Sea
The Port of Greenock has gained a weekly container to Türkiye (Turkey) with the extension of Mediterranean Shipping Company’s existing UK West Coast service from Liverpool.
It follows Greenock owners Peel Ports £25m investment in two new ship-to-shore cranes, capable of servicing larger post-panamax container vessels.
The service rotation also includes Spain, Portugal and France, and will significantly enhance connections from Scotland to the Far East, India and Pakistan thanks to direct ...
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DFDS signed an agreement with Tasmanian ferry manufacturer, Incat for a design study for a hybrid-electric ferry that would be introduced if the Danish operator wins an upcoming tender for the future services to the Islands.
The vessel would be able to carry both freight and ...
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Feeder and short sea carrier Diamond Line has expanded its NET2 service loop, which connects Felixstowe and northwest Europe ports t to southern, Turkey and the Levant, the Adriatic and Black Sea via Cosco’s hub port of Piraeus.
The 280-metres-long, 5,688teu Xin Xia Men has make ...
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Stena Line is reaching out to women in Northern Ireland to attend a taster day at its Belfast terminal on 9 May to encourage them to pursue a career as a port service operative.
With women making up just 2% of seafarers and 12% of core ...
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Peel Ports Group’s Queen Elizabeth II Dock at Eastham near Ellesmere is to use hydropower as part of its drive to become net-zero across its network and operations by 2040.
The port operator has partnered with Czech renewable energy specialist Hydropol to install a twin Archimedean ...
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DP World has taken delivery of eight fully electric straddle carriers for its soon-to-be-opened £350m new fourth berth at London Gateway. Theyy will be part of the first all-electric fleet at any port in the world servicing the first ever all-electric berth.
The £12m Kalmar straddle ...
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Maritime Transport has ordered 18 battery-electric, 42-tonne tractor units, the first of a consignment of 48 battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell trucks that the intermodal operator plans to deploy across its network.
Maritime, which is a participant in the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) ...
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GB Railfreight (GBRf) has started an intermodal service between Southampton’s Solent Rail Terminal and Hams Hall Rail in the West Midlands, the rail operator’s first between the two locations.
It will operate five times a week with an option to connect Southampton with Mossend International Rail ...
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Maersk is adding Felixstowe, Rotterdam and Bremerhaven to its ME2 service between Europe, the Middle East and India. The service calls at Port Tangier, Salalah, Jebel Ali, Mundra and Nhava Sheva. Transit times between Mumbai and North Europe will be shortened by five to seven ...
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ABP said on 16 April that staff and facilities are in place ready for the opening of the Border Control Posts (BCPs) at Immingham and Hull, serving both banks of the Humber.
Both BCPs are equipped to handle a range of products and have successfully completed ...
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