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Freight fared relatively well at Brittany Ferries in what was otherwise some of the most disappointing figures in its history it said following its annual general meeting in St Pol de Leon, France on 19 March. In a year dominated by the Covid crisis and amid on-going Brexit concerns, freight was down 20% while 2020 passenger numbers fell to less than a third of normal levels.
Despite a dreadful 2020, the ...
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The European Parliament and EU Member States have reached provisional agreement on a €1 billion fund for member states to buy, upgrade and maintain customs control equipment such as X-ray scanners, automated number plate detection systems and other non-intrusive detectors for border crossing points as well as a variety of ...
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Containerships has added a new service between the southern coast of Spain, the west coast of the UK, and Ireland, calling at Liverpool, Dublin, Cadiz, Cartagena and Valencia. It will be operated by four530teu vessels in two weekly loops. There is capacity for 45-foot containers giving truck-equivalent capacity.
Loop 1 calls ...
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Maritime Intermodal and DB Cargo UK have been named joint winners of the Rail Freight and Logistics Excellence category at this year’s Rail Business Awards.
The award, sponsored by the Institution of Railway Operators, recognised the innovative intermodal partnership between two of the of the UK’s leading road and rail operators.
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American Airlines is restarting ten routes to the US from airports across the UK and Europe including Dublin and Heathrow during March as part of its summer schedule. It will launch a new 777-200 service from Heathrow to Seattle from 30 March, initially three times weekly, increasing to daily from ...
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Deugro Group heavylift shipping operator dShip Carriers has added a new F-500 vessel to its fleet. It comes with two cranes capable of lifting 250 tonnes each, and has a deadweight of 12,385 MT. It says its latest fleet member is its next step toward environmentally friendlier shipping solutions.
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Oversized airfreight carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed its sixth program for the Dromlan international Antarctic project in Dronning Maud Land. It operated five IL76 charter flights from Cape Town to Novolazarevskaya delivering over 200 tons of cargo 4,200km, landing and taking-off on an ice runway, testing crews’ skills to the ...
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Transport management technology vendor, 3T Logistics and Technology Group - has launched a new customs clearance service to support traders following the UK’s departure from the EU.
It offers in-house customs clearance expertise, automated transfer of information, a single point of contact and generates fully auditable and reportable data.
Chief executive, Tim Fawkes, said: “Our ...
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The 12-member SkyTeam Cargo global airline alliance has launched V Excellence, a dedicated program for shipping Covid-19 vaccines as immunisation programmes roll out worldwide.
It covers the transport of Covid-19 vaccine shipments moved under its members’ Customized Vaccines product family, offering special handling, priority handling. Most members hold IATA Centre of ...
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French Logistics and fulfilment start-up Cubyn has raised €35 million from the Eurazeo and BPI Large Venture growth funds as a prelude to expanding its operations internationally, including the UK.
It will launch a 25,000sq m warehouse outside Paris and deploy its service internationally, starting with Spain and Portugal from April ...
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