February 2024
AV Dawson, owner and operator of Port of Middlesbrough, has organised a litter pick as part of Good Business Week.
Good Business Charter (GBC) accreditation, which AV Dawson achieved in Summer 2023, recognises businesses that are operating as responsible businesses across a number of areas.
Company colleagues from across the Teesside business participated in the litter pick, which began on its site at Riverside Park in Middlesbrough and stretched down to the ...
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Maersk has launched a digital platform for customers to purchase air freight services. It provides an option to book their requirements with instant prices for 70,000 connections between virtually all airports globally and in over 90 countries.
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Europa Air & Sea says it has increased its customer base in Shanghai despite challenging economic conditions. The forwarder, which is celebrating the second anniversary of the opening of its office in the Chinese city, says that it has grown its sales team by 15%.
General manager for Europa Air & ...
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With Valentine's Day fast approaching handler Swissport says that 9,000 tons of blossoms travel safely through its Flower Corridor, from the Kenyan highlands to Europe.
Every week, 400 to 500 tons of cargo, 85% of which are fresh flowers, normally pass through Swissport's 10,400 square meter cargo centre at Jomo Kenyatta ...
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Challenge Group has acquired an additional Boeing 747-400F aircraft. It offers nose-loading capacity and a 120-tonne payload, and the group anticipates that it will be deployed between Europe and the Far East.
It recently diversified its fleet with the addition of a B767-300BDSF aircraft in August 2023 and is continuing a ...
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended to the government not to renew the Liner Shipping Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) on its expiry on 25 April. The CBER was inherited from the European Union and allows liner consortia to operate, under certain conditions.
The European Commission announced on ...
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Maritime Cargo Processing MCP) is launching an 'all access' subscription platform for its Destin8 port community system. Currently, users pay for a 'badge' for each port location or community where they have a presence and require access to MCP services.
Subscription charges have been constant for over ten years and have ...
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CLdN has acquired the Distriport terminal of Broekman Logistics in Rotterdam. Distriport occupies a 22-hectare site on the opposite side of Brittanniëhaven from CLdN’s existing Rotterdam terminal and the acquisition offers Belgian-owned CLdN the scope to further grow and diversify in ro ro), lo lo and breakbulk handling. The infrastructure ...
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Dutch shipowner Future Proof Shipping (FPS), the EU-funded Flagships project, and the Interreg-funded ZEM Ports NS project have launched the hydrogen-powered H2 Barge 2. The vessel will operate on the Rhine between Rotterdam and Duisburg.
The vessel was launched at Holland Shipyard Group´s Werkendam facility, just outside Rotterdam.
It is the first of ...
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Thomas Kuehn has joined independent freight forwarder Unsworth as managing director of its UK business, while current managing director, Richard Hogg becomes chief executive officer of the Unsworth Group, and Charles Hogg commercial director. Kuehn joins from World Transport Agency, where he has been managing director for almost a decade.
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