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Agility says it is the first forwarder to collaborate on a Maersk-IBM solution to provide more efficient and secure global trade by using the blockchain to manage and track container shipments. Agility has agreed to identify events associated with individual shipments and to share and receive information about them via the distributed ledger technology developed by IBM and Maersk.
Agility’s chief executive, Essa Al-Saleh, explained: “Blockchain technology is going to make ...
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PD Ports’ Teesport has been awarded Terminal Operator of the Year by Finnish shipping and logistics group, Containerships. The line’s vessel operations manager in the North East, Michael Povey, said the high service levels at Teesport played a significant part in the award. A 10% rise in throughput was supported ...
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DP World Limited handled 70.1 million teu at its global container terminals during 2017. It said that gross container volumes grew by 10.1% year-on-year, compared with a global average of around 6%, as estimated by consultants Drewry.
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Seko Logistics has appointed Shawn Richard to the newly-created post of vice president global airfreight He will be responsible for driving international air procurement and maximising air carrier utilisation globally. He was lately northeast regional sales manager for Delta Airlines Cargo.
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Marseille Fos handled a record 1.4 million teu in 2017, a 10% increase on 2016 and double the European average, said the southern French port. Throughput was boosted by a 10% volume increase at the Fos deepsea terminals and by three new services at Marseille.
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The EU's chief negotiator in the Brexit negotiations Michel Barnier has warned that the UK will face trade barriers to trade if it leaves the customs union and single market. His remarks came at a meeting with Brexit secretary David Davis and the prime minister Theresa May at Downing Street ...
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ABP’s Port of Ipswich handled the highest tonnage for Brett Aggregates since 2000 during 2017. Both parties have been investing in port infrastructure and equipment, including Brett’s new processing plant and rail capacity An extra 90,361 tonnes was handled this year, a 27% year on year increase.
Marine-dredged aggregates arrive by ...
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Stena Line executives took part in a keel-laying ceremony for the line’s four new ro pax vessels at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China on 2 February. Planned for delivery in 2019 and 2020, the new vessels will be 50% bigger the operator’s existing ro pax ferries with 3,100 lane ...
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UPS is to launch a daily non-stop flight 747 freighter flight from its Louisville, Kentucky hub to Dubai as part of its role as official logistics provider for Expo 2020 Dubai. The express carrier says it will improve transit time from North and South America to key destinations in the ...
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Hapag Lloyd is adding Mombasa and Dar es Salaam to its schedule with a new weekly to and from the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah. It will initially deploy four vessels, each with a capacity of 1,200teu, with the first sailing planned for early April.
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