Chris Lewis
Essex-based forwarder Uniserve has opened a Singapore distribution centre. Located at Mapletree Logistics Hub Toh Guan, it will serve as Uniserve’s central hub for ocean freight, airfreight and contract logistics (warehousing and distribution) services across Asia and beyond. It offers 50,000sq ft of multi‑purpose warehouse space, quality control rooms, very narrow aisle racking and a bonded facility.
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Bristol Port discharged 65,534 vehicles in March, its highest monthly figure since 2000. During April, four car carriers were docked simultaneously in the port, suggestion that the momentum has been continued, underlining the scale and intensity of current operations. The increased activity follows completion of the £4.5 million development of ...
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Freight shipments at Miami International Airport rose 13.6% to nearly 3.5 million tons in 2025. According to Airports Council International figures, this made it the busiest freight airport in the Western Hemisphere, leapfrogging Louisville and Memphis – the global hubs for UPS and FedEx, respectively – and the busiest airport ...
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Emirates SkyCargo is making its services available on the Pelicargo online platform for airfreight procurement and booking.
Over the last 12 months, the carrier says there has been a significant increase in US customers switching to digital channels such as eSkyCargo and third-party marketplaces, coupled with a decline in manual transactions.
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Hapag-Lloyd has opened an office in Cotonou, Benin. The country is an increasingly important market within West Africa, and the Port of Cotonou serves as a key gateway to the wider hinterland, including neighbouring landlocked markets such as Niger and Burkina Faso.
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Lufthansa Cargo has merged its heyworld and CB Customs Broker subsidiaries into GlobeCross. The new company combines scalable digital eCommerce logistics capabilities with certified customs expertise and will operate as an integrated partner for customers shipping goods across borders.
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When the first regular containership arrived on these shores on 7 May 1966 its port of call was not Southampton, London or Felixstowe but Scotland’s largest port, Grangemouth.
The Sea-land freight service called into the Scottish gateways as part of its Europe and American shipping route transporting mostly Scotch whisky to ...
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DHL Express has launched AI-powered item identification, a first in the global express industry, it says. It uses computer vision to analyze customer-generated photos of shipments instantly generates a precise, customs-compliant description. Accurately describing shipment contents to meet customs requirements has traditionally required specialized knowledge and careful wording but, by ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is to be the lead sponsor international development charity Transaid’s 2026 Kilimanjaro to Coast Cycle Challenge.
Participants will cycle from the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro to the Tanzanian coast, covering hundreds of kilometres across diverse and demanding terrain. The event aims to raise vital funds ...
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Shipping - not politics - has been the primary driver of prosperity and human progress, argues Nick Collins in his latest book.
The Ascent of Maritime Trade 1700-2025, Enlightening the World traces the development of maritime trade from early human history and also puts Britain’s later rise as a maritime power ...
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