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UK-based Woodland Global has completed the shipment of three condenser units from Italy to Ireland via the UK. Working on behalf of Italian manufacturer Lu-ve and its client, Core Air Conditioning, Wioodland move the units, each weighing around three tonnes and 8m long on specialist low-loaders at the client’s factory in Milan, from where they were transported by road to Rotterdam. They were shipped by ferry to Dublin, via Immingham ...
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Romanian-based contract logistics specialist, Tibbett Logistics has taken delivery of its first 32 intermodal rail wagons from French manufacturer Touax. Initially they will be used on Tibbett's own block trains operating out of the port of Constanta on the Black Sea, but the company also has plans to acquire additional ...
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The Nigerian government has abolished a requirement for all shipments in and out of Nigerian seaports to have a Cargo Tracking Note (CTN), with immediate effect. The Nigerian Ports Authority said that no shipping line was now authorised to demand a CTN as a condition for cargo shipment to Nigeria.
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The UK’s premier event for the transport and freight community, Multimodal, will be held for the fifth consecutive year in 2012 on 1st to 3rd May at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham.
Multimodal 2012 promises to be the largest and best-attended of all the events so far, reflecting ...
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Chilean shipping line CSAV has refuted reports that it has asked its financial advisor to find a buyer for its container business. While the operator said it had implemented a “profound” restructuring plan to tackle the challenges faced by the company and the industry, its plan “involves the search for ...
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The Government has formally given the go-ahead to the port of Dover's planned second ferry terminal (Terminal 2). The trust port, which is also in the middle of a privatisation plan, said that the £400 million scheme would go ahead “when market conditions require its construction” and would effectively double ...
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ABP said on 28 November that the development of Grimsby River Terminal (GRT) would go ahead – the largest ever capital investment in the port – alongside a new long-term agreement with Volkswagen Group. ABP will invest over £25 million in the new terminal on the river Humber, offering significantly ...
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PD Ports' specialist stevedoring team received five wind turbine shipments from Danish freight forwarders, Bluewater Shipping in ABP's port of Immingham recently. The 80 metre high Vestas-built turbines, (four times as high as the Angel of the North), were part of a project for 22 complete turbines and is the ...
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FedEx Express has teamed up with Action for Children to deliver support to the UK's most vulnerable children and young people with a month-long charity drive by the two organisations. As part of the FedEx Cares program, more than 43 employees spent 427 hours volunteering their time, skills and fundraising ...
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Think again on sulphur rules, says ferry group Trade association Interferry is warning that operators in northern Europe face a near-impossible choice in trying to meet the 2015 deadline for ultra-low sulphur emissions from bunker fuel. It said that the legislation would also lead to a shift from short-sea to ...
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