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The port of Cuxhaven says that it is well-prepared for the end of Brexit transition on 31 December. The Germany gateway, around 70% of whose traffic is to and from Great Britain says that its unaccompanied traffic should not be affected by the need for customs clearance. Port businesses, customs officials and shipping companies “have been working in high gear for the last 24 months” to ensure that traffic continues ...
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The Rhenus Group has expanded its Air & Ocean Division for the Americas to include Mexico City. The new branch will offer cross border services to facilitate trade between the US and Mexico. The new branch is close to Benito Juarez International Airport. Rhenus Mexico is also present in the ...
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The Chairs of two Commons select committees, International Trade and Transport, have written to their Secretaries of State calling for government intervention to tackle substantial disruption at UK container ports.
Angus Brendan MacNeil MP and Huw Merriman MP called on the departments to examine the situation and intervene.
In the letter, they ...
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Many transport people still lack access to decent sanitation, says the International Transport Workers' Federation. It adds that the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated longstanding problems. Workers who prior to 2020 relied on the facilities at cafés and restaurants suddenly found those facilities closed during national lockdowns, and were forced to ...
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Trains of up to half a mile long have helped deliver more critical goods such as food and medicines during the Covid pandemic in moving critical goods, says national rail infrastructure operator, Network Rail.
Since the start of 2020, Network Rail and rail freight operators have collaborated to allow freight trains ...
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AP Moller-Maersk has signed a logistics agreement with pharma firm Novo Nordisk from April 2021. The three-year agreement on cold chain logistics covers transportation including ocean services and inland logistics.
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Hapag-Lloyd has revised its services to the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent with a direction connection between North Europe and the Middle East via its new Indian Ocean Service 3 and has reconfigured its Indian Ocean Service, the Gulf East Mediterranean (GM) Service and the Indian Subcontinent Mediterranean Express.
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DFDS says that its Visby, Kerry, and Optima Seaways freight ferries are ready to start operations on the new Rosslare/Dunkerque freight route from 2 January. Visby and Kerry are chartered ships, including crews, and Optima Seaways ia a DFDS owned vessel currently operating between Sweden and Lithuania. Each has capacity ...
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Over 50 representatives from Miami-Dade County’s air cargo community attended the second virtual meeting of a Miami-Dade Aviation Department task force on 16 December to lead preparation for the arrival and mass distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The task force’s action plan includes identifying additional cooler space available outside the airport ...
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Port of Tyne has signed an option agreement with Dogger Bank Wind Farm, successfully concluding the preliminary phase of the development to build the operations and maintenance base for the world’s largest offshore windfarm. Dogger Bank is a 50:50 joint venture between Equinor and SSE Renewables. The port is currently ...
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