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Finnish-owned shortsea operator Containerships is having four new dual-fuel container vessels built in Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard in China, with options for further four. The main engine meets future NOx tier III requirements in gas mode and all vessels are equipped with an auxiliary engine. The new short-sea vessels have a 1,400teu capacity, including space for 639 45ft boxes, and will be operating in Baltic and Nordic seas in 2018.
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Southampton-based Palletways member Acclaim Logistics has gained ETSF (External Temporary Storage Facility) status for its warehouse at Totton following auditing and approval by HM Revenue & Customs. ETSF (formerly known as ERTS) is a secure, dedicated storage area which is used to hold imported goods not yet cleared by Customs. ...
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TIACA’s 2017 Executive Summit in Miami, Florida on 18-20 October will feature a Latin America and pharma focus, and will take place in partnership with the Supply Chain Americas, aimed at shippers looking for ways to run slicker supply chains. TIACA secretary general Vladimir Zubkov, said the new tracks were ...
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The World Trade Organisation says that its latest Outlook Indicator (WTOI) suggests that global trade growth will continue to grow moderately in the first quarter of 2017 after strengthening in the final quarter of 2016. The indicator is based on a number of components, including air freight, container shipping, export ...
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More than 63% of British small and medium sized enterprises are exporting, taking advantage of declines in the value of the Pound, according to the latest FedEx SMEs Export Report.
It also reveals that the digital economy proves to be an essential enabler allowing SMEs to take advantage of international opportunities, ...
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Stena Line has signed a long-term partnership to raise and promote volunteering and charitable giving for the Mercy Ships charity.
Mercy Ships operates the largest civilian hospital-ship in the world to deliver free, world-class health care services to the world’s poorest people along with helping to create health facilities in the ...
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Even with the current shortage and premium prices of green veg, there's little sign that Britain's husbands are offering the Missus a bunch of broccoli as an alternative to the usual Valentine’s Day bunch of red roses. Heathrow airport says that its latest figures show a spike (or should that ...
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The Clecat European forwarders’ alliance has hit out against proposals by nine European transport ministers that would ‘encourage’ operators to allow drivers to return to their home base at weekends. It says that the proposals would reduce the competitiveness of European transport and would frustrate ambitions to reduce carbon emissions.
Ministers ...
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French Customs, the HAROPA ports group, port community system SOGET and ISEL University of Le Havre Normandy, have joined forces to create TRAFIS LAB, an applied research laboratory on trade facilitation, digital customs and logistics.
They have initiated a Scientific Interest Group to host a public-private partnership which will welcome researchers ...
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FedEx Express’s new Southern Europe gateway at Milan-Malpensa airport is now fully operational. The 35,000sq m facility features advanced technology that will boost package sorting capacity by 25% in Italy where the number of people making online purchases has doubled over the last five years and purchases for 2016 are ...
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