Chris Lewis
ABP is to sell its ports at Fleetwood and Silloth to Fox Jackson Ports, a new division of construction services, logistics and property company, Fox Group, subject to regulatory approvals.
Fox Group says the deal will support the movement of more of its aggregates by sea. It already operates a stevedoring operations and shipping agency based at Lancaster’s Glasson Dock.
Fox Group chief executive Paul Fox, said: “The acquisition of the ports ...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) has revised its IBESCO Baltic feeder service to improve port coverage in Denmark and Sweden. The updated weekly service operates Leixoes - Lisbon - London Gateway - Rotterdam - Gothenburg - Aarhus - Copenhagen - Helsingborg - Antwerp – Rotterdam There will also be a new ...
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MSC has opened a 15,000sq m cold storage facility in Durban. Part of the line’s Medlog logistics division, it has a capacity of 8,000 to 10,000 pallets and can handle goods such as imported chicken or exports, primarily citrus.
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APM Terminals’ West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) at the port of Onne in eastern Nigeria has commissioned a new container freight station (CFS). It will serve as a one-stop-shop to consolidate exports
WACT was one of the first greenfield terminals to be built in Nigeria under a public, private partnership with ...
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The Port of Dunkirk and Ceva Logistics – now part of CMA CGM - have signed a contract to develop a 9.5-hectare new finished vehicle sea import and export hub in the eastern part of the harbour.
The site will include vehicle reception and storage areas and rail and road loading ...
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The members of the Ocean Alliance - CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping, Evergreen and OOCL – have revealed details of a new ‘Day 8’ service, following the extension of their agreement for at least five additional years, from 2027 to 2032.
The new service pattern aims to maintain reliability in the face ...
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Berlin-based digital freight forwarder Sennder has gone into partnership with Italian train company Mercitalia Logistics to make rail and road transportation more efficient and sustainable.
The two operators between them transport over 53 million tonnes of goods – 41m on 100,000 trains operated by Mercitalia, and 12 million tons on the ...
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TT Club is once again sponsoring the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA)’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Region Young Supply Chain Resilience Professional of the Year Award in 2024.
To enter, applicants must produce a 1,500-word submission on an innovative cargo security or supply chain resilience initiative they have developed or ...
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Stena Line has relaunched the Stena Britannica and Stena Hollandica on its Harwich-Hook of Holland route after a refit programme that took just 18 days for each ferry, by a 36-strong team.
The operator says that a new type of paint on the vessels’ underwater hulls will save around 780,000 litres ...
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Freeport East says a new report from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) will help accelerate upgrades to UK port infrastructure to support commercial-scale floating offshore wind.
The report focuses on port infrastructure issues and proposes ways to increase Government funding.
Offshore wind is critical to achieving the UK Government’s Net ...
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