Chris Lewis

DSV delivers ‘solid’ result in tough market

DSV reported gross profit down 15.1% and EBIT earnings by 30.6% in the first nine months of 2023, which the Danish-headquartered forwarding and logistics company described as “solid results” given the challenging market conditions and record earnings achieved last year. The Air & Sea division saw a 35.7% decrease in EBIT for the first nine months of 2023, and the Solutions division reported a 16.9% decrease in EBIT. The Road division ... [+]

DSV signs JV for Saudi mega-scheme

Danish owned forwarder and logistics company DSV has signed a US$10 billion joint venture with the Neom project, builders of a new mega-city in Saudi Arabia. It will focus on providing logistics services for Neom in the coming years, providing supply chain management, development and investment in transport and logistics assets ... [+]

Innovate Freight to support the next generation of logisticians

Freight and logistics IT consultancy Innovate Freight is to sponsor the government-backed Generation Logistics scheme, which aims to discover and engage a new generation of workers in the sector.The consultancy has also launched a new Innovate Talent devision, a specialist recruiter for transport and logistics, led by recruiter Mark Chopping, ... [+]

Maritime Transport to take part in zero-carbon truck trials

Maritime Transport is to take part in the zero emission HGV and infrastructure demonstrator (ZERFD). The £200 million investment programme  is one of the largest funded initiatives by Innovate UK in partnership with the Department for Transport, and will see investment across four green projects to roll out up to ... [+]

Rotterdam traffic falls away

Throughput at the port of Rotterdam was 6% less In the first nine months of 2023, at 329.9 million tonnes compared to 351.0 million tonnes in the same period in 2022. The decline was mainly due to a decline in containers and coal. Throughput of iron ore and scrap, agricultural ... [+]

Readhead to develop healthcare for DSV

DSV has appointed Vanessa Readhead as business development director for its UK and Ireland Healthcare division. She brings over 20 years of public and private health sector experience, and was a senior responsible officer for innovation at the NHS. She has previously worked for Unipart, DHL and AAH Pharmaceuticals. [+]

UPS opens south Italian sites

UPS has opened three new logistics centers in Puglia, Southern Italy in the provinces of Bari, Taranto and Lecce. Exports from Puglia region saw an increase of 14.8% in 2022 compared to the previous year, in particular 21.9% towards non-EU countries, exceeding €10 billion for the first time since 2000, ... [+]

KN takes direct approach with Emirates

Emirates SkyCargo capacity is now available on Kuehne+Nagel’s internal booking engine, the first time the carrier has made its services available via a freight forwarder’s own portal. It streamlines the booking process for Kuehne+Nagel agents, providing access to the airline’s schedules, rates and available capacity in real-time. The facility has ... [+]

Two tenants for London Gateway

DP World has announced the first tenants for its London Gateway Logistics Park, part of the Thames Freeport. Ranson, a Belgian food and catering products business, and Destiny Entertainments, which imports and modifies audio and video products, will move to the Freeport in the first quarter of 2024. As well as having ... [+]

Success for B&H’s growth plans

Aerospace logistics company B&H Worldwide has planted 102,276 mangrove trees and removed 1,273 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere while supporting 1,515,200sq m of forest through its partnership with Earthly, an organisation that empowers companies to protect and regenerate the planet. B&H said the work was a significant strides towards ... [+]

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