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A second study of the UK shipping industry after Brexit by consultants Drewry suggest that short-sea container services could provide an alternative to the port of Dover. They could have enough capacity to cope with “moderate” disruption, it says.
An earlier study, validated by the Port of Dover, concluded that of the 2.5 million trailers going via Dover, around 20% or 500,000 trailers could shift to another mode of transport.
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XPO has appointed Jacopo Mazzolin as senior vice president, human resources, based in Neuilly, France. Prior to XPO, he served in executive roles with the Walgreens Boots Alliance (UK) pharmaceutical wholesale division, Datalogic (Italy) and Crown Holdings (Switzerland).
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Maritime Transport and DB Cargo have unveiled two new locomotives, Maritime Intermodal One and Two, to mark the recent agreement between the two companies.
They were named at a ceremony at Maritime's recently acquired rail terminal in Wakefield on 29 March. The event also marked the official signing of Maritime’s new ...
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Europa Warehouse is helping to boost a clothing for Africa collection scheme by one of its employees in Northampton.
Warehouse operative James Brown regularly travels to the villages of Mwkamba and Tiwi in Mombasa, Kenya with his wife Michelle and parents-in-law taking donated clothes and other essential items for families in ...
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Digital logistics provider Get GO Global has launched an on-demand freight forwarding platform for B2B shipments in the ASEAN region. Go Freight offers search, quotations and bookings to over 37 destinations across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and China and plans double the number of destinations over the next ...
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The CMA CGM Group has formally merged its Containerships and MacAndrews shortsea arms into a single Containerships brand. The new venture operates a fleet of 32 vessels and 700 trucks, calling 64 ports through 26 maritime services and eight inland services. Current MacAndrews chief executive Claude Lebel has been appointed ...
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Lufthansa has also extended its joint venture with Cathay Pacific to include eastbound shipments from Europe to Hong Kong. The joint operation offers direct flights from Dublin, London Gatwick and Heathrow and Manchester, as well as from Lufthansa’s main Frankfurt hub and other continental gateways. There are now 280 direct ...
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Turkish Airlines is to relocate all its passenger flights, including bellyhold cargo, from Ataturk Airport to the new Istanbul Airport this Saturday (6 April). Flights from Ataturk will end at 02.00 and all services will be relocated by 14.00 the same day.
However, freighter flights will continue to operate from Ataturk ...
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Broekman Logistics has brought its Rotterdam-Pernis locations and its five Antwerp facilities operate under its own brand-name. The value-added logistics activities, including the filling of specialty chemicals, as well as the specialised warehouses in Pernis and Antwerp, will operate as Broekman Logistics Pernis and Broekman Logistics Belgium Antwerp, offering over ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has been awarded a three-year logistics contract for the refurbishment of 14 Singapore Airlines A380 aircraft. The forwarder will provide digital support and manage the material from pick up at suppliers via all modes of transport into an aerospace logistics hub using its KN InteriorChain solution.
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