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The Port of Tilbury has loaded its first trainload of raw glass for URM UK from a new recycling facility at the port.
Some 1200 tonnes of raw glass cullet left Tilbury en route for Cheshire this under a long term supply agreement. The cullet is produced from mainly from kerbside collections and bottle banks throughout the south of England.
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Danish transport and logistics company Leman has acquired freight forwarder Maru International – its third UK purchase in two years.
Maru is a European road transport specialist and also offers air, sea and logistics solutions at its offices in Dewsbury in Yorkshire, Braintree (Essex) and Coatbridge near Glasgow.
The merged company will ...
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Stena Line is offering customers the chance to choose to buy coffee or tea in a special Mercy Ships mug where 20p will be donated directly to the charity to help it deliver health care to the developing world.
Mercy Ships signed a partnership with the ferry operator in February of ...
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Haulier Surefreight has opened a new £1.3 million depot at the port of Heysham in Lancashire, from where ferry operator Seatruck runs regular services to Ireland.
Opening of the new depot was marked by a ceremony on 2 September and follows the opening of a new link from the Peel Ports ...
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Time-critical logistics operator GBA Services has added Germany to its European coverage, in addition to the UK, Poland and Austria. GBA Logistics Germany is based in Bremen, from where it will provide time-critical, high-security and temperature-critical transport. Although chiefly focused on express road services, GBA’s German operation will also offer ...
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DHL has added Ireland and Romania to its European parcel network for cross-border e-commerce. It has signed a partnership with Ireland’s state-owned postal service An Post and the private Romanian parcel service Urgent Cargus. In November, DHL will also include Croatia and Bulgaria in its parcel network following deals with ...
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Kerry Logistics has appointed Claire Trench as head of food and beverage, based in Glasgow. She has over 17 years’ experience in forwarding, most recently in senior management positions working with leading brands in the beers, wines, and spirits industry. In her new role, she will support brands looking to ...
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The Port of Houston is due to reopen its terminals from 7am US time today (Friday, 1 September) following flooding in the city in the wake of Storm Harvey. While Port Commission chairman Janiece Longoria warned that vessel movements remain restricted because of swift current in the channel, “it is ...
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The Trebil land border between Iraq and Jordan has reopened, reports the International Road Transport Union (IRU). Closed in mid-2015 for security reasons, it is the closest border to Iraq’s Western and Central regions, says the IRU, which adds that Jordan is currently a member of the TIR transit system ...
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CMA CGM’s Theodore Roosevelt became the largest ship ever use the Panama Canal in late August, on its way to New York to inaugurate the enlarged Bayonne Bridge on 7 September. The newly-built vessel has a 14,414teu capacity and is 12,028ft long.
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