Chris Lewis
DP World has confirmed that it will build a fifth and sixth berth at London Gateway port as part of a £1bn expansion over the next five years. The investment will also include a second rail terminal.
It follows a turbulent weekend, during which Dubai-owned DP World was reported to be threatening to shelve the investment in response to the Transport Secretary’s criticism of labour practices at the company P&O Ferries ...
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Green hydrogen producer Lhyfe and Elyse Energy, a European specialist in the production of low-carbon molecules, are to jointly develop an e-methanol plant at Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port on the Loire estuary.
Nantes lies in the heart of the Green Coast region and has been committed for several years to decarbonising its ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is taking a prominent role in a news-style programme, Transforming Logistics: Precision and Purpose, produced by ITN Business.The programme, hosted by presenter and broadcaster Louise Minchin from the ITN London Studio, features reports along with sponsored editorial profiles, spotlighting key players and innovative organisations ...
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Federal Express has opened a new facility in Málaga, southern Spain. Located in the Santa Teresa Industrial Estate, it spans 3,244sq m (34,900sq ft) of warehouse space over a third more than the previous site.
It triples FedEx’s sorting capacity, and can handle up to 1,500 packages per hour. The station ...
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The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has published a best practice guide for the safe use of flexible tanks with practical guidance to ensure cargoes arrive intact. Flexible tanks – or flexitanks – are polyfilm bladders filled with liquid cargo and then placed into a standard IOS container for ...
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The Tilbury on the Thames Trust and the Port of Tilbury have secured nearly £4.5 million in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to fully refurbish the Grade II listed Riverside Railway Station and bring it back to life as a vibrant community location.
The funding for the Back on ...
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Logistics UK said on 10 October that it welcomed the reported delay to the introduction of the European Entry and Exit System (EES). The system was due to be introduced from 10 November but reports indicate this date has now been pushed back.
There were concerns that the new technology, passengers ...
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Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss has expanded its logistics centre in Tbilisi, Georgia, its third such scheme in ten years. The latest project adds 13,000sq m of space and comes in response to rising demand for transport and logistics services in the region, including neighbours Armenia and Azerbaijan. It now has ...
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Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd say that they will launch their new Gemini service in February 2025 based on the longer routing via the Cape of Good Hope. The partners, when they revealed details of the new service in September, said that they were considering alternative services via the Red Sea and ...
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AP Moller-Maersk named its fifth large dual-fuel methanol vessel at a ceremony in Felixstowe on 9 October, but putting new tonnage into service is only the start of what promises to be a long and challenging voyage to zero-emission shipping.
The Maersk Alexandra, named after a matriarch of the Danish AP ...
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