• Peter Ward to step down as CEO of UK Warehousing Association Jun 09,2021

  Peter Ward, CEO of UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), has announced his intention to step down after six years at the helm of the influential trade organisation.Ward joined the Association in 2015 having held a series of industry roles at director level with prominent companies within the sector. UKWA said he... [learn more]

• Sennder raises additional $80m ‘to further accelerate European growth’ Jun 02,2021

  Ambitious European ‘digital road freight forwarder’ Sennder has raised a further US$80 million in investment capital through the second closing of its Series D funding round. The announcement follows the first close in January 2021 and brings the total size of the round to $240 million. ... [learn more]

• BIFA elects new national chair and vice-chair Jun 02,2021

  Rachel Morley has succeeded John Stubbings as the elected National Chair of BIFA – the British International Freight Association – for a two-year period.Morley, regional manager for western Europe at BIFA member company OIA Global, has been Vice-Chair for the past two years and was appoint... [learn more]

• Fire on X-Press Pearl boxship ‘contained considerably’ Jun 01,2021

  Sri Lanka’s authorities are hoping to avert the complete break-up of the 2,700 teu feeder ship X-Press Pearl, stating today that the eight-day fire on the container ship had been “contained considerably”.As the Sri Lankan authorities begin to clean up chemical debris and assess... [learn more]

• KN: meeting the challenges of Covid-19 vaccine roll-out Jun 01,2021

  Leading global pharma logistics specialist Kuehne + Nagel (KN) is confident of meeting the logistics challenges of the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and readying itself for the transition this summer to greater volumes of airborne shipments – as more doses find their way to countries around the globe... [learn more]

• Geodis boosts its automation efforts Jun 01,2021

  European logistics operator Geodis is boosting its automation efforts with the appointment of Antoine Pretin as group vice president for engineering, to oversee the growth in automating the company’s service offerings to customersAn engineer by trade, Pretin began his career in 2007 as a project man... [learn more]