October 2016
The Port of Cork has put a new €750,000 automated gate operating system into operation at its Tivoli Container - the first of its kind in Ireland.
Cork has also implemented an integrated IT access management system that will improve transactions for hauliers at the terminal gate. The new system replaces the former gate-in and gate-out procedure, and included a joint collaboration between the port and Customs & Revenue to establish ...
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As widely expected, the government came down in favour of a third runway for London Heathrow Airport as its preferred route to airport expansion in south-east England on 25 October. The scheme will now be submitted as a draft ‘National policy statement’ for consultation.
However, the scheme still faces a number ...
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More than 30 tons of critical aid is now on the ground in hurricane-stricken Haiti thanks to two FedEx charter flights.
Direct Relief filled a charter flight that took off from the Memphis World Hub and arrived in Port-au-Prince on 12 October 12 with supplies including medicines and medical equipment, hygiene ...
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CMA CGM short sea subsidiary OPDR is offering a new service between the UK and Norway. The weekly PENN service links Immingham, Teesport and Grangemouth with Oslo, Moss and Brevik, via Rotterdam. Two ice-strengthened 700teu ships operate the service, with capacity for 45ft boxes and reefers.
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Freight ro ro operator CLdN is to launch a rail connection from Lyon, France to its Brittanniadok terminal in Zeebrugge from the end of October. Luxembourg's CFL Multimodal will initially operate three return services weekly (southbound Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings, northbound on Wednesday and Friday mornings and Saturday afternoons ...
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IAG Cargo will launch a new four times a week route from London to New Orleans on 26 March March next year, making the only carrier to fly direct from Heathrow to the Louisiana gateway. The new service will be operated by a BA 787-8 aircraft offering bellyhold capacity up ...
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DHL Freight has set up ‘competence centres’ in Frankfurt and Istanbul to streamline traffic from Europe to Iran.Following the reduction in economic sanctions logistics demand is increasing and DHL is now offering pan-It can also move dangerous goods and temperature controlled shipments as well as customs clearance and GPS tracking ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has presented plans for a new programme to increase the amount secure truck parking to the European Commission’s LANDSEC expert group on land transport security. Under the programme, to be launched in the first half of 2017, TAPA would identify secure parking places through ...
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A business coalition, including DP World London Gateway, Port of Tilbury, Port of Dover, Port of London Authority, Navigator Terminals, Eurotunnel, Claridon Group, the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association have written to the Chancellor calling for an urgent ministerial decision on the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) scheme. ...
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Senior figures from Panama’s Government, maritime, logistics, education and wider business community are visiting Liverpool next week to promote trade and investment relationships with the region.
The visit, organised jointly by Liverpool City Region LEP, Liverpool John Moore’s University and the Department for International Trade features a free to attend “Panama ...
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