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Total throughput at the Port of Antwerp fell by 4.9% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2019. After a strong first quarter, the port experienced a decline in the transhipment of all flows of goods, apart from containers. Despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis on global production and logistics chains and a pandemic-driven drop in demand, the port remained 100% operational.
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Palletforce Sets Record Volumes
EV Cargo’s Palletforce has just set new weekly and daily records for network volumes after successfully implementing a range of measures and member support to protect and grow its business amidst the COVID-19 challenges.
Last week Palletforce volumes hit an all-time high with the network handling over 100,000 ...
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One in 20 airfreight shipments is now carried by Turkish Cargo, says the carrier, quoting May statistics published by World Air Cargo Data. However the global air cargo market has shrunk by 28.5% as a result of the covid pandemic. The carrier has continued service to 90 direct cargo destinations ...
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American Airlines has named Jessica Tyler as its new president of cargo and vice president of airport excellence. The appointment and role are part of American’s recent right-sizing of its management and support staff after the covid pandemic. Tyler’s predecessor Rick Elieson has moved to a passenger role.
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Eurotunnel’s Le Shuttle Freight service moved 108,000 trucks in June, down 11% on the same month in 2019. For the six months January to June 2020, carryings were 665,350, down 18% on the same period last year. However, daily freight traffic reached a high for the period since 19 March, ...
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PD Ports’ Port of Hartlepool has won a pipeline contract with Italian-owned global oilfield services company Saipem to service the Tolmount field, one of the largest undeveloped gas discoveries in the Southern North Sea.
Hartlepool will handle, temporarily store and load 26,000 tonnes of steel pipes over five-weeks before final vessel ...
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Dunkerque Port has again been awarded Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certification by the EcoPorts network. The latest certification, issued by the European Sea Ports Organisation praised in particular the Dunkerque’s redevelopment of brownfield sites and the manual of environmental recommendations for site set-up by new industrialists.
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Full-load road operator Continental Cargo is celebrating its second year since its acquisition by Europa Worldwide Group in 2018.
Established in 1973, CCC is one of the biggest players on the roll-on roll-off market between Europe and the UK, and operates a fleet of 270 trailers, with a 4000 m2 warehouse ...
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Tata Consultancy Services has deployed its TCS DynaPORT terminal operating system at Forth Ports’ new Tilbury2 unaccompanied freight ferry terminal. The platform is already implemented at Forth Ports’ lo lo container terminals at Tilbury and Grangemouth in Scotland. It streamlines order-to-invoice processes and supports vessel, rail, truck, barge, container, break-bulk, ...
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Emirates SkyCargo says it will operate scheduled cargo flights to 100 destinations in July. Cities added to the network include Glasgow, Accra, Algiers, Athens, Fort Lauderdale, Larnaca, Los Angeles, Male, Moscow, Phnom Penh, Rome, Santiago, Sialkot and Tunis.
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