team create wood kindling ... [+]

American steps up schedules for the summer

American Airlines is to operate flights from Philadelphia to Edinburgh and Milan Malpensa, from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to Venice Marco Polo, from Chicago O’Hare to Naples and Madrid-Barajas, from Charlotte-Douglas to Athens and from Miami (MIA) to Rome-Fuimucino in its summer schedule starting in April.London Heathrow to DFW also ... [+]

Magnum Logistics sets 40% by 2040 target

Palletways member Magnum Logistics has set itself a target to reduce its carbon footprint by 40% by 2040, following its move to a purpose-built depot at DP World London Gateway. A quarter of the roof of its new BREEAM and Planet Mark certified 100,000sq ft warehouse are covered by solar ... [+]

Transporeon launches freight exchange offering

Transportation management platform Transporeon has extended its offering to include the forwarder-to-carrier spot road freight market. While Transporeon's platform facilitates connections within its own network, the move is an entry into the traditional freight exchange segment. It says it offers a modern, efficient alternative to established freight exchanges, leveraging its ... [+]

Tariffs set to change global trading landscape, says customs expert

President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs could create a significant shift in the trade landscape which few are ready for, says Keiron Myall, managing director of Suffolk-based Customs Support Group (CSG). He said that while the UK had got off relatively lightly with only a 10% tariff imposed on its exports to ... [+]

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