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CMA CGM, Maersk Line and MSC say that they expect their P3 operational alliance to start in Autumn this year. In a statement published on 21 May, the lines said that they were continuing their close cooperation with competition and maritime authorities in Europe and Asia to address questions and to explain the nature of the new alliance.
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) gave its go-ahead for the network on ...
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An International Maritime Organization committee formally approved new rules to make weighing of containers compulsory on 20 May, a move welcomed by the British International Freight Association (BIFA). The IMO's Maritime Safety Committee approved the draft amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), Chapter VI to require mandatory ...
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The Vietnamese government hs introduced a new law (effective from 1 April) 2014, limiting the total combined weight of 20' and 40' containers to 20 tons including the tare weight of the container, reports BIFA in its latest newsletter. Enforcement will be rigorous, according to BIFA's advice with mobile weighbridges ...
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has backed the Competition Commission's earlier finding that Eurotunnel has an unfair position on the Channel market following the starting up of a ferry service in addition to its Channel Tunnel service. But Groupe Eurotunnel, which took over three ferries belonging to bankfrupt state ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has opened a multi-user logistics facility site at Bayernhafen Nuremberg It includes around 30,000sq m of transhipment and logistics areas, as well as 60 loading bays, as well as complying with the latest environmental and security standards.
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Allport Cargo Services (ACS) is offering a multimodal trailer-train service between Turkey and the UK, via Germany. Working with its partners Ulusoy, it has fixed day departures and can carry reefers, hanging garments and double-deck units between Istanbul and Cologne from where a fleet of dedicated lorries move trailers or ...
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Charter broker, Air Partner, has recruited Mark Middleton aas director of business development for freight - Asia Pacific and Stuart Smith as business development manager for freight – MENA and CIS.
Mark Middleton has over 31 years’ experience in the aviation industry, in the UK and Singapore, working mainly in freight ...
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Lufthansa Cargo says that all its LD3 containers are now the lightweight versions madealmost entirely from plastic. With 500,000 container movements per year, the 14-kilogramme difference over conventional containers amounts to a weight reduces fuel consumption by 2,000 tonnes and CO2 emissions by 7,000 tonnes per year.
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Europa director Tim Doggett has raised £5,000 for Cancer Research UK. After beating cancer 12 years ago, Tim has kayaked over 170 miles along the canal networks between Europa branches for charity since 2012. A support team consisting of Europa colleagues Mat Jobson made the journey on bikes along the ...
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DP World has awarded Buckingham Group the contract to build the Common User Facility at London Gateway Logistics Park. With ground preparation and infrastructure development complete, Buckingham Group is now mobilising to start construction, with the new logistics centre planned for completion in early 2015. The 375,000sq ft centre will ...
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