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PD Ports launches jumbo train service connecting Teesport and Scotland

For more than 15 years, PD Ports has recognised the importance of connecting Teesport’s shipping lines with Scotland’s industrial heartlands. Distilleries, retailers, manufacturers and chemical producers depend on smooth, reliable supply chains – and Teesport has been their gateway. Until now, separate services ran to Mossend and Grangemouth. But with demand consistently filling wagons, PD […]

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Peel Ports Group becomes first UK port operator to join CO2nstructZero framework

Peel Ports Group has become the first UK port operator to join the Construction Leadership Council’s Co2nstructZero programme.  The move marks a major step for the Group as it scales up its efforts to support the construction industry on its decarbonisation journey. Co2nstructZero is the sector’s response to the Government’s 10-point plan for a Green […]

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Peel Ports Group halves operational greenhouse gas emissions in five years

Peel Ports Group has achieved a 48% reduction in operational greenhouse gas emissions in the last five years, putting the UK’s second-largest port group on track to realise its ambitious goal of becoming net-zero across its port operations by 2040.    The Group’s third annual ESG and Sustainability report, which covers the 2025 financial year […]

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PIK agrees new partnership with Beijing Capital Airlines

Glasgow Prestwick Airport has entered an agreement with Chinese carrier Beijing Capital Airlines, a member of Hainan Airline Group, to launch a regular freighter service linking Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) with Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO). The first flight, operated by an Airbus A330-243 (P2F), arrived at Glasgow Prestwick Airport on Thursday 16 October, marking […]

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Port of Felixstowe expands autonomous truck fleet

Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has confirmed an order for a further 34 Autonomous Trucks (ATs) from Shanghai Westwell Technology Co. Ltd (Westwell), doubling its fleet and cementing its position as a leader in port automation. The first 34 ATs, deployed successfully early this year into operation at the port’s Trinity Terminal alongside conventionally driven […]

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Port of Felixstowe receives second Autonomous Truck order

Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe has taken delivery of the first two units from an order for a further 34 Autonomous Trucks (ATs) from Shanghai Westwell Technology Co. Ltd (‘Westwell’). Thirty-four ATs, also supplied by Westwell, are already in operation at the port’s Trinity Terminal. Speaking at a function today (20 November 2025) at the […]

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Port of Felixstowe welcomes The Premier Alliance

Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe has welcomed the first call by The Premier Alliance’s FE4 service between Asia and North Europe. The 24,000 TEU HMM Southampton arrived at the UK’s largest container port on 20 July 2025 from Singapore via the Cape of Good Hope. The Premier Alliance was formed in February 2025 by Ocean […]

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Premier Logistics acquires WT Transport

Leicestershire-based family business Premier Logistics has completed the acquisition and merger of WT Transport, a strategic move designed to create operational efficiencies, enable growth across new industry sectors and secure the long-term future of both organisations for the next generation. Together, the combined businesses will operate 110 trucks, employ 220 staff, offer 330,000 sq ft […]

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Raising the bar on cyber resilience: logistics software firm responds to rising threat levels

As the logistics industry becomes increasingly reliant on real-time data and interconnected systems, sector-wide concern is growing over cybersecurity vulnerabilities—and with good reason. Recent high-profile attacks on companies such as Knights of Old, M&S, and the Co-op have highlighted how supply chains are being actively targeted. With UK Government figures showing that 43% of businesses […]

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