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The Port of Liverpool said its steel volumes increased 75% year on year in 2011. In the year to date the Port has brought in 250,144 tonnes of steel compared with 142,633 tonnes of steel for the same period in 2010. Volumes are expected to hit 300,000 tonnes by the end of 2011, an increase of 113,000 tonnes from 2010. .
Owners Peel Ports has spent around £1.5m on infrastructure, including ...
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IAG Cargo, the freight arm of the new joint British-Airways-Iberia airline, has taken delivery of the first of three Boeing 747-8 Freighters. The aircraft landed at London Stansted Airport at 7.30am GMT on Friday 4 November, following a delivery flight from the Boeing in Seattle. The freighters will be supplied ...
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The Port of Oakland reopened on Thursday morning, following its closures by protesters. On Wednesday, the US's fifth busiest port became the latest victim of the 'Occupy' movement that seeks to shut down major US institutions in a protest against corporate greed. However, the port warned that the situation in the ...
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PD Ports has appointed Geoff Lippitt as business development director. His remit is to lead the commercial business development activities across the company, and seek new opportunities in existing and emerging markets. In the long term this will strengthen PD Ports’ business platform and drive sustainable growth across the Group. ...
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The IRU’s Goods Transport Council has adopted revised conditions for the international carriage of goods and new insurance guidelines for transport operators. The new conditions include provisions related to new security regulations deriving from the implementation of the WCO SAFE Framework of Standards, such as the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) ...
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Zim Line and MSC have signed a swap agreement for the Europe-Med trade. Zim Line said tat it would give an extended range of direct calls, improved transit times, increased reefer capability and better reliability.
From mid-November, Zim’s Asia-Med-Europe (AME) service and MSC’s Israel Express Service will swap space in the ...
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The Freight Transport Association is calling on EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas to step in and halt legislation that could limit the height of future semi-trailers to four metres. FTA has written to the Commissioner urging him to iwithdraw the proposals before they pass beyond his control in the Brussels ...
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Swansea-Cork ferry operator has been placed in interim examinership – the Irish equivalent of Chapter 11 – and has suspended services, although the company's management have pledged to resume operations in April next year. The company said that it had been hit by high fuel costs, which had made winter ...
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CSAV has introduced a new direct service between Ecuador and North Europe. It operates from Guayaquil, Balboa and Cristobal, Bremerhaven to Rotterdam, Antwerp, Balboa and back to Guayaquil. The service will be operated in cooperation with MSC using six 4,200teu vessels.
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Shortsea operator Containerships says that there has been in marked increase in the time required by Baltics Customs to issue transit documents for bonded deliveries to Russia via all St. Petersburg port terminal and inland border crossing points. Shipment shave been delayed for several days leading to increased demurrage costs.
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