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UPS has signed an agreement to acquire Mexican express delivery company Estafeta, following a commercial agreement between the two companies in 2020. Estafeta is a 45-year old privately owned provider of integrated logistics solutions with an extensive domestic network. The combined companies will offer small package, healthcare logistics and end-to-end supply chain solutions.
The acquisition is targeted to close by the end of this year, subject to customary closing conditions and ...
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UK cargo airline One Air is due to take delivery of a third Boeing 747-400F by the end of August.
One Air operated its inaugural flight in July 2023 and has since provided regular weekly full charter capacity between Asia and Europe as well as ad ...
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International development organisation Transaid has secured funding from the Puma Energy Foundation for a new two and a half-year truck driver training project in Ghana. It supoport nationwide rollout of a new Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driver training standard in the country. Transaid has more ...
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Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner has extended its European e-truck testing program to Slovenia, following successful pilots in Austria and Slovakia. Nippon Express-owned Cargo-partner launch its European electric truck testing program as part of its ROAD (Reducing Our Atmospheric Dependencies) initiative. In Slovenia it trialling the Scania ...
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Getting an electric race car to move at up to 200mph is the easy bit. What can be far tougher is squeezing the last grams of CO2 emissions out of the supply chain that brings the Formula E championship to 132 races, 33 cities and ...
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Dublin Port Company has submitted a planning application to An Bord Pleanála for a 15-year permission for its 3FM Project, the third and final part of its Masterplan 2040 scheme.
The 3FM Project includes the construction of a new bridge across the River Liffey as part ...
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DP World has united its Yarimca port with Evyap Group’s Evyapport to create a new international logistics hub on the Marmara Sea, about 80km east of Istanbul.
DP World Evyap aims to meet increasing demand for logistics in the region and open up new sectors and ...
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Ukrainian-owned specialist carrier Antonov Airlines NEO Air Charter and Logwin have moved parts for a quicklime kiln from Italy and Brazil for a wood production plant in Chile.
The parts, totalling about 80 tons, needed to be changed during a plant shutdown in a strict timeframe.
The ...
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FedEx has opened its first European Life Science Center in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.The temperature-controlled facility joins a global network that can receive, store, kit, and pick, pack and ship healthcare products and is GDP (Good Distribution Practices)–licensed.
The 1,000sq m warehouse has four temperature-controlled rooms and ...
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Menzies Aviation has renewed its cargo and ground handling contract with Dutch flag carrier, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Menzies will provide cargo warehouse and ramp handling services for all KLM/Martinair freighter operations at AMS for the next five years, its largest contract ...
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