January 2024
DFDS has completed the acquisition of Gibraltar Straits ferry operator FRS Iberia/Maroc. FRS Iberia/Maroc will become part of the Ferry Division and its management team consisting of Ronny Moriana Glindemann and Tim Gädecken have joined DFDS and will continue to manage the business. DFDS’ ro-pax ferry, Patria Seaways, was chartered by FRS Iberia/Maroc in November 2023 for interim deployment on the Algeciras-Tanger Med route.
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Geopolitical tensions and slowing global economic growth contributed to a 5.5% fall in traffic to 271m tonnes at the port of Antwerp-Bruges in 2023. However, the twin Belgian gateway said that its container segment share had increased compared to the other ports in the Hamburg - Le Havre range. Tonnage ...
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HNA Cargo, one of China’s largest air logistics groups and agent to China’s fourth largest airline, HNA Aviation Group, is to partner with the cargo.one digital booking platform. It said it would shortly offer freight forwarders in 107 access to HNA Cargo capacity including routes into China and across Asia ...
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European parcel and pallet network Eurodis says it increased its shipment numbers by 80% in 2023. The network, which serves 38 countries has also more than quadrupled the number of shipments since 2019 and now handles volume in the double-digit million range.
Managing director, Jens Reibold, attributed the growth to the ...
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The European Union has revealed details of the third phase of its Import Control System 2 (ICS2), which will extend new import processes to shipping, inland waterways, road and rail in the EU from 3 June.
Under ICS2, which already applies to airfreight, carriers will be required to provide data on goods ...
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Shortsea operator WEC Lines is introducing a new weekly direct service between Agadir in Morocco and Liverpool, offering an alternative to overland trucking for fresh produce importers.
It is thought to be the first service between Agadir and the North-west of England and comes as Morocco overtakes Spain as one of ...
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AV Dawson, owner and operator of Port of Middlesbrough, handled its first international shipment of renewable energy pellets on 8 January.
The 7,000 tonnes of recyclable fuel pellets made from recycled industrial plastic were processed by Waste Knot Energy (WKE) at its newly commissioned processing plant and storage facilities in the ...
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Streamline Shipping Group says it is now the shipping, warehousing and last-mile delivery partner for over 90% of UK national carrier networks on Orkney and Shetland, Menzies Distribution’s announcement that it would close its depots in December. It has taken on management of facilities responsible for transporting goods to remote ...
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P&O Ferries is to launch a new freight route between Rotterdam and Tilbury in March, complementing its existing Zeebrugge/Tilbury service. It will be operated by the ex-Irish Sea 125 trailer capacity Norbank, which will depart from the Dutch port at 23.45 six days a week (Saturday night excepted) arriving in ...
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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has selected SkyCell as its preferred unit load device (ULD) tracking partner. SkyCell will deploy its equipment across the carrier’s entire ULD fleet, giving real-time visibility on the SkyMind platform which uses readers and tags to provide airlines with real-time visibility into their ULD fleets.
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