Freight News
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a 2,000 sq m, GDP-compliant cross-dock facility for healthcare goods in Budapest. It serves as a hub for less-than truckload (LTL) services, complementing the existing facility in Luxembourg and allowing the forwarder to optimise routings and reduce lead times. The Budapest hub provides highly secure and temperature-controlled environments between 2-8°C and 15-25°C and will particularly enhance collection and distribution services across Hungary and neighbouring countries, including Poland, ...
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The Premier Alliance - Ocean Network Express (ONE), HMM and Yang Ming – has announce details of its inaugural sailings in 2025. It follows the signing of a five year cooperation deal in September 2024. The first sailings will take place on 4 February, including ...
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CMA CGM Foundation has started work on France's largest warehouse dedicated to food aid in partnership with five food aid organizations. It offers 5,000sq m of storage space and a capacity for 3,200 tons of food for five local organizations and will supply 330 meal ...
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GXO Logistics chief executive Malcolm Wilson is to retire in 2025. He will continue to lead the company during the search process for his successor. Since taking up the role in August 2021, he has led the US-headquartered group’s growth to 130,000 employees and more ...
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Finnish stainless steel firm Outokumpu is to invest €40 million in a biocarbon plant at the German Baltic port of Mukran. The material will be produced from secondary wood raw materials, delivered by rail, using an innovative high-temperature process and will be used to reduce ...
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Nine maritime clusters are to share £1 million of government funding for local industry and training and educational programmes, Maritime Minister Mike Kane said on 5 December. Tees Maritime Cluster gains £117,000 to run a maritime training and careers events for schoolchildren and school leavers, ...
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Knowles Logistics has opened two bonded warehouse facilities at its sites in Wimblington and Wisbech in the east of England. The sites are accredited to BRCGS (Brand Reputation through Compliance Global Standard, formely British Retail Consortium) standard. The third party logistics specialist says that businesses ...
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French-owned global forwarder Geodis has appointed Eric Martin-Neuville as executive vice-president, Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Henri Le Gouis Executive vice-president, global freight forwarding.
Eric Martin-Neuville was most recently executive vice president of the global freight forwarding line of business. Henri Le Gouis was chief executive ...
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Heathrow express courier handler CFL says it has seen a surge in demand for express shipments from across the world as last-minute shoppers order gifts from overseas suppliers, with imports up 18%. It has also seen a boom in exports, which were 30% higher this ...
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Electric car racing event Formula E and its logistics partner DHL say they will save at least 25% on freight-related CO2 emissions in season 11. It will reduce the volume and weight it transports via air by using more sea and road freight and will ...
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