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East Midlands Airport says it has achieved significant growth in cargo with fewer aircraft movements and less impact on local communitie..
A combination of changing routes and new aircraft means that since the start of the new financial year in April, EMA has seen a fall of more than 1,300 freight aircraft movements while recording an overall rise in cargo of 44,280 tonnes.
There were 18,400 freight aircraft movements at the airport ...
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P&O Ferries has taken out a long-term charter for a new ro ro vessel for its Zeebrugge/Tilbury route. The Lismore, sister ship to the Longstone, offers 4,076 lane metres and can carry up to 290 freight units. She will operate alongside Longstone, offering 18 departures per week.
Picture: Mike Louagie
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Europa Worldwide Group says it has seen rapid adoption of its DDP Flow service following French VAT reforms on 1 January 2026, which have significantly tightened the conditions for delivered duty paid (DDP) imports into France and the wider EU.
UK businesses exporting goods through France under DDP must either hold ...
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Some 83% of respondents to a survey of Airforwarders Association (AfA) members said that they had seen reduced shipping volumes from clients as a direct result of new US import tariffs.
They said the tariffs required changes to their clients’ supply chains and shipping routes, while nearly half reported increased operational ...
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The Port of Liverpool has received its largest ever agribulk shipment from ADM in January. The shipment included maize, high protein soya, soya hull pellets and corn gluten, all ingredients in feed and food supply chains.
The 229m long vessel, arriving from New Orleans, carried over 67,000 tonnes.
Managing director, ADM Agriculture ...
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Freight forwarder a.hartrodt has acquired Horner Agencies Limited, Ireland, as a going concern. The Germany owned company said that the move would further strengthen its global network and enhance its service capabilities in key logistics segments.
Horner Agencies was founded in 1981, initially as a shipping linger agency before moving into ...
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Shipping information firm Fluent Cargo has partnered with ocean freight risk intelligence platform Sea Sentinel AI to provide live information to shippers, forwarders, and visibility providers.
Sea Sentinel processes around 500,000 news articles daily, alongside data from more than 12 national weather services, AIS vessel tracking, government sources, and social media ...
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Logistics tech specialist TransFollow is to integrate its electronic consignment note (eCMR) into Qargo’s transport management system. It allows shippers and transport operators to create, issue, and sign eCMRs within a single platform, removing manual document handovers and the need to switch between systems.
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A fire has broken out on a DFDS freight ro ro vessel operating between Portsmouth and Jersey. The blaze on the Caesarea Trader was reported at 15.45 on Monday 9 February when the vessel was off the Isle of Wight. The vessel is due to be towed to Portsmouth for ...
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Trade through Belfast Harbour pushed up towards record levels in 2025, with across the board increases in goods transported by all shipping modes.
In its annual trade figures published on 10 February, Belfast Harbour reported 24.3 million tonnes of goods passing through the Trust Port in 2025, up from 24.1 million ...
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