Chris Lewis

US springs a surprise for Antwerp-Bruges

The US emerged as the Port of Antwerp-Bruges’ surprise largest trade partner in 2025, accounting for 31.3 million tonnes of throughput, supported by higher LNG imports. In a year marked by geopolitical tensions and economic uncertaintyalong with prolonged congestion at container terminals and an unprecedented level of industrial action, The Belgian gateway’s overall traffic fluctuated strongly throughout the year, partly due to anticipation of import duties and a decline from the ... [+]

Lufthansa’s high-flying freighters to serve Rome and Algiers

Lufthansa Cargo will add Rome-Fiumicino and Algiers to its A321 short- and medium-haul freighter network from 7 February. It has served Rome on an ad hoc basis to meet high demand since December but will now be included in the regular schedule. The Algerian gateway will be served every Tuesday and, ... [+]

Flying horses to Hong Kong

Cathay Cargo transported around 60 elite showjumpers from Europe to Hong Kong for the Longines Hong Kong International Horse Show on 30 January to 1 February. Building on the success of last year's event, Cathay Cargo's specialist teams orchestrated a complex logistics operation to transport the equine athletes on a 12-hour ... [+]

Education for all with DHL

DHL Group has extended its global youth employability program, GoTeach by five years to mark the initiative’s 15th anniversary and reaffirming its partnerships with Teach For All and SOS Children’s Villages through 2030. Launched in 2010, GoTeach was designed to address global youth unemployment. The program connects young people – particularly ... [+]

ABP signs carbon-capture pact

Associated British Ports (ABP), LBC Tank Terminals (LBC), North Sea Port in the Benelux and the Port of Esbjerg have signed two memoranda of understanding to study the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) shipping corridors between Northern Europe and the UK and to share experience and understanding of ... [+]

Japan sweeps the field in Hactl tournament

Teams from ten international airlines t6ook part in the fifteenth Hactl International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition, held at Hactl’s SuperTerminal 1 in Hong Kong. Some 300 spectators watched participants from Air Canada, Cargolux, China Southern Airlines, Emirates SkyCargo, EVA Air, Finnair, IAG Cargo, Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines, SF Airlines ... [+]

Currie joins Palletforce network

Scottish domestic and international haulier Currie Solutions has joined the Palletforce network as member for the Edinburgh area. With offices across the UK and Europe, Currie Solutions operates 160 vehicles and employees over 400 staff. [+]

CharterSync launches AI tool

Air cargo platform CharterSync has launched its first artificial intelligence (AI) deployment, extractCS. It can extract key details from freight forwarder communications and automatically populate CharterSync’s request process, reducing processing time to under a minute. It automatically extracts and populates the platform with data including airport origin and destination, cargo ... [+]

Stena completes Latvia port purchase

Stena Line has completed the acquisition of the terminal operator Terrabalt in Liepaja, Latvia, and officially taken over ro ro, bulk and general cargo operations. Liepaja is Latvia’s third-largest port and Stena Line currently operates the Liepaja, Latvia –Travemünde, Germany route with two vessels. In parallel with Stena Line’s long-term ... [+]

Partners pioneer first electric truck through the Tunnel

Kuehne+Nagel, LeShuttle Freight, Voltempo and DAF Trucks have sent the first electric heavy-goods vehicle through the Channel Tunnel. The journey began at KN’s East Midlands Gateway depot in the UK where the truck was loaded with 12-tonnes of freight before being fully charged using the depot’s Voltempo HyperCharger, the UK’s first ... [+]

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