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A new trend is emerging in shipping with some lines wanting to fix multi-year deals, says Europa Air & Sea national sales and procurement manager, Miles O’Donnell. In many instances the new deals are five or six times higher than pre-pandemic levels, he adds.
This is putting shippers in a quandary. There is no new vessel capacity on the horizon and, compared with March 2020’s low prices, freight rates from China ...
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A new Quay Connect service is available on the Naviporta logistics blockchain platform to smooth exports from Europe to the UK, says the Port of Rotterdam.
It automatically exchanges information with the customs authorities at ports in the UK and will save at least 30% of the cost of each customs ...
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Tesco has introduced a Direct Rail Services-operated train from Tilbury to Coatbridge. It will run twice a day, seven days a week from now into the New Year. The 415-mile route will use DRS’s Class 88 bi-mode electric locomotives which can run on electricity or diesel.
The retailer is increasing its ...
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She may not look much right now but AAL Shipping is helping to restore the Alma Doepel to her full glory. The heavylift operator freely donated its operational and engineering expertise to help re-launch the 118-year-old Australian sailing ship.
The three-masted topsail schooner was in dry dock for rebuilding, having served ...
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Hauliers will be responsible for ensuring their drivers have a Goods Movement Reference (GMR) barcode, in addition to the Transit Accompanying Document (TAD) and Movement Reference Number (MRN) barcode, warns courier Speedy Freight.
Although easy to produce, via the Government website, the new GMR barcodes are only valid for the exact ...
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Tees and Hartlepool owner and operator PD Ports has donated £1,000 to NHS emergency courier service Bloodrun EVS. The charity, staffed by unpaid volunteers, transports blood and other vital resources and is currently in the process of raising much needed funds to purchase a new motorbike to enable it to ...
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A consortium of partners - Duodrive, Durham University, Queen Mary University of London, and TRL - are to demonstrate the UK’s first zero-emission marine technology in the Tees Valley. They will convert a Lochin 33 workboat into a dual-fuelled vessel as a testbed to prove the concept of a retro-fit ...
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Digital forwarder sennder and chemicals and materials company Cabot Corporation have completed one of Europe’s first cross-border transports using a heavy-duty zero-emissions electric truck The two partners moved over 17 tonnes from the port of Rotterdam to Antwerp, with just one stop for recharging using existing infrastructure.
The project was used ...
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John Burbridge, group quality and compliance manager at Turners (Soham) has been announced as chair of Logistics UK’s East of England Freight Council. The Council represents Logistics UK members across the region and gathers quarterly to discuss key issues affecting the sector such as road and rail links the port ...
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SEKO Logistics is partnering with retail services client Buyer Connected to launch a logistics training program to create employment opportunities for previously incarcerated men and women in Atlanta, Georgia.
Part of the not-for-profit City of Refuge initiative, it aims to support individuals and families in one of country’s most struggling neighborhoods.
As ...
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