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The Freight Transport Association says it is confident that there will be only a short delay to the building of Heathrow’s third runway after the Civil Aviiation Authority’s announcement on 20 December that the project would be paused by at least a year.
Policy manager Zoe McLernan, said: “FTA supports expansion at Heathrow, and at other airports around the UK, to provide vital global links for Britain’s trade. Air cargo already ...
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Rotterdam-based logistics service provider and forwarder Neele-Vat Logistics is to buy Mammoet Ferry Transport, which has operations in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria.
The move will strengthen Neele-Vat’s position in European road transport, and in particular the UK market. It has offices in Preston Brook in England and ...
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Mann Lines Ro-Ro service will add Rotterdam to its regular liner service, with the first call on 22 January at the Broekman Distriport Terminal.
The schedule will be Harwich - Rotterdam - Cuxhaven - Paldiski - Turku - Bremerhaven - Harwich.
The service can handle all types of cargo including trailers, cars, ...
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United Airlines will launch daily nonstop flights between Dublin and San Francisco on 5 June 2020, becoming the only US airline to offer daily flights between Ireland and the West Coast. It will be operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
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APM Terminals has signed a letter of intent for the sale of APM Terminals Rotterdam to Felixstowe owner Hutchison Ports. Hutchison Ports owns the adjacent ECT Delta terminal in Rotterdam. The sale is based on an agreement that, in the short term, APM Terminals Rotterdam will continue to exist as an ...
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No, it’s not a horror movie - Teesside’s shipping community has donated a thermal imaging camera to the local lifeboat to help it increase the effectiveness of its search and rescue s.
The camera was jointly purchased by PD Ports, the Tees and Hartlepool Port Users Association (THPUA) and the Institute ...
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Former ABP chief executive James Cooper has been appointed chairman of GB Railfreight.
In the past, he also held a leading role at Infracapital, which became the rail operator’s new owner in September 2019.
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Pall-Ex has appointed former Palletways network development director, Barry Byers, as its UK managing director from March 2020, while former vice president of sales for DHL Martin Rantle has been named non-executive chairman, from January. Pall-Ex Group has completed the sale of its UK network to its membership and senior ...
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Director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, Adam Johnson, is warning that any free trade agreement between Britain and the EU would not permit anything like the frictionless trade currently enjoyed.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson had declared repeatedly his intention to replace Britain’s current membership of the EU single market and customs ...
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Increased use of cell and gene therapy will add complexity to the distribution of temperature-controlled pharmceuticals in the coming year, predicts Kevin Lawler, vice president of worldwide sales at specialist packaging firm, Pelican BioThermal.
These therapies are extremely sensitive to temperature fluctuation during transit and pharmaceutical manufacturers will demand increased confidence ...
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