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Port people are the UK’s hidden key workers and had played a vital role in keeping the country going during the covid crisis, British Ports Association chairman Martin Lawlor told the organisation’s annual general meeting, held by video link on 12 August.
He praised the sector’s resilience and critical role it had played in keeping goods such as food and medicines moving during the pandemic
He said: “Most parts of the industry ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group ‘s AirBridgeCargo Airlines arm has delivered yellow fever vaccines from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Frankfurt (Germany) for trucking to Liege (Belgium) and onward delivery to Africa for an immunisation programme. The 36-ton UNICEF shipment was organized in partnership with freight forwarder DSV, which prepared over 1,000 special boxes to ...
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Glencore UK managing director James Maw (pictured, right) paid tribute to Teesport’s ability to handle all types of ships and its skilled workforce when he opened the Tees Bulks Terminal on 12 August. He said that the facility, jointly developed by Teesport owner PD Ports and the agri products giant ...
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MSC is offering an enhanced Casablanca, Morocco to London Gateway service with a transit time of about 12 days. This is in addition to its twice-weekly sailings from Tunis to London Gateway via Gioia Tauro in Italy with a transit time of about 16 days.
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Manchester based forwarder and groupage operator Ital Logistics celebrates its 20th birthday this month. Over the decades, the company has made a name for itself as a specialist carrier of chemicals and other dangerous goods, as well as freight of all kinds, throughout Italy, Greece and the Iberian Peninsula. However, ...
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Portland Port near Weymouth in southwest England has completed a project to dredge its main berths, the Outer Coaling Pier and the outer arm of Queens Pier. The work, which increases available depth from 9 to 11 metres, will increase the port’s capability to handle dry bulk, project cargo and ...
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Over 88,000 tonnes of cargo travelled through Heathrow in July, with a gradual shift from freighters to the belly hold of passenger planes, said the airport in its latest figures. However, 60% is still travelling on cargo only flights compared to 5% before the crisis. Cargo volumes continue to be ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is calling for meat on the bones of the various government announcements on future cross border trade. Director general Robert Keen says that, with less than 100 days to go before the end of the transition period, “we share the concerns of our members ...
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The Coastlink Conference scheduled for November 2020 in Antwerp is to be postponed to 21-22 April 2021. This is due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19 and restrictions that remain in place in Belgium.
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Hong Kong based forwarder U-Freight Group has added a second Chinese consolidation centre in Shanghai to its existing Zhengzhou hub for its LCL and FCL rail freight services to and from Europe. The company started its regular service in 2014, consolidating cargo in Zhengzhou and using the daily service that ...
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