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APM Terminals Yucatán, operator of the Port of Progreso in southern Mexico, is to modernise its container terminal including a 20% expansion of yard capacity and two new reach stackers. The terminal has doubled its volumes from 80,000 to 140,000teu over the last two years and is expecting 20-35% further growth. It handles five vessels a week, including direct connections with the US and Europe.
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Civil engineering and building company, Britcon, has been appointed by Associated British Ports (ABP) to deliver the next phase of its new Grimsby Automotive Terminal. Britcon has recently completed phase 1a on the 100 acre former Tioxide site in Grimsby to provide a 10 acre vehicle import/export storage facility. Phase ...
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The British Ports Association has published a new joint paper with the Port of Rotterdam on digitalisation. The paper is part of the BPA Port Futures programme, a thought leadership programme where the BPA teams up with industry partners, innovators and experts.
Rotterdam’s director of digital business solutions, Joyce Bliek, said: ...
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Forth Ports and its partners Direct Rail Services and Eddie Stobart are to make permanent the the weekly train service between the ports of Tilbury and Grangemouth, following a successful trial. It said that two-way business had been encouraging allowing the service to operate regularly every weekend.
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Cargo handler Swissport is to extend its stay at SEGRO’s Heathrow Cargo after it signed a 10-year lease on a 104,000 sq ft warehouse unit on Shoreham Road. The agreement follows long-term commitments from Air Canada and Worldwide Flight Services which have both re-geared leases in 2019. The lease includes ...
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Europa Worldwide Group has recruited Scott Powell as its new seafreight operations manager for its Air & Sea division. He comes from a regional freight forwarder where he was responsible for managing a multi-modal team.
[caption id="attachment_27088" align="alignleft" width="300"] Picture: Edward Moss[/caption]
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UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) chief executive Peter Ward warned that there could be a severe lack of food and plant inspection facilities at the Port of Dover after Brexit unless the Government took a new approach and adapted the ‘rule book’ for the new world.
He said that UKWA members could, ...
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Turkish-owned Ekol Logistics and Belgian-based North Africa and Middle East groupage specialist Transuniverse Forwarding have signed a letter of intent to build a joint 40-hectare multimodal and ro ro terminal at Kluizendok in Ghent, that will target the UK market.
It will include a 10-hectare cross-dock platform, a 20ha rail terminal ...
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The TT Club has welcomed moves by a number of container lines to discourage shippers from mis-declaring hazardous cargoes, following a spate of container ship fires in recent months.
The international transport insurer says it has growing concerns about the lax cargo packing practices and erroneous, sometimes fraudulent, declaration of cargoes. ...
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Witham based Velta has joined the United Kingdom Warehouse Association (UKWA) .
Operating a 115,000 Sq ft AEO (Authorised Economic Operator) Customs bonded warehouse, Velta provides storage, distribution and fulfilment solutions, with full visibility of stock at all times via its online WMS.
Acceptance of membership to the UKWA entails independent assessment ...
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