{"id":778040,"date":"2026-09-21T18:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/778040\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:06:11","slug":"icl-expands-uk-network-with-new-branch-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/778040\/","title":{"rendered":"ICL expands UK network with new branch | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"picture\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Walsh brings over 22 years of expertise, with previous similar branch management experience\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/149377_joewalsh_icl_branchmanagerfelixstowe_790176_crop.jpg\"  loading=\"eager\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"1367\" height=\"911\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Global freight solutions provider, International Cargo Logistics (ICL), has launched a new branch in Felixstowe, East Suffolk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The launch is hoped to strengthen the company\u2019s UK presence and mark a continuation of its growth trajectory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The office will be located conveniently near the port of Felixstowe, the country\u2019s largest container port which handles 48 per cent of the UK\u2019s containerised freight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Felixstowe is closer than any other port to the main shipping lanes and is ideally placed as a gateway to Europe and Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new office will be led by Joe Walsh, a logistics professional with over 20 years\u2019 industry experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Walsh has previously held roles in branch management, overseeing transport operations alongside warehouse and customs clearance services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The office will also be the company\u2019s fifth office in the UK, alongside overseas operations in the Netherlands and Vietnam.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ICL hopes the new office will emulate the success of its Bristol and Manchester officers that opened two years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yoav Izhari, CEO of ICL, said: \u201cLaunching ICL Felixstowe is a logical move for the business, enabling us to capitalise on the growth opportunities associated with a physical presence in the town operating such a substantial percentage of the country\u2019s ocean-bound freight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are confident that with Joe\u2019s impressive credentials in the logistics sector, together with his inherent knowledge of the excellent capabilities of the Port of Felixstowe, we can expect to witness a solid growth in sales in line with the achievements of the Manchester and Bristol offices,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Currently operating in over 200 countries, ICL offers air, sea and road freight services, alongside warehouse and fulfilment, customer clearance and specialist temperature-controlled storage solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Global freight solutions provider, International Cargo Logistics (ICL), has launched a new branch in Felixstowe, East Suffolk.\u00a0 The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-778040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}