Chris Lewis
FedEx Express Europe is readying six of its major European facilities, including London, to support widespread use of electric vehicles.
Shell Recharge Solutions will install the first 114 charging points at parcel pick-up and delivery stations in north and south London, Madrid, Amsterdam, Paris and Strasbourg.FedEx has also placed on order for 98 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter vans expected to arrive next year.
It aims to install a further 200 charging points in its ...
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Intermodal operator CargoBeamer has added a six times a week service between Kaldenkirchen and the port city of- Rostock, its first route exclusively in Germany. Transit time is 18 hours and the service offers connections by ferry to Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, and Sweden. To the south, there are connections to ...
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Fast freight firm Simpex Express says that it has achieved a near-equal female/male split in its workforce following an enlargement of its team after Brexit.
Nationally, women make up around 47% of the UK workforce, yet in the transport sector this falls to 20-30% with only 15% were in top management ...
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Shipping visibility firm FourKites says there has been a significant increase in days at terminal after the first strike began at the Port of Felixstowe
On 21 August (the day the first strike began), ocean shipments (including import/export/transshipment) at had been at terminal for 5.5 days on average. By 30 August, ...
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The Cargo.one platform has signed a global partnership with Qatar Airways Cargo. Users can now book Qatar Airways Cargo’s capacity in markets including North America, Europe, Japan, India and Brazil. The carrier currently offers customers more than 60 dedicated freighter and over 150 bellyhold destinations on a fleet of some ...
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Freight forwarder Uniserve has signed a partnership with United Pallet Network (UPN). UPN operates a nationwide network for small consignments of palletised freight. Uniserve customers will gain real time visibility and deliveries across the UK.
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Shipping and logistics company is to global lead logistics provider (LLP) for equipment maker JCB, one of the largest privately-owned companies in the UK. Maersk will establish a global control tower in the UK and three regional control towers in the US, China and India to provide ocean, air, road, ...
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German forwarder Hellmann is to take over activities of its Swiss partner, ATS-Hellmann from the beginning of 2023. The two companies are to transfer their air and sea freight activities in Switzerland to Hellmann which will establish its own Swiss national company, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Switzerland. The existing business activities, ...
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Secretary general of the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) Richard Morton has passed away at the age of 50.
Born in Suffolk in the UK, Richard Morton spent his early career working in European freight and then joined the private-public sector Haven Gateway Partnership as project director where he secured ...
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Current UK Major Ports Group chief executive Tim Morris is to join Associated British Ports (ABP) as group head of corporate affairs, from 28 November. He has led the industry trade association for the last five years and prior to that held a number of senior communications, sustainability and strategy ...
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