Chris Lewis
Stena’s Line’s Stena Connecta freight vessel for the Belfast-Heysham route has arrived in Belfast Harbour and is due to go into commercial service on 23 January.
She joins sister vessel Stena Futura which went into service in October 2025 and together the two ships will offer an additional 40% freight capacity on the route.
Stena Connecta, like Stena Futura, is a New Max ro ro ship built for maximised freight capacity, with ...
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With the row raging between Europe and Europe over the future of Greenland, Logistics UK has urged politicians on both sides of the Atlantic to take a measured approach to trade and avoid destabilising global markets and supply chains.
US President Trump has vowed to slap tariffs on countries that oppose ...
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Launch of a ro ro service between the port of Roysth in Scotland and Dunkirk “is a question of when, not if,” the deputy chief executive of the French port, Daniel Deschodt told a press conference on 20 January.
Some regulatory hurdles still need to be overcome before the service can ...
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Misurata Free Zone (MFZ) in western Libya has signed a public–private partnership to modernize, manage, develop and expand the country’s main container gateway and most commercially active maritime hub. It is the first major PPP infrastructure project outside the energy sector.
MFZ will collaborate with Maha Capital Partners, an international infrastructure ...
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TV presenter, adventurer, author, and conservationist Steve Backshall announced nine winning companies and two outstanding individuals at the British International Freight Association’s 2025 Freight Service Awards in London on 15 January.
BIFA director general Steve Parker noted the high quality of all the finalists’ entries this year from the 33 freight ...
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DP World has set a new handling record at London Gateway, surpassing three million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) in 2025, thanks to the new fourth berth and additional Asia-Europe vessel calls by the Gemini Cooperation.
Growth has hit over 52% compared with 1.9 million TEU in 2024, and the port is ...
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Röhlig Logistics has appointed Alan O’Brien as managing director of Röhlig Ireland, succeeding sGarrett O'Brien (no relation). Alan O’Brien (pictured) began his career at AirOcean Ireland in December 2018 as senior business development manager and, following the acquisition of AirOcean Ireland by Röhlig Logistics in January 2025, played a key ...
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FedEx has announced the ten-member board of directors for FedEx Freight, ahead of its planned spin-off on June 1.
As previously announced, Brad Martin, current executive chairman of the FedEx Corp. board of directors, will be chairman of FedEx Freight. He is also chairman of RBM Venture Company, a private investment ...
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Swissport has launched its first dedicated perishables centre in the UK at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) with Scan Global Logistics becoming the first customer to operate from the site.
The new facility strengthens the company’s global cool-chain network and supports growing demand for fresh Atlantic salmon.
The 2,694sq m site features temperature-controlled ...
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Ellerman City Liners, part of the GB Global group that also includes Uniserve, is to launch a short-sea shipping service on 28 January connecting the Baltics with the UK and the Benelux region, its first in the region.
The BALTEX service will operate on a fixed weekly rotation, calling at Riga, ...
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