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PD Ports’ Felixstowe operation has signed a contract to handle UK warehousing for one of the world’s largest cycle manufacturers, Specialized.
The US-headquartered firm has appointed PD Ports as one of its preferred logistics partners to serve its UK retailers.
It will handle and store a cycling accessories including helmets, shoes, spare parts, and clothing which will be imported largely from the Far East, and will include a fully comprehensive pick and ...
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A CargoLogicAir 747-400 freighter flew 110 tonnes of goods from East Midlands Airport to Barbados to help the hurricane relief effort on 21 September. On board were 70 tonnes of bottled water and 40 tonnes of ready-to-eat meals for
This was CargoLogicAir’s third charter flight carrying goods to the Caribbean ...
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Esprit Warehousing and Docks Trafford Park terminal in Manchester handled another large shipment on 19-20 September from Europe via the Manchester Ship Canal.
The 3,500 tonne MV Scot Ranger was carrying four large silos destined for a Manchester factory.
Unloading was managed by Trafford Park company Speedrite before making the final leg ...
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One of the UK’s oldest shipping companies, John Good & Son, has a brand new website. It says it gives a user-friendly experience with improved navigation and functionality throughout, plus the addition of a useful content hub where customers can learn more about the shipping and logistics industry. Customers can ...
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Roads Minister Jesse Norman is urging companies to compete for up to £15 million of funding to develop technology to reduce harmful road freight emissions. Projects could include making vehicles lighter or improving the efficiency of engines or batteries. The completion has been developed with Innovate UK.
https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/26/overview.
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IATA’s Cargo iQ airfreight quality programme is offering online self-service access to its data, giving members real-time information on performance. Members can access their data on any given route and produce customised reports, allowing them to compare their own performance against Cargo iQ standards, and that of the Cargo iQ ...
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The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have opened a ‘BlockLab’ to develop concrete applications and solutions based on blockchain technology. It has been financed by the two partners with the support of regional development corporation InnovationQuarter.
The partners say that Blockchain is one of the most crucial ...
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Greenpeace protestors in kayaks and boats boarded K Line's Elbe Highway 23,498-tonne car carrier in the Thames Estuary on the morning of 21 September as part of a protest against “toxic” diesel cars.
The campaigners drew up alongside the car carrier at around 8.30am, hanging from the 27-metre-high unloading door and ...
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FedEx said that the NotPetya cyber attack that hit its newly acuired TNT Express arm had hit its sales by about $300 million in the past three months. However, all TNT’s main systems were now working again, although parcels volumes have been reduced, it said.
Parcel broker Fastlane International’s head of ...
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Short sea operator WEC Lines is beginning a new service connecting Liverpool with Huelva in south-west Spain, the north-west Spanish port of Vigo, Leixoes near Porto in north-west Portugal and Dublin. The service starts at the end of September with weekly 300teu vessels, but is expected to grow significantly once ...
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