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Cooper Specialised Handling is to triple the number of reach stackers at the iPort Rail terminal in Doncaster and establish a purpose-built workshop. The 15-month-old iPort Rail recently inaugurated its fifth daily rail freight service, with trains now running each day to and from Felixstowe, Teesport, and Southampton. More services are expected to come on line early in 2020. The four extra reach stackers will go into operation in late ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has expanded its online quotation and booking service to include full-container-loads. The service myDHLi Quote + Book now makes instant bookings for air and ocean freight as well as door-to-door shipments and enables customers to compare available options and directly book the selected carrier. Users can also ...
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The Haropa group of ports, which includes Le Havre, is to offer a one-off rebate on port fees on container ships for January and February 2020 as a loyalty measure for lines that have continued to use the port despite the disruption by the recent strikes in France. A tariff ...
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BT’s CCS-UK and the CCS-UK User Group have developed a solution to speed movement of imports to the UK via ro ro ports or the Channel Tunnel. Initially approved by HMRC and Border Force at the end of January 2020 for use in the event of no deal, it will ...
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Dachser has opened a new sales office in the Mendoza wine region of Argentina to strengthen the forwarder’s its “vineyard-to-shelf” capabilities. It will offer services including FCL and LCL ocean containers, temperature-controlled containers, film for lining sea containers to protect from temperature fluctuations, flexitanks and air freight, along with its ...
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Tonnage through Belfast Harbour during 2019 remained strong at over 24 million tonnes for the second year running.
Ro-ro units rose by 4% to a record 542,000, almost all of it on Stena Line’s routes to Scotland and England. Exports of stone by Co Down based Conexpo for GB and European ...
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The WACO network of forwarders is to provide funding and logistics expertise to logistics charity Transaid’s transport and development initiatives. Transaid aims to provide safe and available transport that improves access to health services by strengthening transport systems, and to improve road safety through driver training in Africa.
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Jens Wollmann has been appointed department head of Dachser’s DIY-Logistics arm, taking over from Ralf Meistes, who is retiring after founding the operation and leading it for more than 20 years. Dachser DIY-Logistics handles 5 million shipments a year. Wollmann has almost 20 years’ experience in the logistics industry, over ...
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Freight forwarder Geodis is now categorized as a ‘Leader’ in environmental care after CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) awarded it an A rating for 2019. It is in recognition of its actions to effectively reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and outstanding environmental management. Only 6% of companies assessed by ...
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Airfreight demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), fell by 3.3% compared to 2018 while capacity (AFTK) rose by 2.1%, according to the latest figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The full-year 2019 data for global air freight markets showed the first year of declining freight volumes since ...
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