January 2018
A rail shuttle container service is to be launched between the French ports of Marseille Fos and Le Havre and Switzerland in mid-March in a joint initiative with intermodal operator Naviland Cargo.
Operating three times per week, the service will run to Chavornay – in the French-speaking region near Lausanne – with connecting rail shuttles from each port to the Dijon Gevrey facility in mid-France.
The new service is expected to capture ...
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Global logistics operator Rhenus Group has taken over Brazil’s Pirâmide SeaAir Comércio Exterior. Headquartered in São Paulo, Pirâmide SeaAir has branches at Guarulhos and Viracopos airports and the port of Santos.
It has operated as a licenced customs clearance broker for more than 20 years and has developed its own customs ...
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Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling pressed the button at a ground-breaking ceremony on 11 January to get the latest phase of expansion at the Port of Felixstowe. About 13 hectares of new paved container yard is to be constructed directly behind Berth 9 and the work will include ...
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ABP’s Port of Teignmouth handled its highest cargo tonnage since 2008 - over 450,000 tonnes in 2017. Traffic included clay, animal feed and aggregates. Investment included an £850,000 new Mantsinen crane.
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Palestine has become the 72nd country to accede to the United Nations TIR Convention. It follows Pakistan, China and India, which also recently signed up to the internationally recognised transit convention.
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FedEx Express has officially opened its new Shanghai International Express and Cargo Hub located at Pudong International Airport. The 134,000sq m facility includes a dedicated customer care centre as well as cold chain facilities, and is capable of processing up to 36,000 packages and documents per hour.
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Eurotunnel’s Le Shuttle Freight service transported 128,321 trucks in December 2017, a decrease of 3% compared to the same month in 2016. It moved more than 1.637 million for 2017 as a whole, compared with 1.642m in 2016, a fall of 0.3%.
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Northern Ireland continues to be disadvantaged by poor road access to Scottish ports, says the Freight Transport Association after ferry company Stena Line raised concerns over the issue.
FTA says that while road connections within Northern Ireland have kept pace with economic development- work on a major bottleneck, the York Street ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has described increased fines for illegal truck parking in Kent as “poorly planned and disproportionate”. The association argues that the problem of trucks using laybys and other unsuitable locations will only be by adequate clean and secure parking facilities.
It understands that Ashford Borough Council has ...
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French-based forwarder Gefco Group has acquired Europe-Morocco transport specialist, GLT, subject to regulatory approval. Founded in 1998, GLT has major customers in the automotive and fashion and performs over 16,000 crossings per year with 75 trucks and 380 trailers between Algeciras and Tangiers. Its management is based in Oiartzun, near ...
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