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Southampton kicks off freeport study

ABP has welcomed chief secretary to the Treasury, Rishi Sunak to the Port of Southampton to launch the ten-week consultation on creating up to ten freeports in the UK. The port owner and operator said several of its locations offer large areas of development land close to deep water and that freeports can enhance these advantages, making them attractive for investment in new manufacturing. Sunak (pictured, centre, with ABP Southampton director Alastair ... [+]

Eurotunnel trucks down in January

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle freight traffic showed a 10% decrease in January compared with the same month in 2019, to 131,098 vehicles. It said the start of 2019 benefitted strongly from stockpiling in anticipation of Brexit. [+]

Breakbulk is back in Bremen

The Breakbulk Europe event for the project cargo and breakbulk industry will return to Bremen, Germany, for the fourth consecutive year in 2021 on 18-20 May. The organisers say the show has grown significantly since the move to Bremen in 2018. The 2020 edition will feature 70 new companies, including Sarens, ... [+]

HS2 means more freight trains to take the strain – updated

The freight industry has broadly welcomed the government’s go-head for HS2, the UK’s first ever domestic high-speed rail line that will run from London to the Midlands and North of England. Rail Freight Group (RFG) said the new line could, as well as speeding passengers at up to 200mph, could also ... [+]

Freightliner ponders Scots terminal future

Freightliner says it is considering the future of its terminal at Coatbridge, near Glasgow. It handles regular Freightliner and DRS services to Felixstowe, Southampton, London Gateway, Liverpool, Daventry and Purfleet. Rail Union RMT has called on Freightliner and the Scottish Government to take action to secure the future of the ... [+]

Logisticians unfazed by China crisis

Two thirds of supply chain industry executives anticipate a recession in 2020 with downward pressure on global trade and ongoing friction between the US and China, according to the 2020 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index published on 11 February. Only 12% of the 780 respondents say a recession is unlikely. However, ... [+]

Grangemouth port turns cargo customer

Scotland's busiest box port, Grangemouth welcomed a major cargo of its own on 11 February when it took delivery of five new Kalmar/Cargotec straddle carriers as part of a multi-million-pound investment. The ESC 440 diesel-electric machines were built in Port of Gdynia, Poland and shipped aboard the specialist cargo ship ... [+]

FM Logistic opens Moscow stage II

French-owned FM Logistic has opened the second stage of its warehouse in the Noginsk district, near Moscow. The new section offers 12,500sq m of additional space, bringing the facility’s total surface to 66,000 m² and its storage capacity to 85,000 pallet spaces to meet demand from customers in the FMCG ... [+]

DSV opens new Canada hub

DSV’s Canada arm has a new head office and logistics facility at Milton, 20 miles from Toronto. The forwarder says the 1.1 million sq ft (100,000 sq m) facility is the largest multi-user facility in the country. [+]

Heathrow top spot under threat, says airport boss

Heathrow Airport chief executive, John Holland-Kaye, is warning that Paris Charles de Gaulle is set to overtake the London gateway as Europe’s leading hub airport within the next two years. Despite a record breaking start to the year at Heathrow, with passengers growing by 2.9% in January,  Charles de Gaulle ... [+]

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