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Maersk Line’s latest Triple-E vessel, the Manchester Maersk has made her maiden UK in Felixstowe. The 20,000teu ship and her sisters operate between Asia and Europe and are named after important cities in major Maersk markets.
While the new ship is clearly far too big to get up the Manchester Ship Canal, Maersk Line offers direct rail connections between Felixstowe and the city as well as several other locations in the ...
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Lufthansa Group’s high speed freight specialist arm time:matters has been awarded ISO 14001 environmental management joining its parent, which has already been ISO certified since 2008. In March of this year time:matters will begin trialling electric vehicles at Frankfurt Airport.
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Scottish-based Bullet Express has created ten jobs at its pallet storage site at Baillieston. Bullet, which moved to the site in 2016, is now offering pick and pack operations and electronic breakdown teams creating 12 jobs in the last 4 weeks with more in the pipeline .
Managing director David McCutcheon ...
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UPS said on 26 February that it plans to sue the European Commission over its blocking of its planned takeover of Dutch-headquartered operator TNT five years ago.
It follows the General Court of the European Union annulation of the Commission regulators’ decision last year on the grounds that they had used ...
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Suggestions by the government that an electronic system can somehow solve all the problems of getting trucks in and out of the country are “fantasy”, said Shadow Transport Secretary, Andy McDonald. In answer to a question at the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group on 26 February about whether any ...
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CWT Commodities, the UK’s largest importer of cocoa and coffee beans is to build a new warehouse at the Port of Liverpool
Mazdon Construction will build a 36,000sq ft warehouse and new offices on the site which the trader is leasing from Liverpool’s owner, Peel Ports.
Nearly 65,000 tonnes of cocoa beans, ...
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BIFA is urging its members to review their cyber security policies, following last year's cyber attack on Maersk and other operators. It said the episode had revealed the scale of impact that security breaches can have on global logistics and supply chains, with the physical cost of rectifying the problems ...
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A Labour government would negotiate permanent membership of a customs union with the European Union, said its leader Jeremy Corbyn in a speech on 26 February. The BBC’s political correspondent Ben Wright says that it raises the possibility of the Labour party passing an amendment calling for the creation of ...
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Heathrow Airport said that cargo capacity on key routes to Shanghai, Delhi, Mumbai, Los Angeles, Tokyo Haneda and Dubai – which account for 18% of the airport’s total cargo volume - are virtually full and unable to accommodate further growth.
It said that the data underscored the importance of expanding the ...
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BDO Customs and International Trade Services (BDO) and Rhenus Logistics Ireland are to sponsor IEA’s online customs services offering. Through a series of newsletters in 2018, the IEA, BDO and Rhenus Logistics Ireland will offer IEA members advice and assistance on exporting overseas and importing into Ireland, keeping members informed ...
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