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UK-based Blok Beam says its new empty container handling system, due to be in Shanghai at the end of November, could ease port congestion. A pair of steel beams connect the six empty containers together to form a single block, which can be lifted as one unit - modern container cranes have the capacity to do this, says the company. Blok-Beam managing director John Evans estimates that if a third ...
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Russian multimodal operator Ruscon has opened a new warehouse in Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea. It has direct links to the seaport, railway system and highways with 1500sq m and 840teu of storage. The warehouse offers heat insulation, an open internal design without any columns and a dust free concrete ...
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The three main Japanese-owned container lines – K Line, Mitsui OSK and NYK – are to merge, creating a million teu-plus grouping. A new joint-venture company will integrate the container shipping businesses including terminal operations outside Japan.
The new joint-venture company will be formally established on 1 July 2017 and actual ...
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DFDS has ditched its regular scheme by turning out one of its trailers in bright pink in support of the fight against breast cancer. For every ten kilometres it ravels, DFDS donates one euro to medical institutions.
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Coyne Airways and Air Charter Service are backing War Child, a charity which supports children affected by conflict. Family-run Coyne and ACS will donate an agreed amount per transaction on behalf of their customers, starting from next month. Customers will be given the opportunity to match the donation on a ...
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Peel Ports is to invest £10m in a new link-span bridge and a fourth berth at Heysham to handle larger ferries.
It will also create a new port entrance and improve IT and terminal operating systems.
Work will begin in November and is expected to be completed by October 2017.
It follows the ...
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Turkey’s Ekol Logistics and the French Railways logistics arm, VIIA have added a weekly shuttle train connection from the port of Sète to Noisy-le-Sec in the Paris area. The two partners say the service, which carries trailers on rail flat wagons, is the first step in building a North-South rail ...
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The UK-headquartered Global Shippers Forum and IATA interest group Cargo iQ signed a memorandum of understanding with to improve quality in airfreight at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum in Paris in late October.
They pledged to implement the Cargo iQ quality management system and promote sustainability in airfreight. And outlined areas ...
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UPS said on 27 October that it was buying 14 Boeing 747-8 Freighters, with an option to purchase an additional 14. The will be used by the express carrier to increase its capacity around the world.
While the UPS order follows a similar deal with Russian-owned Volga-Dnepr announced at this year’s ...
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Rail and road logistics operator is to transform itself into a property firm after it announced the sale of its warehousing and transport operations at five sites to WH Bowker. The five sites are Droitwich, Knowsley, Ripon, Selby and York.
The acquisition makes WH Bowker one of the largest UK players ...
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