De Well Group: We’re very proud of the new air freight unit
De Well Group has announced the Launch of an Air Freight Business Unit in Shanghai, China.
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UPS: moving our world forward by delivering what matters
UPS has announced its involvement and full support of distribution efforts for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine as part of Operation Warp Speed. Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s vaccine, approved through a U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization (EUA), is the first to be deployed in a months-long global race to develop safe vaccines to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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Yodel: volumes up 20% compared to a ‘normal’ year
UK independent parcel carrier Yodel couriered a record number of food and drinks parcels over Black Friday, with the number of fresh food, wine and drinks deliveries up 86% on 2019.
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Amazon is “moving quickly to power our businesses with renewable energy”
Amazon has announced 26 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects totaling 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of electricity production capacity, bringing its total investment in renewable energy in 2020 to 35 projects and more than 4 GW of capacity — the largest corporate investment in renewable energy in a single year. These new projects will make Amazon the largest-ever corporate purchaser of renewable energy.
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Hope Consortium: collaborating to deliver solutions to a global logistics challenge
Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium has achieved a major milestone in steering the global logistics industry towards worldwide COVID-19 vaccine distribution after facilitating the transportation and storage of two million vaccine doses in partnership with G42 Healthcare.
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Royal Mail delays due to “exceptionally high volumes” and “coronavirus-related measures”
Royal Mail has acknowledged delays to its deliveries amid “exceptionally high volumes” of post and anti-Covid measures.
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IPC: This crisis is accelerating the structural shift from mail to parcels across the postal industry
With e-commerce already driving postal industry growth in 2019, the shift from mail to parcels has further accelerated due to the COVID-19 crisis, according to the IPC Global Industry Report 2020 Key Findings, published today.
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SPRING UK: MANY BUSINESSES RIGHTLY REGARD THE UK’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EU AS A POTENTIAL OBSTACLE
Spring UK, which is wholly owned by PostNL, has revealed that concerns about losing customers has prompted a surge in retailers requesting help with preparations for Brexit.
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