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The Board of Trade visited the Port of Barrow-in- Furness on 8 March as part of its quarterly Cumbrian meeting. Owners Associated British Ports highlighted the essential role the port plays in the region and to the wider UK economy.
Secretary of State for International Trade, Anne-Marie Trevelyan was welcomed at Barrow which, as well as being home to BAE Systems’ submarine design and manufacturing facility also provides important support for ...
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Marine cargo insurance specialist, Ascend Broking, is urging those transporting goods by sea to check whether their routes are affected by the war in the Ukraine.
Marine cargo specialist Matt Price says that any marine cargo that would ordinarily be using the Black Sea may well now not be covered by ...
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Associated British Ports has appointed Marie Chandler as head of compliance for its Southampton region. She is currently director of quality, health, safety and wellbeing at airspace manager NATS, and prior to that spent ten years in the renewable power sector, with roles at Siemens Wind Power and will take ...
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Ceva Logistics has teamed up with self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics, to deliver freight autonomously between Dallas Fort-Worth and Austin; and Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City. They will be the first-ever companies to deliver freight autonomously in the state of Oklahoma.
Ceva delivered its first load with Kodiak in November 2021 ...
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German forwarder Deugro has launched a new Sustainable Energy division. It says that with worldwide energy demand continuing to increase, the sector will be vitally important in the drive towards a global carbon neutral future. The new division provides leadership in business development, supply chain engagement, technical and innovative research ...
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Suffolk forwarder Anchor Freight has sprung into action to help victims of the Ukraine crisis, dedicating part of its Ipswich warehouse to act as a hub for donations, to be sent to the Polish-Ukrainian border.
The company has appealed for essential items and is calling on international hauliers to support them ...
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German terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has accepted the first families of staff members fleeing from the fighting in Ukraine in Hamburg. About 80 women, children and older people arrived at the company’s main building on two coaches chartered by the company, with a third with 40 more ...
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Supply chain visibility specialist FourKites has launched a Sustainability Hub, a suite of analytics tools to provide better visibility into resource consumption and waste generation. The platform will include new tools and capabilities that enable customers to input their sustainability goals and more accurately track saved emissions, benchmark progress against ...
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Against the background of the war in Ukraine, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s announcement of record results for 2021 – which would be major news under almost any other circumstances - seemed almost irrelevant.
At a press conference on 9 March, group chief executive Frank Appel said that everyone at the company ...
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American Airlines is to join Freightos’ WebCargo booking platform. It will provide over 10,000 global forwarders with access to live rates, capacity, and instant electronic bookings. Bookings will be available on the platform in parts of Europe and North America in the first half of 2022 before expanding to other ...
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