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Mitsui OSK Lines is to publish the results of several key performance indicators (KPI) for its global containership service - vessel on-time performance percentage, reductionof CO2, NOx & Sox and the number of operational stoppages of three days or more per year. It has established a set of goals for each of these KPI and is planning to launch regional KPIs that are more focused on the services required in each ...
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Green Freight Europe, formerly known as SmartWay Europe, takes place in Brussels on the evening of 27 March (17.30 to 21.00). Billed as the leading independent voluntary programme for the improvement of European road freight's environmental performance, it is backed by more than 25 companies, including multinational shippers, carriers, logistics ...
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Thousands of letters have been sent to homes in Dover urging residents to buy "shares" in a group that wants to take over the town's historic port. The Dover People's Port Trust (DPPT) has sent 55,000 letters to homes in the town urging residents to buy £10 'shares' in their ...
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Jade Cargo, the Lufthansa Cargo- Shenzhen Airlines joint venture said on 29 February that it had signed a letter of intent with Shenzhen-based logistics company UniTop to rescue the troubled carrier. Jade Cargo said on 31 December that it had “temporarily suspended” its operations while it agreed on a restructuring ...
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Kuehne + Nagel says it is the first forwarder to introduce active wireless sensors for airfreight real-time temperature control. The equipment is being introduced as part of its KN PharmaChain product.
Generally, security rules prohibit the active use of mobile sensors during air transport. But together with a number of airline ...
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PD Ports' Port of Hartlepool has been appointed as the main construction logistics hub for the Teesside Offshore Windfarm Project. Over the next seven months, it will be the focal point for all materials and components to be installed in the new wind farm being developed by EDF Energy Renewables.
Over ...
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Headford Consulting has started a Mergers & Acquisitions service specialising in the freight forwarding and allied sectors. Managing director Craig Headford said: “It's a natural fit with our existing recruitment business and we already have five privately-owned freight forwarders who are looking to sell their businesses and around 50 companies ...
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Eurotunnel has reiterated its interest in buying three ships that belonged to the defunct Seafrance operation, said chairman and CEO Jacques Gounon. In a press conference to announce the Channel Tunnel operator's annualresults, he said that the three ships – the Berlioz, the Rodin and the freighter Nord Pas de ...
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The World Container Index (WCI), a joint venture between Drewry and The Cleartrade Exchange, showed a 114% increase in container freight rates in the westbound Asia-Europe corridor in the week beginning 27 February. Carriers in the key Asia-Europe headhaul trade had previously announced general rate increases in the region of ...
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UK part of Dutch-owned Van der Vlist Transport Group, is relocating to Burma Drive in Hull, less than a mile from the port, from 1 March. The company provides provide out-of-gauge and oversized transport along with associated services including permits, escorts and route surveys. Facilities and equipment include over ...
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