February 2022
Transport routes to and from Ukraine have ground to a halt amid the ongoing invasion by Russian forces, reports Jochum Reuter, general manager and vice-president strategic alliances at supply chain visibility specialist FourKites.
He says: “The situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate and while our hearts remain with those directly involved, we are also thinking about the enormous impact it is having on supply chains.”
Not unexpectedly, there is severe disruption to ...
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French-owned forwarder Geodis said it had achieved its targets in its 'Ambition 2023' plan two years ahead of schedule, when it published its 2021 financial results on 28 February. Revenues, at €10.9bn, were up 28% compared to 2020 and 33% compared to 2019, at constant exchange rates. EBITDA earnings ...
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DP World is launching a rail service between the Upper Rhine region and the Port of Rotterdam connecting the port with two round trips per week to Germersheim and Stuttgart. DP World’s inland network now consists of 12 inland terminals: three in Germany, four in Switzerland, two in Belgium and ...
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Swedish operator Green Cargo has launched a rail freight shuttle between Rosersberg, north of Stockholm and the Port of Gothenburg. It will initiallydepart six times a week, moving paper products and other goods from Rosersberg to Gothenburg, for onward transit to the UK and France.
On arrival in Gothenburg, the freight ...
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The sole operating example of the world's largest aircraft - the Antonov An-225 - has been destroyed in fighting for the Antonov Airlines base at Hostomel airport, Kyiv, the BBC reports, quoting Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. Originally built to transport the Soviet Space Shuttle, the six-engined An-225 was used ...
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The French navy has intercepted a Russian-flagged ro ro ship in the English Channel and escorted it to the port of Boulogne, the BBC reported today (26 February). The 7,195dwt vessel is carrying a cargo of vehicles and is understood to belong to one of the Russian-owned companies now subject ...
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The European Commission has approved the proposed merger between cargo handling equipment makers Cargotec and Konecranes, conditional on the divestiture of certain businesses. It said the remedies offered by the two companies would continue to give customers in Europe sufficient choice of port equipment competitive prices and a choice of ...
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Back to the land of the PyramidsEgyptair is to restore year-round flights to Dublin, reports the Routes website. The route from Cairo will start on 2 June four times per week using Airbus A320neo aircraft. Flights will be on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
The route is also expected to open ...
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Danish-based global forwarder and transporter DSV says it has stopped all activity in Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country on 24 February.
This includes all air traffic to and from the country. It says that Ukraine is an important corridor for air traffic and re-routings are currently taking place. ...
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Dublin Port chief executive Eamonn O’Reilly is to leave the company at the end of August. During his 12 year tenure, the port’s volumes have grown by a quarter and profits by more than one-third
He also changed the strategic direction of the company with the Masterplan 2040 blueprint. He has ...
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