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More joint routes for CMA CGM and Hamburg Sud

CMA CGM and Hamburg Süd are to widen their existing cooperation to include a new pendulum service between Asia, the Caribbean, the US East Coast and North Europe, together with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) on the transatlantic leg. For details will be made available soon. The new service will be complementing the existing one between the US East Coast via Suez. CMA and Hamburg Süd already run joint services between ... [+]

Green light for Terneuzen lock

Flemish minister Ben Weyts (Mobility and Public Works) and Dutch minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen signed a treaty for the construction of a new lock at the port of Terneuzen on 5 February 2015. Ghent Port said it would improve the access to its own port, as well as Terneuzen. ... [+]

Views wanted on future of non-inventory ports and airports

BIFA is urging its members to take part in an HM Revenue & Customs consultation on what do do about ports and airports that have no computerised inventory system from June next year. In an article in its magazine, BIFAlink, the association says that, from 1 June 2016, the EU's ... [+]

‘Split’ airport would be no solution, warns FTA

The Freight Transport Association has warned of the costs to the freight industry of trying to split air operations in the south-east between Heathrow and Gatwick. Extra airport runway capacity in London and the south east of England is vital to the UK economy, said the Freight Transport Association in its ... [+]

Seven more years for SSI on Teesside

PD Ports has signed a new seven year deal with steelmaker SSI UK for the handling of slab through Teesport. Since steelmaking operations restarted almost three years ago, over 7 million tonnes of steel slab has been exported. Investment in No 1 Quay at Tees Dock, on target for completion ... [+]

FTA outlines Scottish freight obstacles

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) told the Scottish Parliament's inquiry into freight transport on 4 February that it needed policies and infrastructure investment that recognises the country's challenges. Head of policy Scotland, Chris MacRae outlined how Scotland’s rail, road, air and sea freight routes to the rest of the UK, ... [+]

New ship to strengthen Brittany routes

Brittany Ferries is to charter a ferry from DFDS to boost capacity and frequency on its Portsmouth to Le Havre and Portsmouth to Bilbao routes. Currently named the Sirena Seaways – she will be renamed once she enters service with Brittany Ferries – the vessel has space for 84 trucks, ... [+]

Breaking down barriers in East Africa

Not-for-profit organisation TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) will unveil a Logistics Innovation for Trade Fund (LIFT) platform at a free half-day event at the Delta Hotel in Rotterdam on 12 February. The LIFT challenge fund – which is managed by TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) with funding support from the UK's Department for ... [+]

European Supply Chain Day planning underway

Plans are being laid for the second European Supply Chain Day, says the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. The event, on 16 April, which took place for the first time last year, promotes and raises awareness of opportunities in the logistics profession, throughout Europe. CILT chief executive Steve Agg said ... [+]

Ceva wins Italian job

Automotive battery and horn maker FIAMM has signed a two year agreement with Ceva Logistics for the distribution of goods throughout Italy. Ceva will be responsible for the picking of products at FIAMM’s warehouses in Almisano, in the province of Vicenza, and Veronella, in the province of Verona; it will ... [+]

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