Chris Lewis
The Port of Greenock has gained a weekly container to Türkiye (Turkey) with the extension of Mediterranean Shipping Company’s existing UK West Coast service from Liverpool.
It follows Greenock owners Peel Ports £25m investment in two new ship-to-shore cranes, capable of servicing larger post-panamax container vessels.
The service rotation also includes Spain, Portugal and France, and will significantly enhance connections from Scotland to the Far East, India and Pakistan thanks to direct ...
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Freight services will not be included in a plan by the Labour Party to renationalise rail services within five years if it wins the next election.
Under the plans a new body, Great British Railways (GBR), would take over passenger service contracts from private firms as they expire but the scheme ...
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Rhenus Warehousing Solutions officially opened its ‘Rhenus Campus’, development in Nuneaton on 18 April.
The development is certified BREEAM Outstanding for environmental protection, and consists of two warehouses, measuring a total of one million square feet - one of 210,000sq ft, and the second 771,000sq feet.
The timber floors have 64% lower ...
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Swissport International has opened a third air cargo centre at Liège Airport, Belgium. It said its move was driven by the need for additional capacity for e-commerce and forwarder handling, and would expand overall capacity by 17% to 27,000sq m. Swissport has operrated at Liège since 2001 and serves eight ...
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Dnata has appointed Clive Sauvé-Hopkins as global head of airport operations, overseeing ground handling and cargo businesses at 97 locations in 16 countries.He will manage a team of over 37,000 people and has held several senior leadership positions with Swissport, Servisair, Aviapartner, Qatar Airways, and the Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company. ...
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Freight insurer TT Club has produced a toolkit to help transport companies develop a Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) policies. It provides signposts to strategies and solutions to challenges such as emissions calculation, reduction and reporting. The toolkit will develop over time to build a resource base of success stories of ...
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Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has acquired a 51% share in Roland Spedition, one of the largest owner-led container operators for hinterland transport in Austria. the remaining 49% will remain in the hands of co-shareholders Christian Gutjahr and Nikolaus Hirnschall, who will continue to manage the business. With a ...
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FedEx Express has joined forces with cross-border technology firm Zonos to improve clarity of customs charges for cross-border customers and reduce delays. Zonos' automated solutions inform shoppers of the total cost of their purchases, allowing them to pay all duties, taxes, and fees at checkout and ensures that packages are ...
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Paddie Allen has joined PML Seafrigo as air freight director. He has spent the last 16 years in the logistics business, and in his new role will be based at Heathrow, with responsibility for 22 staff.
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DFDS signed an agreement with Tasmanian ferry manufacturer, Incat for a design study for a hybrid-electric ferry that would be introduced if the Danish operator wins an upcoming tender for the future services to the Islands.
The vessel would be able to carry both freight and passenger transport and be deployed ...
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