Chris Lewis
Project heavy lift carrier, AAL Shipping named its fifth Super B-Class vessel the AAL Dubai at the CSSC Huangpu-Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, China on 12 March.
The 32,000dwt multipurpose heavy lift vessel is methanol-ready and is engineered to transport a vast array of cargo, including heavy lift project equipment, breakbulk and dry bulk. It has a combined lifting capacity of 700.
She joins sister vessels AAL Limassol, AAL Hamburg, AAL Houston and ...
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Innovate UK and the UK Department for Transport, together with project partners Forth Ports, Targe Towing, Logan Energy, PlusZero and Waterwhelm, showcased the world’s first green hydrogen shore power demonstrator at the port of Leith in Edinburgh on 13 March.
It uses clean hydrogen to reduce carbon emissions from vessels when ...
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DP World’s revenue for the year ended 31 December 2024 grew by 9.7% to $20.0 billion and adjusted EBITDA earnings rose 6.7% to $5.5 billion. Revenue growth was mainly due to improved performance from ports and terminals and contributions from new acquisitions and concessions. Ports and terminals revenue per TEU ...
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Ending of de minimis exemptions for China could cause far greater disruption than US tariff hikes, says David Taylor, director of operations at UK e-commerce consultancy, Mark 3 International.
He says that de minimis thresholds are set by each country and imported goods below those values do not attract tax or ...
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Japanese container consortium Ocean Network Express (ONE) says its intra-European services have achieved the highest capacity and market share growth of any carrier over the past 12 months, according to the latest data from Alphaliner. In the past year, the company increased its market share from just 1% (11,500 TEU) ...
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Global trade will still grow even if all tariffs proposed during President Trump’s election campaign are implemented, and other countries retaliate, said DHL in the latest edition of its Trade Atlas, published on 12 March. However, the tariffs could significantly reduce the rate of growth, it said.
The Atlas is published ...
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Thurrock Council has approved a new ten-year Local Development Order (LDO) to enable continued expansion and job creation at DP World’s London Gateway Logistics Park. The LDO streamlines planning processes for new construction projects, which are all built to a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ classification as standard. Under the LDO, new builds ...
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German forwarder DB Schenker – soon to become part of the Danish DSV family – says it has delivered 99.5% inventory accuracy to Siemens at its site at Congleton, Cheshire.
It adds that the achievement is unprecedented in the history of the operation and is now being used as a blueprint ...
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The Port of Tyne has appointed Elaine Scott as innovation partnerships manager. She brings a wealth of experience from her time at Space North East England, where she led the development of the region’s Space sector and in her new role will focus on the skills and innovations needed to ...
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GB Railfreight has moving imported steel slab from the Port of Bristol at Portbury to Tata Steel UK in Port Talbot, South Wales.
GBRf will run this service until the end of 2027 when Tata Steel’s new three million tonne-per-year Electric Arc Furnace is due to be commissioned.
To minimise downtime and ...
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