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Sustainability to the fore at Multimodal 2024

The Multimodal supply chain industry event will have a focus on how net-zero targets can be achieved this year with the bulk of this year’s conference programme focusing on sustainability, with keynotes from speakers including Amazon, Pledge, Zeus and the Smart Freight Centre.Amazon will explain how it will meet its targets and its use of rail and waterborne transport in Europe. Pledge and the Smart Freight Centre (SFC) will explain whether ... [+]

Brussels’ emission-counting scheme impractical, says trade groups

European forwarder’s group Clecat, the  European Shippers' Council and the European Express Association have welcome a European plan for a common framework for calculating emissions but warn that they have serious concerns over its practicality and effectiveness. They says that the CountEmissions EU initiative would enable ... [+]

Kessler to lead UPS in UK, Ireland and Nordics

UPS has appointed Markus Kessler as country cluster manager for UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland. He was previously country manager for UPS in Austria and Switzerland, having joined UPS in 2006 as an account executive in Frankfurt and later becoming vice president for ... [+]

Stuart Hill takes over at DHL eCommerce

DHL eCommerce has appointed Stuart Hill as UK chief executive. Hill will oversee the opening of the company’s second hub in Coventry later this year and takes over from Peter Fuller who is retiring after three decades in the industry. Hill has spent over two ... [+]

FedEx plugs in Spain to electric network

FedEx Express Europe has received the first of a fleet of 33 new Mercedes-Benz eSprinter vans being added to ground operations in Spain over the coming months. The 3.5-tonne fully electric vehicles have been allocated to stations in Madrid and Barcelona, with 16 vehicles already picking ... [+]

FedEx upgrades in south-west Germany

FedEx Express has opened an expanded, modernized facility in Karlsruhe in south-west Germany close to the French border. At about 2,500sq m (27,000sq ft approx.), warehouse space is doubled and there is a truck loading ramp as well as 24 loading bays. Sorting is largely ... [+]

Multimodal in line for visitor surge

Clarion Events, Organisers of the Multimodal supply chain event say that they have seen a surge in visitor registrations for the show at Birmingham’s NEC on 11-13 June. Multimodal 2024 already has over 230 exhibitors signed up, including Amazon, CEVA Logistics, DP World, Hapag-Lloyd, Kuehne+Nagel, Maersk, ... [+]

UPS opens Zaragoza hub

UPS has officially opened its new package sorting and delivery facility in Zaragoza, Spain. Occupying more than 4,000sq m, the new operation can sort 3,000 packages per hour, a 30% increase compared to the previous facility, thanks to updated processing technology. • Some 70% of Spain's ... [+]

DHL breaks ground in Frankfurt

DHL Global Forwarding has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new air freight center at Frankfurt Airport. The air and ocean freight specialist of DHL Group is developing the 55,000sq m site at CargoCity which will take about twelve months to complete with an expected ... [+]

UPS earnings down 7.8%

UPS says its consolidated revenues were $24.9bn, a 7.8% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2022, according to its international earnings for Q4 2023, published on 30 January. Consolidated operating profit was $2.5bn, down 22.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, and down 27.1% on ... [+]