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DFDS closed its twice-weekly ro ro freight service between Tilbury and Gothenburg on 30 October. In a statement on its website, the Danish owned operator said the decision was due to the expiry if an agreement with Stora Ensoto move paper products from Sweden to Tilbury.
The move follows closure of DFDS's Harwich-Esbjerg service at the end of September, which leaves the south of England with virtually no direct ro ro ...
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Logistics specialist John G Russell and Eurotunnel's GB Railfreight and Europorte France subsidiaries are cooperating on a new container service between Lille and Barking via the Tunnel and the high speed line. The three partners ran their first service on 3 November between Lille's Dourges terminal to Russell's Barking site ...
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Specialist overdimensional logistics network, the Project Professionals Group, has appointed SeaGold Shipping Line as its new member for Nigeria. PPG general manager Kevin Stephens said SeaGold Shipping Line Limited was an international shipping line with offices in Nigeria and Houston and representatives in the UK.
Registrations are now open for the ...
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DFDS Seaways, the Scottish Government and Forth Ports have signed a memorandum of understanding to continue the Rosyth-Zeebrugge freight ro ro service – the only link of its kind between Scotland and Continental Europe - under the management of DFDS Seaways.
The service will continue to offer three departures in each ...
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UK and Europe to Baltic freight ro ro and logistics operator Mann Lines has signed a cooperation deal with ferry operator Stena Lines. Stena RoRo will also charter the ro ro vessel Stena Foreteller to Mann Lines from January 2015.
Mann Lines currently offers a liner ro ro service between Harwich, ...
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Freightliner has completed an order for 64 twin-platform Ecofret container wagons from VTG Rail UK. The Ecofret wagons, used together with the existing 60ft wagon fleet, provide a better 40ft/20ft mix and longer trains, virtually elimating the wasteful 20ft gaps common on traditional intermodal trains.
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UK-based NVOCC Cardinal Maritime has opened a training academy to foster talent in the industry. The Cardinal Academy focuses not only on the training and development of its staff but also those of its clients, running regular courses on topics such as Incoterms, either at its head office in Manchester ...
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DP World Southampton recently hosted four Hapag- Lloyd sister ships simultaneously on its deep-sea berths - the first time in its history that four vessels from the same line berthed at the same time.
Three were the new generation ultra large container ships with nominal capacity of more than 13,000teu. The ...
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Three of the UK's leading railfreight operators have agreed a deal to transfer ownership of many key sites to Network Rail – which will make them more readily available to the growing number of rail freight operators and end users, says the infrastructure operator. DB Schenker, Freightliner and GB Railfreight ...
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Logistics and forwarding firm Agility has appointed Mohammed Esa as chief commercial officer for Europe. He joined Agility in 2004 and has more than 23 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry and, from 2006 to 2009, was regional vice president for sales and marketing in Asia Pacific.
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