Chris Lewis
With the EU’s long-awaited Entry/Exit System (EES) checks on travellers due to be implemented on Sunday 12 October, it is essential the EU sticks to its promise of a phased roll out, to ensure there is no disruption for freight traffic, says Logistics UK.
Under EES, the EU’s new border processes will automatically register non-EU citizens as they cross the borders of the 29 European countries in the Schengen area. On ...
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Worldwide Flight Services is introducing CIND’s ContourCheck ULD measurement system at its largest air cargo handling stations at London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol and Paris Charles de Gaulle airports in early 2026, as part of a global rollout.
WFS was the first air cargo handler to implement CIND’s 3D modelling software in ...
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The air freight industry is adjusting to the end of de-minimis customs concessions in the US, with tighter compliance and small-parcels giving way to heavier, consolidated shipments, Airforwarders Association (AfA) executive director, Brandon Fried told the FIATA World Congress 2025 in Hanoi on 9 October.
He said that AfA members have ...
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Hinckley & Bosworth Council has approved plans by Pall-Ex to build a new Group HQ and hub operation The network operator and developer and investor Barberry have been given the go-ahead to start work on the Centre of Excellence - the largest build-to-suit pre-let deal in the UK this year ...
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Freightliner has named one of its locomotives Donald Malcolm in honour of the founder of Scottoish based logistics company The Malcolm Group.
The group has several dedicated Freightliner trains running daily from Daventry to Grangemouth and Mossend in the central belt of Scotland. The named locomotive, no. 90021, was christened at ...
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Urgent freight firm Carousel Logistics has launched a pick-up drop-off (PUDO) network across the UK and Ireland with over 100 staffed locations and plans for further expansion.
The service allows field-based staff and engineers to send and return freight, parcels, or repair items at convenient collection points, with deliveries made before ...
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Gulftainer has launched a Landbridge solution to move cargo across the UAE and the wider GCC region. It is based on its Khorfakkan Commercial Terminal (KCT) and uses a fleet of over 300 trailers.
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Economic uncertainty and geopolitical instability have pushed optimism in the UK logistics sector to its lowest level in 14 years, say researchers.
The Barclays-BDO UK Logistics Confidence Index 2025, which assesses confidence and expectations in the industry, has a score of only 40.4 this year, down from 57.6 in 2024 and ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company has signed a long-term lease on two warehouses at Frankfurt Airport to enable it to expand its e-commerce services.
The handler will take over two warehouses and two office buildings on a 24,000sq m site within the airport’s Cargo City South.
The facilities will be ...
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Rail piggyback operator CargoBeamer has added route between Venlo and Oradea, one of the first rail services for semitrailers between the Netherlands and Romania. It operates six round trips per week with a transit time of 60 hours.
Trains run daily from Sunday to Friday from the Cabooter Terminal in Venlo, ...
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