August 2020
Eurotunnel operator Getlink says it Le Shuttle Freight traffic returned to near-normal levels in July with 123,879 trucks carried, just 5% down on the same month in 2019. It attributed the improvement to the strengthening of anti-Covid and truck driver well-being measures. On July 8, daily truck traffic reached a new post-crisis high (since 19 March),with 5,189 trucks transported. Truck traffic for the seven months from January to July 2020 ...
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Personnel specialist Red Recruit Global reports that the last month has been very busy in the shipping sector, with some forwarders reporting shipments at pre-COVID levels and a 72% rise in vacancies from July to the current time (early August). The time needed to fill vacancies has also reduced dramatically, ...
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Transatlantic ro ro and container line ACL has been recognized by agricultural machinery firm AGCO as a partner-level supplier. AGCO’s partner-level suppliers have surpassed the top level of achievement in innovation, world-class service, global growth, and cost savings, and have helped the company maintain the highest levels of capacity and ...
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The regional winners of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (YIFFYA) have been announced. They are: Europe: Ms Femke Marie Fürst (Germany); Africa and Middle East: Ms Vimbai Loreen Manyumbu (Zimbabwe); Americas: Ms Anastasia Gureeva (Canada); and Asia Pacific: Mr Umair Aamir Sheikh (Pakistan).
Organisers the International Federation ...
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Global air continued to show a ‘gradual but consistent’ month-on-month recovery in July, increasing by 8% over June, according to the latest market analysis by CLIVE Data Services.
July 2020’S performance was -20% versus the same month a year ago but still reflected an improving monthly trend in the level of ...
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Davies Turner has added Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester to destinations directly served by its weekly fixed-day rail-road consolidation service from China to the UK, in addition to its Dartford. The forwarder and its Chinese partners to ensure that shipments destined for the same hub are loaded into the same container, ...
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Global freight and parcels giant Deutsche Post DHL Group says it “has successfully weathered the crisis so far” with “significant increase in revenue and operating profit in the second quarter” in its latest financial statement.Group revenue grew by 3.1% to €16.0 billion in spite of Covid-19, while operating profit jumped ...
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A massive double explosion in the port of Beirut on the afternoon of 4 August killed dozens of people and left many more injured.
The explosion was reported to have originated in an area of the port used for dangerous cargoes. The country’s President, Michel Aoun is reported as saying that ...
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Brittany Ferries is to expand its services between Ireland and France including a new Rosslare-Cherbourg route due to open in March 2021.
Earlier this year, Brittany Ferries opened a new mainly freight service connecting Rosslare with Bilbao and Roscoff. Hauliers have asked for the weekly French rotation to be moved from ...
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UK-based freight forwarder WE Deane has opened a new site near Calais, France. The new office will act as a customs office in response to Brexit and specialise in the management of traffic to and from the UK, particularly for automotive customers. It will take the company’s total number of ...
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