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The European Commission has approved CMA CGM Group’s acquisition of short-sea operator OPDR. The Moroccan competition authorities have also given the deal the green light. OPDR, currently part of the Bernhard Schulte Group operates between North Europe, the Canaries, Iberia and Morocco. It will become a subsidiary of CMA CGM’s existing MacAndrews short-sea arm.
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Global shipping consultancy Drewry says that “a toxic mixture” of overcapacity, weak demand and aggressive commercial pricing is threatening liner shipping industry profitability for the rest of 2015, according to its latest Container Forecaster.
While earlier this year Drewry forecast that container carriers would collectively generate profits of up to $8 ...
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DB Schenker Rail UK has teamed up with PD Ports to run a direct daily service (Monday to Friday) from Teesport to Mossend and Grangemouth in Scotland – in what is believed to be the first time that a rail freight company has partnered directly with a port to serve ...
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The CMA CGM Georg Forster made her maiden UK call today (6 July), in Southampton. The18,000teu ship is due to be formally christened in Hamburg on 9 July.
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The port of Dover has published an open letter to “interested parties” underlining its importance in keeping the nation in business. In it, chief executive Tim Waggott, states:
“If anyone was still under the impression that the Port of Dover was a quaint little port on the south east corner ...
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Kerry Logistics managing director of Europe, Gary Wilcock, died on 21 of June 2015, aged 54, after a short battle against cancer.
In a statement, the Far East-owned forwarder said: “Under Gary's management, Kerry Logistics Network (KLN) in Europe grew from a single business unit in the UK to a business ...
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Emirates will launch a new service from its Dubai hub to Mashhad, Iran from 1 September. An Airbus A330-200 will depart on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from Dubai at 04.10 arriving at Mashhad at 07.00, returning at at 08.45 and arriving in Dubai at 10.45hrs. There will be17 ...
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K Line has moved a donated fire engine free of charge to Peru on behalf of the Association of Fukui Peru friendship organisation. The vehicle was loaded onto a pure car carrier at Yokohama for the voyage to Callao, Peru in the end of July.
K Line has already moved an ...
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DP World London Gateway has appointed Andy Browning as cargo supply chain manager. He joins the port from global, specialist beverage logistics company JF Hillebrand, where he worked as supply chain and logistics solutions development manager, focusing on end-to-end solutions for a wide range of blue chip brands and leading ...
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Port of Dover chief executive, Tim Waggott, paid tribute to P&O Ferries and DFDS Seaways in keeping traffic moving during the recent disruptions by MyFerryLink strikers. He said: “From Kent Police, Highways England, Kent County Council, the ferry companies and port staff to the local community, I would like to ...
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