Chris Lewis
The Chancellor’s Budget on 27 November contains measures that offer both modest support and serious cause for concern for the freight and international-trade community, says the British International Freight Association.
On the positive side, the retention of the 5p fuel duty cut until August 2026 and the business investment incentives (such as full-expensing of capital investments) provide a small window of relief and opportunity for investment in fleet renewal and supply-chain ...
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DP World has appointed Denholm Good Logistics as UK liner agent for its new Atlas service between Morocco and the UK and North Europe. Denholm Good Logistics will be responsible for all UK commercial, operational and port agency activities. The Atlas service will link the ports of Casablanca and Agadir ...
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French port operator HAROPA has secured €6.1 million in EU funding under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) to accelerate electrification of its maritime and inland terminals along the Seine corridor.
It is the only port authority in Europe to receive funding for both maritime and inland onshore power supply (OPS) ...
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Stena Line and Associated British Ports (ABP) are to start work on a £200 million freight ferry terminal at the Port of Immingham.
The Immingham Eastern RoRo Terminal (IERRT) will provide access to the main Humber Estuary, giving faster sailing times and the option to use larger vessels to cater for ...
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Südzucker Polska part of Europe’s largest sugar producer, has selected Geodis as its logistics partner to support its warehousing operations in Poland.
With just a month from contract signing to go-live, Geodis secured a 5,500sq m warehouse tailored to Südzucker Polska’s requirements, successfully passed a food grade sanitary audit and prepared ...
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed on 26 November that the Forth Green Freeport (FGF) has received final UK Government approval ofitsFull Business Case (FBC) following approval from Scottish Government in October.
Approval of the FBC is an important step towards unlocking £25 million of seed capital funding to support the ...
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Nippon Express Group company Cargo-partner Ireland is to sponsors Donegal’s St Catherine’s Football Club for the 2025/26 season. The Killybegs-based team competes in the Brian McCormick Sports Premier Division, the top tier of the Donegal Junior League and reflects the forwarder’s commitment to supporting local communities and fostering opportunities for ...
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Kuehne+Nagel has partnered with Chorusview, a spin-off of Alphabet’s X Moonshot Factory, to build a 100-million strong network of smart label reader-enabled devices. Kuehne+Nagel’s Road Customer Visibility platform uses these reader devices to transmit smart label and sensor data to the cloud, where artificial intelligence processes the data to deliver ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and CEVA Logistics have converted their memorandum of understanding on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) announced in the summer, into a binding agreement, signed on November 21 at CEVA Logistics' Airfreight Annual Strategic Partners Council in Paris.
The company has committed to using SAF, credited in 2025, which corresponds to ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is urging the Chancellor to use the Budget on Thursday 27 November to deliver targeted measures to strengthen the UK’s trade and support the logistics sector,
It warns that ongoing cost pressures, regulatory uncertainty and infrastructure constraints could undermine the UK’s post-pandemic and post-Brexit trading ...
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