Future Forwarding has announced that it has opened a new facility in Scotland, providing freight forwarding services for all modes of transport and international trade lanes. With excellent connectivity for air, road, and sea, this is a key location for Future Forwarding’s development plans, bringing additional knowledge and networks to complement the existing UK offices in Leeds and Manchester. “We are extremely pleased to be opening our new location in Scotland. It is an exciting time as we look to grow our UK operations and reach new customers. With a long and established customer base in t ..read more

Europa Air & Sea has invested in two new leadership roles as it expands its services for businesses based in the UK. Europa Air & Sea is part of Europa Worldwide Group, an ambitious independent UK-headquartered logistics provider, that is setting the pace in the market and supporting customers at a time of rapid change. With over 100 staff globally, and offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dubai, Shenzhen and Delhi, two new leaders are helping establish Europa Air & Sea as one of the fastest growing air and sea freight providers. After investing in its UK operation last year with the ap ..read more

Online to inflight, ecommerce is transforming international express courier services, writes Matthew Ware, CEO at CFL, Chairman at Aviation Services UK. It is widely believed that Sting’s “Ten Summoner’s Tales” was, in 1979, the first ever item purchased online – marking the birth of ecommerce. Today, the global ecommerce market is simply vast; in 2019, ecommerce value was estimated at $26.7 trillion, about 30% of world GDP, according to a 2021 report by UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. But it is a fragmented, complex market; B2B, B2C, and more recently growing C ..read more

We can observe that all small or large scale businesses are in a serious search for the digitalisation of transportation, writes Oğuzhan Karaca (pictured). We can also notice from their questions and views that they cannot find a clear answer to their search. In terms of B2C logistics, it is obvious that they complain about the slowness in the reflection of rapid digitalisation on B2B processes. They seem to ask why it is not possible to see the rapid digitalisation experienced in last mile delivery, micro distribution and cargo processes also in FTL (Full Truck Load), LTL (Less than a Truck L ..read more

Supply chain disruption: how to navigate ‘never normal’ distribution networks, by Andy Grygiel (pictured), CMO at project44. Today, managing an organisation’s supply chain can feel like an impossible task. Modern multi-tier logistics networks are spread between hundreds of suppliers across multiple continents—under this globalised model, businesses enjoy maximised distribution efficiency when all is well. However, with supply chains rarely running normally, they also suffer damaged transparency, resilience, and reputation at the slightest setback. Unfortunately, growing numbers of high-profile ..read more

DHL and New York University’s Stern School of Business today released the new DHL Global Connectedness Report 2024, the most comprehensive available analysis of globalization’s state and trajectory. It tracks how flows of trade, capital, information, and people move around the world and measures the globalization of 181 countries and territories. The report reveals that globalization reached a record high in 2022 and remained close to that level in 2023 – despite a series of global shocks over the past decade, including the Covid-19 pandemic, wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the U.S. – China trade co ..read more

Geopolitical upheaval and legislative change: More turmoil for shipping ahead. There’s no such thing as a typical week for shipping. Global routes form a delicate web, and disruption is to be expected. From inclement weather to economic headwinds, disruption rarely makes global headlines, as contingency planning by shippers and carriers usually shields consumers from its effects. Notable exceptions include the period following COVID-19 lockdowns, when the whole globe felt the impact of port congestion and skyrocketing shipping costs. Recent events appear similarly momentous, putting global shi ..read more

Wincanton Logistics Directors are now supporting a £762m takeover offer from the American third party logistics company GXO and have withdrawn their backing for a rival bid from CEVA Logistics. Wincanton said on Friday that directors intended to recommend unanimously an offer of 605p a share made by GXO on Thursday. In the latest twist in the takeover battle, the Wincanton board withdrew their backing for an increased and final cash offer from Marseille-based CEVA Logistics at 480p a share. The GXO offer is pitched at a 29% premium to the record high share price of 470p reached during the ..read more

Stansted Airport in Essex is FedEx’s biggest cargo hub in Britain. David Priestman grabbed a tour of the busy facility. A giant of the logistics world, FedEx has a turnover of $90bn, 500,000 staff in 200 countries, handling over 16 million items per day. Since the acquisition of TNT in 2016 the company, founded over 50 years ago by Fred Smith, its President, has strengthened its road freight network and European presence, with 10% of its employees here. Stansted is foremost among 68 depot stations and 6 hubs in the UK. Around 400 of FedEx UK’s 10000 employees are based here, the fourth busiest ..read more

Thomas Kuehn has joined independent freight forwarder Unsworth, as managing director of its UK business, with current managing director, Richard Hogg becoming chief executive officer of the Unsworth group, and Charles Hogg leading the company’s client solutions team as commercial director. Kuehn, pictured, joins from World Transport Agency (WTA), where he had been MD for almost a decade, in a year that will see Unsworth celebrate the golden jubilee of its formation in 1974. With a strong track record in developing independent freight forwarding businesses, he also spent ten years at JE Bernard ..read more