Chris Lewis
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 reported higher duties, longer cycle times, and greater complexity in returns management since the de minimis thresholds ended on August ...
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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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Stena Line has entered into a temporary space-sharing agreement with Irish Ferries for freight and passengers on the Irish Sea. It will ensure service continuity during essential dry-docking of vessels from 20 November to 4 December 2025.
During this time Stena Line will operate the service from Dublin to Holyhead with ...
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Associated British Ports has appointed Sally Ford as group head of health, safety and environment. She joins ABP from Southern Water, where she was director of health and safety, security and wellbeing and brings over 30 years of experience in organisations that operate critical national infrastructure, including rail, telecoms, and ...
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