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British Ports Association chief executive, Richard Ballantyne called for a new national freight strategy to include coastal shipping, at a Freight Transport Association Multimodal seminar on 3 May.
He said: “We have been pressing Government to produce a new national ‘freight strategy’ covering all transport modes. Built into that could be some renewed consideration of coastal shipping opportunities... It’s not an easy win but the UK’s island geography and proximity to ...
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Essex-based forwarder Woodland Group has opened a new office in Houston, Texas. It will be managed by Robbie Whitley.
In the UK, Woodland is also relocating its Manchester operations from the airport to Caspian Road, Altrincham, six miles away. The 11,695sq ft new facility is HMRC registered and has capacity to ...
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The latest edition of the Freight Transport Association's FTA European Road Freight Guide, has been published. New for this edition of is a chapter on animal transport in Europe, as well as additional sections within the reference pages at the end of the book, and further destinations have been added ...
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Norwegian Air Shuttle has rejected two bid offers from British Airways parent IAG. The latter already owns 4.6% of Norwegian, but is seeking a larger stake in the low-cost passenger and freight carrier. Norwegian said the it was undervalued.
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The Freight Transport Association says that a call by Brussels for a tachograph in every van in the UK to be fitted with a tachograph is unfair and will lead to more red tape. The proposal is included in the latest draft of the Mobility Package which due to be ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that global air freight demand, rose 1.7% by only in March 2018, five percentage points lower than in February result and the slowest growth in 22 months. It said the slowdown was due to the end of the restocking cycle, during which businesses ...
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Turkish-owned Ekol Logistics has signed a cooperation deal with Denmark’s Blue Water Shipping.
Ekol recently opened a new train service between Sete, France and Zeebrugge, Belgium and added a further ro ro vessel to its fleet. The new Turkey to Denmark service will be by ship between Yalova and Trieste followed ...
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The deep-water heavy lift vessel Aegir is carrying out a number of highly complex heavy lifting operations at the Port of Tyne’s Northumbrian Quay in North Shields. The 4,000 ton heavy lift capacity vessel operated by Netherlands based Heerema Marine Contractors will be in the river for around two weeks ...
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IAG Cargo – which includes British Airways, Aer Lingus and Iberia – has signed an agreement with Netherlands-based general sales agent Globe Air Cargo NL, part of the ECS Group. ECS Group already represents IAG Cargo in Germany, Austria, and Scandinavia.
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Port operator and global trade enabler DP World unveiled an upgraded version of its “Where’s my container?” cargo tracking tool to provide more supply chain visibility. It will now offer advanced tracking for users of DP World’s London Gateway and Southampton ports.
“Where’s my container?” (WMC) was first launched in 2012 in response to the ...
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