Chris Lewis
Following its earlier announcement that it was suspending calls at Port au Prince, Haiti on 15 March, CMA has now stopped calling at the Lafito terminal 20km to the north of the city, due to the worsening security situation in the city. However, it is still accepting bookings for Cap Haitien on the north coast. CMA CGM serves the island weekly on its CAGEMA2 service to and from Port Everglades ...
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Essex-based forwarder Woodland Group has joined the Smart Freight Centre (SFC), a collaborative organisation that brings together industry leaders committed to reducing the environmental impact of global freight. SFC members share knowledge, best practice and advocacy for impactful green solutions, and include airlines, forwarders, shippers, and other stakeholders to drive ...
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British cargo airline One Air has started operations at East Midlands Airport. EMA will now be a regular origin and destination point for the carrier’s Boeing 747-400 freighter services connecting Asia and Europe as well as for ad hoc global charter services.
One Air’s first flight into EMA arrived from Hong ...
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Peel Ports Group is inviting contractors to submit bids for a major long-term programme of construction works across its UK and Ireland sites, worth a total of £750 million.
The projects are across the group’s entire portfolio of UK and Ireland ports, Liverpool, Heysham, Manchester Ship Canal, London Medway, Clydeport, Great ...
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Rhenus Ireland has opened a new 11,150sq m Dublin facility, 11 kilometres from the city’s airport and 22km from the seaport.
It will provide integrated management for sectors including energy management, life sciences and healthcare, industrial, retail, chemicals, food and beverage and automotive, in addition to a wide range of local ...
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IGL Logistics says it has increased the number of shipments it insures for customers by 81% after digitizing its processes with tech partner, Breeze. The US-based forwarder has automated and optimized most aspects of the insurance process, including quote generation, policy binding and claims processing by integrating Breeze’s platform with ...
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Mike Parr, director of logistics company PML Seafrigo has described the government’s recently announced fixed charges for food imports as “yet another blow to the already fragile fresh produce sector which has already been hit by so many additional costs and challenges due to the post-Brexit border control plans.”
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Five European cities, including Liverpool along with others in Spain and Portugal have won funding in the second edition of the Sustainable Cities Mobility Challenge, part sponsored by FedEx Express along with the EIT Climate-KIC innovation agency.
The Greening Liverpool Project aims to improve active travel and green infrastructure at four ...
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Visibility specialist Project44 says it is not expecting any major impact on shipping from the earthquake that struck Taiwan on 3 April. The epicenter of the earthquake was well away from the major ports of Kao-Hsiung, Keelung, and Taipei. The nearest port is Hualien which handles coaster trade. Project44 anticipates ...
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Rail company Freightliner has signed partnership with energy company Zero to achieve fossil-free locomotive operation by 2040 and overall Net Zero by 2050. Freightliner is exploring alternatives to diesel, such as Zero’s carbon-neutral synthetic diesel, which will eliminate fossil-carbon emissions. It has set a near-term target of a 55% reduction ...
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