February 2018
The EU's chief negotiator in the Brexit negotiations Michel Barnier has warned that the UK will face trade barriers to trade if it leaves the customs union and single market. His remarks came at a meeting with Brexit secretary David Davis and the prime minister Theresa May at Downing Street on 5 February.
David Davis said however that the UK the freedom to strike its own trade deals with third countries. ...
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ABP’s Port of Ipswich handled the highest tonnage for Brett Aggregates since 2000 during 2017. Both parties have been investing in port infrastructure and equipment, including Brett’s new processing plant and rail capacity An extra 90,361 tonnes was handled this year, a 27% year on year increase.
Marine-dredged aggregates arrive by ...
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Stena Line executives took part in a keel-laying ceremony for the line’s four new ro pax vessels at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China on 2 February. Planned for delivery in 2019 and 2020, the new vessels will be 50% bigger the operator’s existing ro pax ferries with 3,100 lane ...
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UPS is to launch a daily non-stop flight 747 freighter flight from its Louisville, Kentucky hub to Dubai as part of its role as official logistics provider for Expo 2020 Dubai. The express carrier says it will improve transit time from North and South America to key destinations in the ...
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Hapag Lloyd is adding Mombasa and Dar es Salaam to its schedule with a new weekly to and from the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah. It will initially deploy four vessels, each with a capacity of 1,200teu, with the first sailing planned for early April.
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Express carrier UPS (has ordered 14 Boeing 747-8 freighter jets and four new Boeing 767F aircraft to provide additional capacity. It says the new aircraft will be added to the existing fleet and will not replace existing aircraft. The aircraft will be delivered on an expedited schedule by the end ...
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Stena Line says that freight on its Belfast to Cairnryan, Liverpool and Heysham routes exceeded a record 514,000 units, a 3% year on year increase, during 2017.
Stena Line’s Belfast services saw a 19% increase in freight traffic. The port is Stena Line’s largest operational hub with seven ships providing up ...
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Motorbike logistics specialist WMB Group has switched to using stainless steel seals to prevent incursions by migrants into its trucks crossing the Channel.
It follows an incident in 2015 when a number of illegal immigrants were discovered in one of its trucks heading back to the UK.
The group had previously used ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and its partner Aircargo Consulting have developed a new process to allow larger vehicles to be carried in the bellyholds of passenger planes operated by its Eurowings subsidiary. While cars that fit on an aircraft pallet can be loaded into passenger planes, larger vehicles have until now had ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) team is rolling out a new vision with more training and consultancy projects.
It also plans to set up clusters of members representing the different sectors of the industry - for example, airlines, airports, and ground handling agencies. These will concentrate on issues specific to ...
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