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DB Schenker offers worldwide onboard courier service

German-owned global forwarder DB Schenker has an onboard courier (OBC) service for urgent small and high-value shipments as part of ‘white glove’ portfolio. After an initial trial period, DB Schenker has set up an OBC service team operating from three different continents to guarantee round the clock availability. Customers receive a quote within minutes and a human courier is dispatched at short notice to personally accompany the cargo as a passenger ... [+]

FedEx opens new Leipzig logistics hub

FedEx Express has opened a new logistics facility at Kabelsketal, northwest of Leipzig and close to Leipzig/Halle Airport to cater for an increased volume of consignments, particularly in the larger customers’ segment.  The site includes a 3,400sq m warehouse, six loading bays for lorries, 63 for ... [+]

UPS to expand Philippines hub

UPS has signed an agreement with Luzon International Premiere Airport Development Corporation (LIPAD) to expand its operations at Clark Airport (CRK) in the Philippines. Construction of the new Clark hub is set to begin in February 2025, and it is expected to be operational in ... [+]

FedEx Express reopens enhanced Madrid gateway

FedEx Express has opened a newly refettled facility in the cargo center of the Adolfo Suarez – Madrid Barajas Airport. The project included full refurbishment of the warehouse, external yard and office block, as well as the installation of a new sort system, castor deck ... [+]

DHL helps Standard Chartered to slash carbon emissions

DHL Express has signed a strategic partnership with Standard Chartered bank to co-invest in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). It allows Standard Chartered to balance CO₂ emissions linked to its upstream logistics with Verified Emission Reductions carbon credit, making it among the first banks to use ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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 ... [+]