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P&O Ferries will be sailing on Christmas Day, along with Eurotunnel to help clear the backlog of stranded trucks in Kent, reports ferry booking agency Motis.
Meanwhile, testing at Manston Airport has been slow but is building up, and vehicles have been slowly leaving the site to head to the port. However, the A20 through Dover town is still blocked and access to the port is from the A2/Jubilee Way only ...
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The EU and UK are close to agreeing a trade deal before the end of Brexit transition, according to a number of press reports. Sources in Brussels and London believed that talks were coming to a successful conclusion.
While a trade deal would not removed the need for customs declarations for ...
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Covid testing is underway of drivers stranded on the approaches to Dover and Eurotunnel or at the Manston holding area, and the first vehicles have been released and boarded ferries reports freight booking agency Motis. However, the situation in Kent remains very difficult, it says. There is still a risk ...
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Egypt has joined the United Nations TIR bonded roadfreight system. In recent years, the TIR system has expanded rapidly in the Middle East and is now fully operational in countries including Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, cutting transport times by up to 90%. Transit times will be ...
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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will operate additional wide body belly capacity from Schiphol to London Heathrow and back using KLM Airbus A330 planes on 25 and 26 December. The carrier added that it was monitoring the situation closely and would further adapt its network when necessary from its hubs ...
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Emirates SkyCargo flew the first Pfizer-BioNTech Covid to the UAE for the Dubai Health Authority, free of charge on a service from Brussels on 22 December. On arrival the containers were unloaded and taken to the Emirates SkyPharma facility to await clearance for delivery. The carrier has set up the ...
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German-owned shipping line Hapag-Lloyd has ordered six ultra large container vessels of over 23,500teu from Daewoo in Korea. They will be delivered between April and December 2023 and will be deployed on the Europe-Far East routes as part of THE Alliance. They will operate on LNG or conventional fuel.
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Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover have reopened to accompanied freight after an agreement between the UK and French government to ease the Covid travel ban.
However, drivers must take a Covid test and shows a negative result.Freight ferry booking agency Motis said that the UK military is organising testing at ...
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DP World has signed an agreement with the Government of Senegal to develop a deep water port at Ndayane, 50km from the existing port and near the Blaise Diagne international airport. It will eventually have over 3 km of quay and a 300ha container yard. DP World's concession for the ...
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PD Ports has donated £50,000 to various charities and initiatives across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During December, the port operator made £40,000 worth of donations to both local and national causes from Teesport to the Isle of Wight, reinforcing its recently bestowed ‘UK Business Hero’ title as awarded by ...
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