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The Irish government has announced the launch of a €2million Alternatively-Fuelled Heavy Duty Vehicle (AFHDV) Purchase Grant Scheme, following pressure from the logistics sector.
General manager of FTA Ireland (FTAI), Aidan Flynn, said it was an important step forwards in the decarbonisation of the Irish logistics sector0. “As the leading group representing logistics operators in Ireland, our members tell us they are desperate to switch to lower emission HDVs but the ...
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At least 18,000 trailers moved between the port of Cherbourg and Ireland during the first two months of 2021, three times as many as in the same period last year. Operator Ports of Normandy said that the three operators – Irish Ferries, Stena Line and Brittany Ferries had all increased ...
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Austrian forwarding and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss posted net sales of €1.77 billion in its 2020 financial year, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%. Board chairman Wolfram Senger-Weiss said the company’s positive development was due to the fact that it remained flexible and fully operational during the Covid-19 crisis at all ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has gained the CEIV mark for its pharma centre in Munich and Chicago, opened in summer 2020, and bringing its total certified network to 32 stations worldwide. The International Air Transport Association label assures reliable handling and storage of urgent and temperature-sensitive shipments to the highest international standards, ...
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Freight forwarder Dimerco is rolling out of phase two of a restructuring plan started in 2019 to make the business more responsive and resilient in the face of increasingly challenging and disruptive supply chains. Phase two of the reorganization will create a flatter, less hierarchical structure, with a focus on ...
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As widely expected, the EU has taken legal action against the UK over its breach of the Northern Ireland Protocol. It stems from the UK’s decision to extend the grace period covering new checks on parcels, food and agri shipments moving from mainland GB to Northern Ireland. The move follows ...
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DHL has extended its long-standing global partnership with the FIA Formula 1 World Championship as the season gets underway again. The Official Logistics Partner of Formula 1will ship cars, fuel and equipment to 23 destinations on five continents, the largest number in the sport’s history. The Championship begins on 28 ...
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CH Robinson Europe director of account management Chris Mills is urging businesses to rethink their supply chain strategies and see Brexit as an opportunity to build more diverse and resilient supply chains.
He says that anecdotal feedback suggests that vehicle utilisation is down by a fifth (20%) for UK-EU trade while ...
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Turkish Cargo and Kuehne + Nagel have delivered 1.7 million doses of covid-19 vaccines from India to Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on behalf of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
The Turkish airline has also moved hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 syringes for UNICEF ...
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Ferry operator DFDS says its freight volume in February 2021 for routes calling in the UK was 4%bove the same month in 2020 as the post-Brexit situation began to stablise. Total volume for all routes was up 4%. North Sea volumes were driven by added capacity and continued stabilisation of ...
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