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Jamaica has confirmed its position at the heart of international maritime legislature after being re-elected to Category C of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Climate change and the environmental impact of human activity present clear challenges for humanity

The 2019 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) Stakeholder Forum explored the need to scale up adoption of hydrogen for the EU’s energy transition.

Time-critical and Go-Now charter experts CharterSync put its platform to the test when a freight forwarder wanted a 50-tonne shipment moved from Ostend to North Carolina at short notice. The machinery at 458 cubic metres needed specialist handling loading and transportation. The complexities of the shipment required multiple cranes and an available Antonov-124, one of the few cargo planes available to handle a load of this magnitude.

The Port of Tyne, one of the UK’s major deep-sea ports based in North East England has been shortlisted in the IBJ Awards.

An audit into reporting of greenhouse gas emissions data by the EU and its Member States recommends greater sector-specific insight.

3PL today announced the opening of a new flagship fulfilment & logistics centre in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The new facility will further enhance its range of fulfilment and logistics solutions to the eCommerce and wholesale sectors.

CoVadem is a low barrier opex service which enables inland shipping to reduce climate emissions, while increasing business margins.

Europe’s leading online fashion platform, Zalando, has commissioned KNAPP to automate its new 140,000 m² distribution centre near Rotterdam, which will serve customers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain and the UK.

The Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 has congratulated Danish ferry operator DFDS A/S for ten years of successful scrubber operation, with the exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) onboard the 37,939gt roro Ficaria Seaways achieving more than 50,000 running hours since 2009.

Time-critical and Go-Now charter experts CharterSync put its platform to the test when a freight forwarder wanted a 50-tonne shipment moved from Ostend to North Carolina at short notice. The machinery at 458 cubic metres needed specialist handling loading and transportation. The complexities of the shipment required multiple cranes and an available Antonov-124, one of the few cargo planes available to handle a load of this magnitude.

Leading provider of industrial robots, KUKA, offers tailor-made automated solutions for customers in a wide variety of industries. The Italian headquarters of KUKA recently turned to Yale® dealer Unicar to provide Yale materials handling equipment for its Turin warehouse.

Hermes UK, the leading consumer delivery specialist, has achieved a 4.4/5-star rating on leading review site Trustpilot, higher than any other UK parcel carrier.

Every day, technology becomes more and more crucial in every aspect of how we do business. But perhaps one of the places where emerging technologies are the most prominent is in warehousing and logistics.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could be on the verge of a deal with European diplomats. Details of the negotiations haven't been released and questions have lingered about how any potential deal will treat the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Speedy Freight, the UK’s leading provider of urgent or sensitive transport, has further expanded to the South East, with new branches in Stevenage and Cambridge. New Speedy Freight Franchisee, Zamir Mohammad will lead these branches and establish up to 30 local jobs for Preferred Owner Drivers.

The EU will invest more than €117m in sustainable transport infrastructure through the Connecting Europe Facility funding mechanism.

Lödige Industries, global market leader in air cargo terminals has announced it will unveil its latest innovation for intelligent automated Unit Load Device (ULD) transportation at the”Inter Airport Europe 2019“ trade show in Munich. The computer-controlled wheel-based carrier features a 5-foot and 10-foot model for different sizes of ULDs, with the larger variant capable of lifting and transferring palletized loadings.

Someone once said “It doesn’t matter which side of the tracks you are from. The train still rolls the same.“ This is true. The train rolls wherever the rail goes and reliability is just one of the many benefits of rail freight. In this blog post, I have listed the 4 top reasons for choosing this transport alternative when shipping your goods.

An international logistics expert has warned UK businesses not to expect too much from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reported proposals for an amended Brexit withdrawal agreement.