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Stena has earmarked four new ro-pax ferries announced last year for delivery in 2019 and 2020 for two of its Belfast routes. The vessels are currently being built at the AVIC Shipyard in China and, with a capacity of 3,000 lane metres will be the largest ferries ever to operate between Belfast and Great Britain, as well as being among the biggest in the entire Stena fleet.
Stena Line operates 14 ...
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Logistics operator DSV is expanding its warehouse and offices at the port of Immingham. The centre, which is being increased to a 100,000 sq ft logistics facility, will be fully operational at the end of May and has been designed to further streamline customer service levels and reinforce DSV’s UK ...
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Industrial internet firm Nexiot is equipping the entire European wagon fleet of rail leaser VTG with what it describes as a revolutionary design of smart sensor.
Unlike previous designs, which could only transmit information a few times a day, the sensors can communicate with users every five minutes, says the company.
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Railway logistics provider TX Logistik has set up a new department for short-notice spot transport. The service was established at the beginning of the year and will be expanded gradually in response to increased demand for such services.
TX Logistik is focused on the North-South axis from Scandinavia to Italy, from ...
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The Seoul Central District Court said on 9 February said it would declare Hanjin bankrupt on 17 February leading to the shipping company’s liquidation. The assets of Hanjin, once the world’s seventh largest container line, will be auctioned off to help pay off its debts.
Analysts vesselsvalue.com said that two containerships ...
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Vessel traffic through the enlarged Panama Canal hit its highest since 2012 in January, growing 6% on a year earlier, said global trade intelligence platform Panjiva. But after adjusting for the increased capacity of neopanamax vessels the growth may have been 42%, it added. Some 78% of neopanamax slots were ...
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Russian container transport company Ruscon has acquired one of the country’s largest logistics companies SLG-Operating (Smart Logistics Group-Operating). SLG offers warehouse and logistics services to customers including Microsoft, Pepsi, Danone, Castorama, Kimberly-Clark, Haier and Cargill. It has a 60,000sq m complex at Chekhov City, near Moscow, with a capacity of ...
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Labour Welsh Assembly Member Eluned Morgan has warned that the UK leaving the EU customs union could require immense infrastructure at Welsh ports, the BBC reports. There is a danger that freight traffic could be diverted away from Wales if there was a hard border with Ireland, she said.
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EU trade commissioner Jyrki Katainen said in mid-February that the EU would be prepared to take legal action should the US try to impose a “border tax” against its imports. In an article published in the Financial Times Katainen also warned that such a move trigger expedited action at the ...
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CMA CGM has become the second shipping line to sign a deal with Asian online retailer Alibaba. A memorandum of understanding drawn up in Hangzhou will seek cooperation between the two leading companies in the digital area, with digital services for Alibaba’s users via the retailer’s OneTouch trade facilitation platform. ...
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