Chris Lewis

DHL to buy into Alibaba’s Poland network

DHL eCommerce Solutions, the e-commerce logistics specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has signed an agreement to buy part of the equity of the Polish subsidiary of Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Asian online retailer Alibaba Group. In the first phase following the transaction, the two companies plan to invest €60 million to install parcel lockers across the country and create one of the country’s largest access point networks. ... [+]

Europa opens first south of Ireland office

Europa Worldwide Group has opened its first sales branch in Irelandas part of the £3 million expansion plan for its Europa Road division since 2022. The new location at the Spaces offices at Dublin Airport initially has a team of three, headed by branch manager Elliott Watts who launched Europa’s new ... [+]

CMA CGM Group to be Paris Olympics partner

The CMA CGM Group is to be the official logistics partner for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Through its CEVA Logistics and CMA CGM Air Cargo subsidiaries, the Group will organize all the international transport and customs brokerage activities and provide and operate the requisite logistics facilities for ... [+]

Channel Islands operator joins Palletforce

Portsmouth-based haulier Ferryspeed is to join EV Cargo’s Palletforce network. As well as covering selected PO postcodes around Portsmouth, Ferryspeed operates a twice-daily shipping service to the Channel Island which will be offered as part of the Palletforce network. It operates from 250,000sq ft warehouse, which includes a 50,000sq ft ... [+]

Lufthansa to roll out fuel saving skin across freighter fleet

Lufthansa Cargo says it will begin equipping all its Boeing 777 freighters with AeroSHARK surface technology from 2023. The technology, developed by sister company Lufthansa Technik and BASF is a surface film that mimics the microscopic structure of shark skin and offers savings in fuel and emissions. Lufthansa Technik expects ... [+]

Logistics UK airs Northern Ireland concerns

Logistics UK members met Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Steve Baker MP, to discuss key issues facing logistics in Northern Ireland at its Freight Council in Belfast on 2 February. Head of trade and devolved policy, Nichola Mallon described it as a valuable opportunity to discuss the challenges and opportunities ... [+]

Freight industry says farewell to Queen of the Skies

Kuehne+Nagel’s Apex Logistics International will have the honour of putting the very last Boeing 747 into service. The 747-8 freighter will be operated under a long-term charter agreement with Atlas Air, supporting customers on the volatile Transpacific trade lanes. After a half-century production run, the last jumbo jet, christened Empower, was presented ... [+]

ABP to acquire Marchwood military port operation

Associated British Ports is to acquire Solent Gateway Ltd (SGL), operator of Marchwood military port on Southampton Water. ABP, which owns the nearby port of Southampton, says it will deliver Solent Gateway’s vision and support its plans, for development and job creation while substantially upgrading Marchwood’s capabilities as a defence ... [+]

Maersk partners with fashion brand ASOS

Maersk has signed a new multi-year deal with UK-headquartered fashion brand ASOS, serving 26 million customers in over 200 markets. Maersk and ASOS will partner on Supply Chain Management along with ocean and air services into ASOS’ four fulfilment centres, two in the UK and in Germany and the US. [+]

Yorkshire firm sends aid convoy to Ukraine

Yorkshire-based vehicle security and van fleet compliance specialist, HH Driveright, and an employee from sister company J M Hall Couriers, are transporting much-needed humanitarian aid to Ukrainian families and orphanages. Stuart Davison and Mitch Mitchell, both from Selby, have already made seven trips to the Ukraine and invested many thousands of ... [+]

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