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Peel Ports has signed a ten-year deal with Volkswagen to build and oversee a new eight-acre pre delivery inspection (PDI) centre at the Port of Sheerness in Kent. The investment will create 100 supply chain jobs and increase automobile imports into Sheerness by 50,000 vehicles a year.
Volkswagen Group will enjoy enhanced ro ro services to support the extra volumes and a range of port services and stevedoring. The existing 80 ...
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DB Schenker has opened a new hub in the Osaka area of Japan to expand its sea-air service from North Asia to Europe. The customs bonded facility in Rinku, between Kansai International Airport and Osaka Port offers 50% shorter transit times than on the existing route via Dubai, says the ...
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Ceva Logistics has officially opened a City of Energy in Dubai. The hub, which covers an area of 27,000sq m of warehouse space and 10,000sq m of yard space, is in Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai and is dedicated to the warehousing and handling of oil and gas products ...
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Israel's Zim Lines says it can complete its planned debt restructuring on schedule after it reached agreement with the Government on the terms of its golden share. It said it would now be able to focus on profitable trades, adjust capacpity and continue with efficiency and savings programs.
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Qatar Airways and Boeing finalised an order for 50 777-9Xs aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow on 16 July, first announced as a commitment at the 2013 Dubai Airshow. It also committed to 50 additional 777-9X purchase rightsand announced its intent to order four 777 Freighters and options for four more.
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has criticised some EU member states for insisting that drivers take their statutory weekly rest outside their truck cabs. The IRU claims that this is a protectionist measure. It follows France adoption of a law imposing fines of €30,000 on companies, and up to ...
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Freightliner is to switch its services to the Middlesbrough area from its inland site at Wilton to Teesport once PD Ports completes a £3 million new rail terminal.
Construction of a new, open access rail terminal by PD Ports will commence in July and once complete it will handle services ...
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The Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) welcomed the appointment of Claire Perry as the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport. The organisation which represents women working in the shipping industry said it proved once again that women have a serious role to play ...
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The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) said that it would target unecessarily strict supply chain security rules at the sixth round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations in Brussels on 16 July. ESC said that removing over-strict regulations could be an important element of removing non-tariff barriers to ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has appointed Kale Logistics senior vice-president Amar More to its board. He help achieve a wider adoption of e-freight across the air freight industry and has worked with global cargo airlines, airports, ground handlers, and forwarders to create digital cargo community systems, e-freight platforms, ...
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