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A.P.Moller – Maersk will establish a new shipping service, called Al Maha, that will commence operation in June 2023. The Al Maha service will rotate between ports across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, and Morocco. The existing Middle East ME3 and ME4 services will be discontinued as customers on those routes will be transitioned to the consolidated Al Maha route. Who will benefit? ...

U.S.-based retailer Kroger and autonomous middle mile delivery truck operator Gatik announced a multi-year deal to deliver into Kroger stores in the Dallas Texas metroplex. 20-foot box trucks to operate from Q2 2023 Gatik’s medium-duty autonomous box trucks will move products from a Kroger Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) in Dallas, Texas, to multiple retail locations. Each truck fe...

Aldi US has opened a new distribution centre in Loxley, Alabama, which will double up as its regional headquarters. The full facility opens nearly a year after Aldi broke ground at the site and comes after an investment of US$100m. The retailer noted that, while the warehouse side of the facility was opened in July 2022, the headquarters side was completed in January 2023. Distribution centre ...

On Monday, February 6, at approximately 4:15 a.m. local time, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred in south-central Turkey, close to the Turkey/Syria border. The epicentre was near the city of Gaziantep and a series of strong aftershocks followed in the surrounding area. Source: Google Maps Fire and damage at the port of Iskenderun The earthquake caused damage to shipping containers ...

Woolworths Australia, with GS1 Australia, MessageXchange, and Colladium, has created a new onboarding scheme for its suppliers, which has greatly improved efficiency of this process. Existing process enabled by electronic data interchange… The new process sets out how suppliers need to trade with Woolworths electronically through electronic data interchange (EDI). The procedure saw Woolwort...

A.P.Møller-Mærsk reported strong Q3 results, with higher earnings in its three main businesses (Ocean, Logistics & Services and Terminals) compared to the same quarter in 2021. Operating profit up 60% versus Q3 2021 Both EBITDA and EBIT increased by approximately 60% versus Q3 2021. This marks a 16th consecutive quarter of year-on-year earnings growth. The company said the main drivers h...

Walmart is acquiring Delivery Drivers Inc., a key partner in its Spark driver delivery platform. Simplifying the driver experience Delivery Drivers Inc. is a specialist in last-mile contractor management, helping individual operators complete deliveries. This is an integral element of Walmart’s Spark delivery platform which powers its own deliveries and those of other businesses through its...

National convenience retailer, Co-op along with Starship Technologies have announced a partnership with North Northamptonshire Council to operate an autonomous vehicle delivery service in three towns in its district. The service, launched on 14 July, now makes delivery via Starship’s ‘robot’ vehicles from local Co-op stores available to 45,000 residents across Wellingborough, Rushden and Higham F...

Maritime Transport, one of the UK’s largest transport companies, has commenced operations at Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal, after reaching a long-term agreement with Associated British Ports (ABP) to operate the facility. Centrally located, only ten miles from Birmingham Location - The terminal is adjacent to the Nuneaton-to-Birmingham railway line, M42 junction 9 and close to the...

UK retailer Asda has selected Blue Yonder’s Luminate® Commerce solutions to modernise its order management capabilities and will partner with Bringg on last-mile delivery and fulfilment solutions as it looks to accelerate its omnichannel transformation. Faster order processing, real-time inventory visibility, supply chain connection and dynamic slotting Blue Yonder’s order management (OMS) ...