March 2018
The Transport Select Committee’s report on the Airports National Policy Statement published on 23 March, which endorsed building a third runway at Heathrow Airport, met with general approval from business and the airfreight industry.
Chris Richards, Head of Business Environment at manufacturers’ organisation EEF, said the report was “a good sign of progress in getting a new runway built. As a global freight hub handling over 35% of non-EU exports by ...
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Transmec branch manager Paul Priestley is cycling 140 miles between his depot in Bradford and the groupage operator’s branch at Redditch in aid of Children with Cancer in April.
Then, after covering the distance in a single day, he’ll be relaxing with a mere 40-mile round trip between Redditch and the ...
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The CORE four-year €50 million European research project to create trusted and transparent trade lanes will be brought formally to a close at an event at the Stanhope hotel in Brussels on 11 April. A final event will bring together shippers, freight forwarders, transport providers, and authorities to demonstrate the ...
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The Port of Rotterdam Authority has started construction of a £175m Container Exchange Route that will link the deepsea container terminals, empty depots, rail terminals and distribution companies at Maasvlakte. It aims to reduce transfer and improve hinterland connections. Trains, inland vessels and feeder vessels will no longer need to ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has extended its European overland cross dock platform in Contern, Luxembourg and has integrated telematics data from key transport partners, both moves that the forwarder says will strengthen its position in the pharma solutions market.
Uwe Hött, senior vice president overland Europe at Kuehne + Nagel, said the ...
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The recovery in the airfreight market took Lufthansa Cargo by surprise, along with the rest of the industry, said chief executive Peter Gerber. Presenting the German carrier’s annual results at a press conference on 22 March, he said that a loss of €50 million in 2016 had been turned around ...
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Finnlines will extend its Spain-Zeebrugge service to Scotland in March, adding round-trip sailings between Bilbao and Rosyth in addition to its existing services between Bilbao and Hull, Teesport, Tilbury and Gothenburg.
The service is operated with modern ro ro vessels suitable for all kinds of commodities: trailers, including containers, mobile loads ...
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Equipment maker 2nd Level Solutions is offering a new solution to increase space available in trucks, sea containers or airfreight ULDs by creating a second cargo floor.
Payload Porter, which has a patent pending, is available either in reusable plastic or in recyclable cardboard. The plastic version is available to rent ...
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A consortium of industry experts led by supply chain solutions firm SWG and including BIFA, the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT) and insurers theTT Club have collaborated to offer a free online Incoterms compliance and supply chain risk initiative to help shippers identify issues in the international supply ...
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Forth Ports has gained Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status for its facilities at Grangemouth, Leith and Rosyth, the first ports in Scotland to achieve it. The AEO accreditation recognises that the customs controls and procedures at each of the ports are efficient, compliant and secure. Tilbury was awarded AEO last ...
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