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Eurotunnel boss Jacques Counon has accused Dover Tory MP Charlie Elphicke of xenophobia and 'ferry-centricsm'. In a letter to Mr Elphicke, the Eurotunnel chairman and chief executive officer accused him of taking “a one-sided and limited view of developments in the cross-Channel market,” according to BBC reports.
The letter concerned the Competition Commission's recent finding that Eurotunnel's entry into the water-borne ferry market through the purchase of three former SeaFrance ships ...
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Belgian left-wing MEP Saïd El Khadraoui, who heads the Socialist members in the European Committee on Transport, says he wants to put the brakes on plans to further liberalise road cabotage laws in the EU. He said that as long as the social and working conditions of drivers and enforcement ...
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Start up freight ferry line North Sea RoRo ended its sailings between Killingholme and Gothenburg last weekend. The line has been operating three days a week in competiton with established carrier DFDS's more frequent sailings from Immingham. Last sailing from both ports was on Saturday 9 March. In a statement, ...
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DP World London Gateway took delivery of what it says are the largest cranes ever to arrive in the UK on 1 March. The giant quay cranes, at 138 metres tall two and a half times the height of Nelson’s column at 138 metres tall, were delivered into the Thames ...
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There has been a surge in International Trade and Logistics Operations apprentices, according to provisional figures published by Skills for Logistics on 1 March. Some 200 trainees opted for this specialism in 2011/12, compared with only 60 in 2010/11.
However, they represent only a small proportion of total logistics-orientated apprenticeships in ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is laying on a new twice-weekly MD-11 freighter service from its Frankfurt hub to Guadalajara in Mexico. The flights are routed via Chicago and Mexico City and will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays returning – again via the US - on Thursdays and Sundays. Guadalajara has evolved into ...
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Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has extended its service contract with truck and bus maker Iveco for another three years. KN manages five regional spare parts distribution centres in Europe for Iveco, including one in Winsford, Cheshire. An important element of this logistics offering is thermic treatment for wooden packages ...
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The Port of Tyne says it achieved its highest cargo volumes in over 20 years in 2012, at 6.5m tonnes, and up 22% growth on 2011. Traffic was boosted by an investment programme which has included £5m in deepening berths and the river channel, giving the port the capacity to ...
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The cost of starting up its new Dover-Calais route and the emergence of North Sea Ro Ro as a competitor on its established Immingham-Sweden route contributed to a 27% fall in earning at DFDS, the company announced on 28 February. However, “a ray of light is the Baltic region and ...
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Logistics intelligence firm eyfortransport is searching for the best location for a European distribution centre. Companies are asked to log on and complete a brief online survey. Click here
It plans to produce a report scoring over 100 regions of Europe as to their suitability and popularity as a location for ...
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