Chris Lewis
IAG Cargo has reported a 21% year-on-year increase in perishable volume in the first half of 2025, particularly from Peru due to a shift in European consumer behaviour.
In March alone, year on year asparagus exports from the country surged by 105%, with Spain among the top destinations during the off-season in Europe.
IAG Cargo says that the expansion of its perishables handling facility in Madrid in April 2024 has created a ...
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Southampton-headquartered Williams Shipping, has bought Aberdeen supply chain services GIF Transport and Logistics, along with parcel of land in Dyce. The new site will become a hub for several of the company’s core services, including Willbox, Williams Shipping’s container sales and hire business in. Day-to-day operations at GIF will remain ...
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DP World has expanded its automotive logistics capacity at Jebel Ali Port a 2.6 million sq ft storage yard at Terminal 4. The upgrade adds 13,000 CEUs (car equivalent units), raising the port’s total storage capacity to 75,000 CEUs.
The expansion includes an 800-metre quay that can handle up to three ...
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The Breeze cargo insurance platform has entered the US market with a collaboration with Great American Insurance Group
Great American, an A+ (Superior) rated provider, will expand Breeze’s capacity to integrate fully with freight forwarders’ workflows, offering instant quotes and coverage
Breeze chief executive Eyal Goldberg said: “Partnering with Great American gives ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has started full operations at its new Frankfurt Airport warehouse. near Gate 31 in CargoCity South. It gives the air and seafreight specialist expanded capacity at a single, central location for handling up to 300,000 tonnes of cargo annually and replaces operations split across three sites at ...
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Global air cargo volumes jumped by 5% year-on-year in July as more shippers opted for the speed of airfreight to help circumvent US tariffs, according to the latest market analysis by Xeneta.
Market sentiment, however, remains subdued as tariff talks in Washington continued. The lack of clarity continues to cast a ...
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FBJ editor Chris Lewis's third go at the Three Pubs Challenge ended in triumph on Saturday 9 August completing the circuit of pubs in Sussex, Kent and Greater London with no punctures.
They were the Catts Inn, Rotherfield, the Queen's Arms (aka Elsie's) at Cowden Pound and, finally, the Jolly Farmers ...
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Heathrow airport said on 1 August that it had submitted £47bn of “shovel-ready” proposals for a 100% privately financed third runway, capable of going into operation within a decade. The blueprint submitted to Government includes a north-western runway up to 3,500m – a design that already has Parliamentary support, increased ...
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Hanseatic Global Terminals has launched a Latin America arm, its first-ever regional expansion. It has set up at regional headquarters in Santiago, Chile, which will serve as the operational hub for North and South America. Founded in 2024, Hanseatic Global Terminals is an independent entity within the Hapag-Lloyd Group, focusing ...
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London Thames Hydrogen has confirmed a £200 million private-sector commitment to build a hydrogen-from-waste facility on the Tilbury Tax Site at Thames Freeport, as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy. Delivered by Chinook Hydrogen, the Tilbury plant will produce up to 12 tonnes per day of hydrogen, using residual waste ...
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