Chris Lewis

DHL invests in East Europe

DHL Group plans to invest more than €400 million in Central and Eastern Europe to 2030 in logistics infrastructure, international connections and technology. Under its Strategy 2030, Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Romania have been identified as markets benefiting from powerful ‘geographic tailwinds’ driven by their growing importance in European manufacturing, trade and distribution networks and longer-term shifts towards nearshoring by overseas companies. The investment program will span DHL Group's divisions ... [+]

DFDS gets green light for Algeciras-Tangier buy

DFDS’ agreement to acquire Naviera Armas’ Strait of Gibraltar Algeciras-Tangier Med ferry operations has been approved by the Spanish and Moroccan competition authorities. Thee transaction includes a ro-pax vessel with 1,414 lane meters of freight capacity, expected to join DFDS’s existing two vessels on the route from Mid-November. Around 200 ... [+]

Europa strengthens France and Greek connections

Europa Road has signed new collaborations in with Heppner and Goldair Group in France and Greece respectively. Heppner now offers five daily departures from key French hubs including a new daily line to Strasbourg, as well as to Gonesse, Lille, Lyon and Le Mans and replaces previous partners Ziegler and DGS. ... [+]

CargoBeamer steps up schedules across Europe

Rail-road operator CargoBeamer has increased the frequency of its trailer-carrying trains across Europe. The Kaldenkirchen – Domodossola service has gone up to 22 weekly roundtrips, making it one of the most frequent intermodal rail connections in Europe, it says. At the same time, trains between Calais and Perpignan increase to eight ... [+]

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger – global trade rebounds from geopolitical shocks

The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is boosting world trade at a time of higher tariffs and geopolitical conflicts, says the latest edition of the DHL Globalization Tracker, published on 7 October in partnership with New York University’s Stern School of Business. (It was previously known as the DHL ... [+]

Freeport East continues its journey with Road to Logistics

Freeport East is expanding its collaboration with Road to Logistics with a new fully funded training and employment programme to help people in the Harwich and Clacton area to develop skills and access careers in transport, logistics and warehousing. Building on an earlier pilot phase in Felixstowe, the programme will take ... [+]

ABP opens Immingham HELM site

Associated British Ports (ABP) has officially opened its 227-acre HELM Immingham industrial and logistics development site. Under Phase One, 103,000sq ft multi-let industrial and logistics in eight units from 5,000 to 30,000sq ft for small and medium-sized businesses in engineering, manufacturing and port logistics. They are BREEAM Excellent and EPC A ... [+]

CMA CGM and DSV sign carbon-cutting pact

CMA CGM and DSV have signed an agreement for the forwarder to use CMA CGM’s ACT+ low-carbon shipping solution to support a reduction of 12,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions over two years. It will be achieved through the use of second-generation UCOME-based low-carbon biofuels, which can help reduce CO₂ emissions by ... [+]

Peel to build a million square feet of warehousing

Peel Ports Group says it will create over a million square feet of additional Grade A warehousing capacity across its network to help combat a potential national shortage of stock. The phased programme will focus primarily on the Port of Liverpool with a new 900,000sq ft warehouse and upgrades to existing ... [+]

Air France KLM adds Egypt freighter

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is to add Cairo, Egypt, to its freighter network with three weekly flights operated by Boeing 777F in its winter schedule. In India, the Air France freighter will serve Navi Mumbai International Airport instead of Mumbai, with two weekly Boeing 777F flights. Freighter services to and ... [+]

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