Chris Lewis

Sweet smell of success for Geodis Poland

Südzucker Polska part of Europe’s largest sugar producer, has selected Geodis as its logistics partner to support its warehousing operations in Poland. With just a month from contract signing to go-live, Geodis secured a 5,500sq m warehouse tailored to Südzucker Polska’s requirements, successfully passed a food grade sanitary audit and prepared all HACCP-compliant documentation. It also deployed enhanced security measures and warehouse equipment, such as humidity and temperature measurement devices, while completing ... [+]

Green light for Forth Green Freeport

The Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed on 26 November that the Forth Green Freeport (FGF) has received final UK Government approval ofitsFull Business Case (FBC) following approval from Scottish Government in October. Approval of the FBC is an important step towards unlocking £25 million of seed capital funding to support the ... [+]

Cargo-partner to sponsor Donegal’s St Catherine’s FC

Nippon Express Group company Cargo-partner Ireland is to sponsors Donegal’s St Catherine’s Football Club for the 2025/26 season. The Killybegs-based team competes in the Brian McCormick Sports Premier Division, the top tier of the Donegal Junior League and reflects the forwarder’s commitment to supporting local communities and fostering opportunities for ... [+]

Kuehne+Nagel and Chorusview to build 100m-strong smart device network

Kuehne+Nagel has partnered with Chorusview, a spin-off of Alphabet’s X Moonshot Factory, to build a 100-million strong network of smart label reader-enabled devices. Kuehne+Nagel’s Road Customer Visibility platform uses these reader devices to transmit smart label and sensor data to the cloud, where artificial intelligence processes the data to deliver ... [+]

Lufthansa and Ceva sign binding SAF deal

Lufthansa Cargo and CEVA Logistics have converted their memorandum of understanding on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) announced in the summer, into a binding agreement, signed on November 21 at CEVA Logistics' Airfreight Annual Strategic Partners Council in Paris. The company has committed to using SAF, credited in 2025, which corresponds to ... [+]

BIFA calls on chancellor to relieve industry cost burden

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is urging the Chancellor to use the Budget on Thursday 27 November to deliver targeted measures to strengthen the UK’s trade and support the logistics sector, It warns that ongoing cost pressures, regulatory uncertainty and infrastructure constraints could undermine the UK’s post-pandemic and post-Brexit trading ... [+]

Rhenus extends pharma data pact

Rhenus Logistics is deepening its partnership with temperature-measurement specialist Testo Saveris for pharmaceutical products shipped worldwide. Testo provides Rhenus with data storage, monitoring and analysis services, operating more than 250 measuring points across 150 devices at its Strasbourg site alone. It also delivers a digital quality assurance system that enables tailored data ... [+]

Government selects Heathrow third runway plan

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed the government’s decision in favour of one of two schemes put forward earlier this year for a third Heathrow runway. The government has come out in favour of plan developed by Heathrow itself for a new runway up to 3.5km long with a ... [+]

Welsh and Scots logistics needs investment, says business group

Logistics UK has called on the Welsh and Scottish governments for robust policies for freight and logistics. For Wales, it says that whichever party leads the Welsh government after the Senedd election in 2026 needs to develop a freight and logistics strategy, while enhancing Wales’ freight transport corridors, expanding course provision ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd opens in Oman

Hapag-Lloyd has opened an office in Muscat, Oman. The carrier offers weekly services via Sohar, a key gateway for imports and exports, while the port of Salalah is a major transhipment hub  both for Hapag-Lloyd’s own network and its Gemini Cooperation.   [+]

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