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Stena Line has started operating the Rosslare-Cherbourg ferry service following its acquisition of the route from Celtic Link. It is the company’s first direct ferry link between Ireland and the Continent and will operate an all year round service with three weekly sailings in each direction with space for up to 120 freight units per sailing. Stena Line will operate the 28,000 tonne MV Stena Horizon (formerly the MV Celtic ...
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Transport Minster Stephen Hammond announced a £2 million fund to help smaller ports recover from the winter storms, at a British Ports Association lunch on 3 April. The BPA will be contacting all eligible ports with details and application forms shortly, he said. These will then be assessed by an ...
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ABP has welcomed a Parliament review of Able UK's plans to build a Marine Energy Park (AMEP)at East Halton in the Humber Estuary – a project that could conflict with its own development plans for the area. ABP, which operates the nearby port o0f Immingham said that it welcomed the ...
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Port of Tyne CEO, Andrew Moffat has been appointed chair of the British Ports' Association (BPA), taking over from Colin Parker of Aberdeen Harbour. The BPA represents a wide variety of UK port interests to government in the UK, Europe and internationally including many of the UK's largest ports and ...
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Manston airport's workforce has presented short- and long-term business plans to management to allow the airport to continue operating. The Unite union has also asked the company to extend the 45 day consultation period – due to end on 11 May – to allow all options to be explored. The ...
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Geodis Wilson has appointed Mark Ness as global industry director for fast moving consumer goods (FMCG). He brings 25 years' experience in the logistics industry, much of it in the FMCG sector including five years at cereal-maker Kellogg’s. He joins Geodis Wilson from DHL Supply Chain where he was vice-president ...
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Europa Worldwide Logistics and its partner Erontrans are to increase their service to and from Grabica near Lodz in Poland to four times a week. The service now operates to and from Europa's southern hub in Erith with connections to other hubs in Europa's UK network.
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The vast majority of air cargo users claim that air cargo services fail to meet the requirements and expectations of their customers, says the European Shippers’ Council (ESC). Companies feel that their voice is not being heard by the air freight industry.
To address the problem, the ESC has produced a ...
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The Port of Calais has opened following a 24-hour strike. However, drivers are warned to expect congestion on the approaches to Dover. Bot the M20 and the M2/A2 are available to freight traffic.
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The Federal Maritime Commission has cleared the G6 lines' proposed extension of their operating alliance to include the US/North Europe and Far East/US West Coast trades. The Commission said that the G6 (APL, Hapag Lloyd, Hyundiai, MOL, NYK and OOCL) extension was unlikely to reduce competition or lead to increased ...
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