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Freight services company Motis has completed phase 1 of a £1m investment in Dover with the opening of a new freight clearance and truckstop in the port. The facility includes a full range of driver amenities, truckwash and upgraded cargo handling facilities including ambient, frozen and chilled storage and transhipment areas, Other services available include HGV levy payment, customs clearance and TIT sealing.
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Swedish forwarder Greencarrier Freight Services has promoted Jarmo Halonen to chief operating officer. He has combined responsibility for the air, ocean, road and rail freight, the first time all four modes have been brought under the control of one director. He was formerly group director road freight
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Belgium’s Liege Airport has officially opened a €2.6 million ‘Horse Inn’. It anticipates that it play a major role in sending showjumpers in the world to the Rio Olympics. A new website is available at www.horse-inn-liege.com.
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Seko Logistics has opened a Centre of Excellence for the UK aerospace sector at Farnborough Airport, in the heartland of the country’s aviation industry. It already has similar centres in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific, along with a global aerospace and aviation headquarters is in Dallas, and uses sophisticated ...
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The Commons Transport Select Committee has called on the government to stop putting off a decision to expand Heathrow Airport rather than Gatwick, a Commons select committee has said. It has urged ministers to end "years of political dithering" and to set out a clear timetable.
In December the Department for ...
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A truck carrying a Maersk container has caused transport chaos in south London after it crashed into a rail bridge at Tulse Hill this morning, the BBC reports.
The truck driver has been treated by paramedics for a hand injury, but otherwise there are no reported casualties.
However, the incident has caused ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched a consultation on the Port of Newport Master Plan, setting out its future vision for growth and development until 2035, and inviting stakeholders to have their say on the port’s future - even though the port is threatened by a road scheme.
It includes proposed ...
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Former shipping agent Keith Russell and journalist Lucy Richardson have joined PD Ports as, respectively, business development manager and marketing and communications executive. Keith Russell worked at Graypen Shipping for almost 12 years, working his way up to general manager for the North-East. Lucy Richardson was a senior reporter for ...
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The first six cantilever rail-mounted gantry (CRMG) cranes arrived in the River Mersey on 1 May for the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal.
Produced by leading Chinese manufacturer ZPMC, which also supplied the five ship-to-shore cranes already on site, they are the first of 12 required for phase 1 of the terminal. ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has raised concerns about the new French interpretation of the driver’s hours rules that would prevent second drivers from taking statutory breaks on board a moving vehicle. This would render ‘double manning’ useless, it warns. The reported penalties would be up to €17,000, it ...
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