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A new K Line ro ro service from Japan will bring the largest vessels of their kind to Teesport. From September, the new route will use new 7,500-unit ships – 200 metres long and weighing over 75,000 tonnes - to transport cargoes from the port of Tokuyama-Kudamatsu.
Teesport's owners, PD Ports are not saying publicly what cargoes the new service will be carrying, but it is probably not unconnected with the ...
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Ti’s Stifel Logistics Confidence Index fell for a third consecutive month in August. With the Index now at 54.1, the first eight months of 2015 have been marked by general decline and driven it to its lowest point since September 2013. Fierce competition, volatility and overcapacity have all taken their ...
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Dover Harbour Board has reappointed non-executive board members, Erik Østergaard (left) and Frank Martin for a further three years. Chief executive Tim Waggott, said: “Their experience and knowledge has been invaluable as we move forward with the shared vision for the Port together with our customers and community. This new ...
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German owned international forwarder Dachser has opened two new greater Paris locations at Wissous and Pantin. Wissous, located near Paris-Orly International Airport, serves as a transshipment point for industrial goods. The new Pantin location, northeast of the French capital, is in charge of supply to downtown Paris.
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Geodis UK is opening of a new hub in Northampton. It will allow the French-owned forwarder and logistics company to centralise its European network operations with all existing import/export linehaul activities being transferred from High Wycombe, Birmingham and Lutterworth. The Lutterworth network branch has also moved to Northampton.
The new 50,000 ...
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Emirates SkyCargo begins five daily non-stop flights to Mashhad from 1 September - the second Iranian destination after the capital city Tehran, which Emirates has been serving since March 1990. With the new service, Emirates SkyCargo will provide more than 150 tonnes of belly-hold capacity between Iran and the UAE ...
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Air Charter Service has arranged the first civilian cargo flight into Aden since the troubles there started almost five months ago.
ACS chief executive, Justin Bowman, said that while nearly 4,000 people have been killed and 1.3 million forced to flee their homes since the conflict began, civilian cargo flights ...
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She may not look like much today, but many folk over the years have been extremely glad to see the Ann Letitia Russell.
In her heyday the Fleetwood lifeboat saved more than 150 souls and now port operator ABP is returning the favour by joining a community effort to save her. ...
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Airfreight wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has signed a deal to use NetDespatch’s data management services. The first customer is Surrey same day and overnight international delivery specialist, Streetwise Couriers. The courier will no longer have to manually input customers’ orders into its system with AMI then having to re-input ...
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DSV Road has appointed Marc Coleman as sector development manager for its automotive team. Based in the UK, his role is to build on the brand’s global heritage in this sector and re-introduce DSV as a fresh player in the sector.
He comes from an automotive and logistics background in ...
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