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Ro ro operator DFDS is to add a fourth vessel to its Rotterdam/Immingham route. The MV Friedrich Russ has space for 110 trailers and 12 drivers.
Route director Netherlands, Mikael Mortensen,said the extra ship would allow DFDS to operate to offer two daily departures from Mondays to Saturdays and a fixed departure on Sundays.
Other departure times would also be slightly modified with afternoon sailings from Rotterdam at 15.00 instead of 14.00 ...
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Current head of east west trades in Maersk Line, Klaus Rud Sejling, has been appointed chief executive of Damnco, its forwarding sister company within AP Moller Maersk. Current Damco chief executive Hanne Sørensen, has decided to leave the Maersk Group.
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ABP has appointed current Hull and Goole manager Mark Frith as port manager for Grimsby and Immingham. He has managed the ports of Hull and Goole since 2014 following a career in global logistics and operations with DHL, after which he relocated from Canada to join ABP. ABP has already ...
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Domestic and Irish Sea logistics specialist Gwynedd Shipping has joined the Palletways freight network. Holyhead-headquartered Gwynedd Shipping, which has five depots across the UK and Ireland, will cover the CH postcode in Chester. GSL managing director, Andrew Kinsella, said: “We decided to join Palletways because of its mature domestic and ...
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A Thanet Council-commissioned report has poured cold water on plans by US hedge fund RiverOak Investments to reopen the closed Manston Airport as a mainly cargo hub.
Aviation industry experts, AviaSolutions said that the operation was unlikely to be financially viable, even under a the most favourable conditions.
The study formed part of ...
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Richard Ballantyne has become the new director of the British Ports Association following the retirement of David Whitehead. He joined the association in 2007 and was previously the BPA’s senior policy adviser.
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DSV has set up a Solutions division in North America, saying that it has gained a large amount of contract logistics work in the region following its acquisition of US-based UTi. The new division, under Solutions president Michael Marlow, is present in 19 US states, the Canadian province of Ontario ...
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South African-based Imperial Holdings has confirmed its £163m acquisition of the Palletways business from Phoenix Equity Partners. James Wilson, group chief executive added that the pallet operator expects to open a new hub in Poland in early 2017 and another in France in the next 12 months, in addition to ...
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Danske Bank Markets says its European Freight Forwarding Index shows a significant increase in volumes in September compared with two months ago. The overall index of current volumes was 64 compared with the previous month’s figure of 44 and the index for the same month last year was 51. Expectations ...
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All-freight operator Seatruck Ferries is to add a fourth ship to its fast Liverpool Dublin service.
The ‘Clipper Ranger’ will go into operation from 10 October, increasing midweek departures to four each way per day.
Seatruck says it is experiencing “unprecedented demand” from traditional short sea driver accompanied operators who are now ...
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