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Rail on the rise

Container traffic on the China/Europe route using the transit services provided by United Transport and Logistics Company - a joint venture of Belarusian, Kazakh and Russian railways – rose 76% in July over the previous year, to 54,200teu.Transport of loaded containers from Europe grew by 80% to 15,000teu while loaded containers shipped from China doubled to 36,000teu. Total traffic on UTLC services for the first seven months of 2020 was ... [+]

Thames rivals to launch joint Freeport bid

Forth Ports Group and DP World – are to submit a joint freeport bid for Thurrock, Essex region incorporating their respective operations, Port of Tilbury and London Gateway. The two operators – normally keen rivals for any trade opportunities on the Thames - says the move brings together the complementary strengths ... [+]

New look for Maersk in the subcontinent

Maersk line has revised its service between Europe and the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent to enhance reliability. There will be more connections via the hub in Colombo (Sri Lanka), allowing cargo to be consolidated from different origins and offering better connections from both Asia and West Central Asia. The revamped network ... [+]

New online service for Ulster import declarations

The Government has unveiled a Trader Support Service for Northern Ireland to complete digital processes and handle safety and security declarations for imports into the province. The new service will be available to businesses bringing in goods from Great Britain or the rest of the world. A procurement exercise for the service ... [+]

Qatar restarts more Africa flights

Qatar Airways has resumed services to Nairobi, Kenya with 14 weekly flights and to Kigali Rwanda with three weekly flights. The airline now operates 33 weekly flights to eight destinations in Africa including Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and Tunis. [+]

You’ll find us in the Red Lion, says DB Schenker Singapore

DB Schenker has started operations at its new ‘Red Lion’ automated high-speed logistics hub in Singapore. At €101m, it is the single largest investment in any site globally in Schenker’s corporate history, located in the Airport Logistics Park at Changi Airport. The highly-mechanized air freight hub and contract logistics warehouse extends ... [+]

DHL extends online platform to Turkey

DHL’s Saloodo! Online freight platform has been extended to Turkey. The digital solution was first launched in Germany in 2017 and is already available in several other European countriesas well as the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. Saloodo! combines online freight exchange and digital freight forwarding in a single platform ... [+]

Containerships adds Gijon call – updated

Containerships has added a weekly, Friday call in Gijon, northern Spain  to its service to Dublin and Liverpool. The service is supported by over 60 dedicated block trains per week serving the Spanish hinterland. Containerships has added a weekly, Friday call in Gijon, northern Spain  to its service to Dublin and ... [+]

Kuehne+Nagel expands East Midlands fleet

Kuehne+Nagel UK has upgraded its East Midlands Gateway-based fleet with 13 new rigid vehicles and 50 new double-deck box trailers, a year after opening its facility there for groupage, part load and full load services All of the new vehicles conform to the latest European emissions standards on emissions and will ... [+]

Now is the time prepare for Brexit, says Logistics UK

Logistics UK (formerly FTA) is urging organisations to start to prepare for the UK’s departure from the EU at the end of the year as the economy starts to recover after the Covid pandemic. Director of policy Elizabeth de Jong says that the 200,000 UK businesses that currently trade with Europe ... [+]

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