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Irish airport operator DAA has revived a plan to build a new runway for Dublin Airport. The 3,110 metre runway will be built 1.6km north of the existing main runway and is expected to open in about 2020. The €320 million scheme was shelved during the recession but Dublin has recorded strong traffic growth and is seen as essential to open up new routes to Asia, Africa and South America.
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With problems continuing to plague the new truck toll in Belgium since it went into operation on 1 April, fuel card firm Union Tank Eckstein said it had helped thousands of its card holders obtain the necessary Satellic box to operate the system. UTA established mobile transfer stations at ten ...
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The 42,121dwt MV Northern Dedication is set to become the largest container ship to berth in any Irish port when she calls at Cork’s Ringaskiddy terminal. She is on a weekly scheduled call from Central America to Cork carrying over fresh fruit, predominately Fyffes bananas. She will later proceed to ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association EMEA says there has been a 14% increase in logistics facilities and trucking operations achieving its security certification since it launched its ‘Step Up & Stand Out’ campaign in October.
Since then the number of certifications for its Facility Security Requirements (FSR) has risen to 463, ...
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The widened Panama Canal is set to be officially inaugurated on 26 June. The US$5.2 billion expansion programme, which began in September 2007 will allow vessels of up to around 14,000teu to navigate the canal, compared with 5,000teu currently. The Panama Canal Authority says that the project is now 97% ...
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Hamburg is spearheading an international network of ports to exchange information and develop solutions to pressing problems facing the industry. ChainPORT will provide an information network between partner ports - , Felixstowe, Busan, Singapore, Shenzhen, Los Angeles and Antwerp and at the same time create a basis for joint development ...
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The market faces an uncertain future, according to the recently published Freightos report, the Future of Freight 2016 Global Survey of Industry Leaders. The survey of over 90 senior logistics professionals highlighted eroding margins and commoditisation of core logistics services and higher and more volatile customer expectations for transparency, more ...
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Russian Railways' RZD Logistics subsidiary and Azerbaijan Railways are to develop an international north–south transport corridor. Between India and Russia via Iran and Azerbaijan. It will offer transit times of 19 days, less than half the typical time by sea and a rate of $3,146 per 40ft container.
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Agility has opened its own operations in Bogota, Medellin and Cali in Colombia.
Agility Colombia offers export/import services, air freight, ocean freight, inland freight, warehousing and distribution among other services and is a joint venture with Navemar Group, a logistics leader in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and Venezuela.
Agility country ...
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Emirates SkyCargo is adding Phnom Penh, Cambodia to the schedule of its freighter network from 6 April. Flights depart Dubai on Wednesday at 21.20 and return from Phnom Penh at 21.25 on Thursday. The MD11F will have a capacity of 80 tonnes and truck connections are available from Phnom Penh ...
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