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Portsmouth stevedore Portico is handling ships for building materials firm Brett Group, following a call on 5 July by the Britannia Beaver with 4,500 tonnes of ‘sharp’ sand.Steve Williams, Portico's operations director said: "We hope this is just the start of what could be a long term agreement, with the potential for the relationship to grow and to help meet regional demand for materials.”Portico has created additional quayside space by ...
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Geodis is to acquire substantially all of the assets of Texas-based broker Velocity Freight Transport, from McLane Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. Velocity provides refrigerated and temperature-controlled freight, flatbed and less-than-load (LTL) trucking, intermodal, van, and specialist options.
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The Cool Chain Association (CCA) has set up a Technical Committee and welcomed five new members. The Committee’s aim is to assist, analyse, study, and manage critical points affecting product, as well as developing standards, and initiating projects. The five new CCA members are Qatar Cargo, 7P Solutions, FreshBizDev, SmartCAE, ...
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US research company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) will present a virtual reality demonstrator of a new transport concept at the ITS World Congress.The partners say that their HyperPort sytem will be a plug-and-play solution for port operators, making it possible to transport up to ...
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Emirates SkyCargo says it has flown 150 million doses – or 600 tonnes - of Covid-19 vaccines through its GDP-certified hub in Dubai. The carrier has dedicated GDP certified infrastructure at Dubai for handling pharmaceuticals.
In January 2020, it joined hands with DP World, International Humanitarian City and Dubai Airports to ...
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Hapag-Lloyd has opened a new office in Odessa, Ukraine with 21 employees. The German liner operator says that with mineral resources and the world's largest agricultural production, the country is an attractive export market for Hapag-Lloyd. It is also an important import country for electronics, machinery and consumer goods.
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German forwarder Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is acquiring overnight express provider Innight Express based in Hungary and Romania. Since its foundation in 2004 in Törökbálint, near Budapest Innight Express has developed into an overnight express specialist, primarily serving the automotive and agricultural industries. For the past eight years, it has been ...
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Davies Turner says its business in the Benelux region has gone from strength to strength since starting a daily trailer service with partner Mainfreight between the Netherlands and the UK in June last year.Head of European network at Davies Turner, Danny Southby says that the exclusive cooperation agreement with the ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) and BT are trialling Internet of Things (IoT) sensor technology to speed up the movement and processing of cargo through Ipswich. They have installed devices on cranes and transport equipment that capture, analyse and visualise data on BT’s Intelligent Asset platform to make the unloading and ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo has joined the Pharma.Aero platform. The non-profit organisation based in Brussels, aims to bring added value for the shipper and facilitating collaboration between the stakeholders in the supply chain. Qatar Airways Cargo has invested considerably in quality handling, infrastructure, digitalisation, facilities, people and procedures at its 85 ...
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