April 2020
Forth Ports says that its eight UK ports including Tilbury, Grangemouth, Leith, Rosyth and Dundee have managed 74,000 tonnes of wheat - the equivalent of 148 million loaves of bread; 40,000 tonnes of food for supermarket shelves, including over 8,500t of fruit and vegetables and the equivalent of 2.5m packs of pasta, 2m packs of rice, 4.75m tins of food and enough fruit juice to fill 5.6m cartons; 2,700t of ...
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CEVA Logistics has been appointed by General Motors as its 4PL to manage its ventilator production supply chain for its contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services. CEVA is responsible for delivering hundreds of parts which will be used in the making of the Ventec Life Systems ...
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CLdN Ro-Ro is to start a weekly freight service between Cork and Zeebrugge. It will leave Belgium on Friday to arrive in Cork on Sunday, returning on Tuesday and arriving in Zeebrugge on Thursday.
Port of Cork chief executive Brendan Keating, said: “This announcement by CLdN will greatly support our efforts ...
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United Airlines has converted one of its cargo facilities at George Bush Intercontinental Airport into a food distribution centre to aid the Houston Food Bank's efforts to feed families during the COVID-19 crisis. United team members have also donated more than 159,000lbs of food to food banks, hospitals and other ...
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DP World has launched new platforms to enable forwarders to book shipments of cargo from and to anywhere in the world, by sea, land and air. Following the acquisition of SeaRates.com, LandRates.com and AirRates.com. DP World has also created a Digital Freight Alliance, an online association that brings freight forwarders ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has called for a coordinated approach in lifting containment on cross-border transport in the European Union. It says that a lack of coordination by member states has been a fundamental difficulty in setting up and managing restrictions and border control so far.
It follows publication ...
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South America airline Latam has increased freighter flights to Europe and the US to offset the reduction in belly cargo capacity caused by the reduction in passenger flights due to the COVID-19 crisis. Chile-based Latam operates 10 Boeing 767-300Fs and four 777Fs. It will add a seventh weekly flight to ...
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P&O Ferries says that one of its ro-pax vessels was prevented from sailing on 16 April after Peel Ports presented it with a demand for payment of almost £600,000.
P&O said it believed it owed much less than the amount demand and that it had been in discussions with the port ...
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Many ports are reporting an increase in warehousing utilisation and distribution facilities for foodstuffs and medical supplies, according to a survey by the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH).
IAPH’s second World Ports Sustainability Programme COVID19 Economic Impact Barometer surveyed 90 ports around the world, with Africa, South America and ...
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – the territory’s largest independent cargo handler – has installed thermal cameras in its staff canteen and throughout SuperTerminal 1 to step up the fight against COVID-19. The cameras will help to identify any individual with an abnormally high body temperature, a key ...
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