Chris Lewis
UPS has launched a freighter flight from its Worldport air hub in Louisville, Kentucky to Dublin and East Midlands in the UK and returning to the US. The Boeing 767 operates every weekday and is expected to carry healthcare and small package goods between the three countries. UPS is making significant investment in the UK and Ireland. It recently opened a sortation and delivery centre in Telford while its Dublin ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to offer its capacity on the Cargo.one digital booking platform, used by 15,000 freight forwarders in over 75 countries. Customers can customize handling, speed, priority, and price, choosing from Classic, Priority, and Express rates on Virgin Atlantic’s network including US, India, China, Nigeria, South Africa, Israel ...
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Macquarie Asset Management has acquired two facilities in the Netherlands on behalf of the Macquarie European Logistics Real Estate Fund.
It has agreed to acquire the facilities at Rotterdam Logistics Park (RLP) in Hellevoetsluis from Delta development and ELREP Asset Management LLP, and in Lelystad from MG Real Estate.
Located near the ...
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Rhenus Group unveiled a new concept for low-emission inland waterway vessels at the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich in May. The logistics specialist says it is currently constructing two craft powered by a combination of a hydrogen fuel cell, the latest stage VI engines and lithium batteries, with a ...
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The US was by far the busiest destination for Coronation souvenirs other than the UK, says broker ParcelHero. It accounted for 60% of all the Coronation-themed products shipped in April, far outstripping the 20% sent to Australia, the next busiest destination.
It appears that the events of 1776 and the Boston ...
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Climate technology specialist Pledge has secured US$10 million in Series A funding to help businesses reach net zero emissions, starting with the logistics and supply chain industry.
Pledge provides accredited tools for supply chain leaders and freight forwarders to understand, report, reduce, and remove their logistics emissions. Increasing regulatory pressures from ...
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Despite the growth of streaming, physical formats are still an essential element of any hit album or video.
And, to meet growing demand across the UK – the market for physical music like CDs is around £500 million - Utopia Music has entered into a long-term warehousing and logistics contract with ...
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Two new electric harbour cranes, worth £8.6 million have arrived in PD Ports’ Tees Dock. The 83m high Liebherr cranes also improve handling capacity from 100 to 140 tonnes, are electric-hydraulic powered and offer a more environmentally conscious and efficient solution for loading and discharging a range of bulk commodities.
They ...
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Forth Ports says it will achieve a Net Zero carbon operation by 2042. The company, which is Scotland’s biggest port operator and third largest in the UK, has also unveiled an interim target to achieve carbon neutral emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2032.
To achieve this across the group’s eight ...
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Founder of Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner Stefan Krauter is to sell the business to Japan’s Nippon Express Holdings, the parent company of Nippon Express, APC, Italian forwarder Franco Vago and others.
Cargo-partner has a global turnover of €2.06 billion, with 4,000 employees in 40 countries.
Krauter, who started the business 40 years ago ...
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