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DP World has expanded its container handling operation at the Port of Callao in Peru into a full maritime and logistics operation. Since building the greenfield Port of Callao, it has acquired maritime services company Cosmos Agencia Maritima, Neptunia and Triton Transport, which run logistics hubs, warehouses, bonded storage and trucking.
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All-cargo carrier Antonov Airlines has flown a mobile crane and fire extinguishing equipment from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Presidente Perón International Airport in Argentina for Crane Worldwide. The An-124-100 flew the crane and associated equipment which included booms, tracks, control stations and water pumps, weighing 70 tonnes.
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo have opened their new joint export facility at London Heathrow - the first phase of a programme to double cargo handling capacity at the airport.
The new dnata City East facility offers18 customer delivery doors, double the amount previously; a An expanded ETV (Elevated Transfer Vehicle), ...
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Europa Worldwide Group has started work on its £60 million, 715,000sq ft logistics facility at Midlands Logistics Park in Corby, due for completion in June 2020. It will become the company largest facility in the UK and will form part of its Europa Warehouse arm’s 3PL logistics offering.
The company says it will double ...
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P&O Ferrymasters has launched a new intermodal service between Oradea in Romania and Lodz in Poland. It follows the introduction of services between Oradea and Zeebrugge and Piacenza.
The 48-hour service will initially offer two departures each way per week, increasing to three by mid-2020. The service will at first use ...
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Jane Simpson has joined Dover Harbour Board. She has held senior positions at Network Rail, and was recently as head of capital delivery for Severn Trent Water. She will provide increased support to the board’s diversity agenda, the Port being a signatory to the Maritime UK Women in Maritime pledge ...
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Boris Johnson’s proposals for replacing the so-called Irish backstop was never likely to be agreed by the EU, said director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, Adam Johnson, following reports that the bloc had rejected the government’s alternative framework.
He explained the backstop was the element of the current draft withdrawal agreement ...
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Rail operator Orion is to run a trial freight service from London Gateway to London Liverpool Street station next year, according to a report in Rail magazine. The train, which are expected to operate in April or May next year, will use Class 769 bi-mode electric/diesel rolling stock converted from ...
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The Delta Park Truck Secure Parking site in Dourges, France, has become the first location to achieve the highest Level 1 certification under the Transported Asset Protection Association's (TAPA) new Parking Security Requirements (PSR), launched earlier this year. The Dourges site in Hauts-de-France provides 146 parking spaces close to the ...
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Freight forwarder Geodis is carrying out dry runs organized by French Customs to test the future customs arrangements in the event of a no-deal Brexit in partnership with French chemical firm Arkema.
Since September, French Customs have been organizing a series of full-scale simulations with all players concerned – including transporters, ...
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