Chris Lewis
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport has published a ten-point plan following the cancellation of the Birmingham-Manchester leg of the HS2 high-speed rail project a month ago. Along with calling for an independent inquiry into what went wrong with the scheme, it recommends that the remaining single-track sections on the Felixstowe to Midlands and North route, serving Britain’s biggest container port, should be doubled and the route electrified throughout. ...
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Global Critical Logistics' events specialist arm, Rock-it Global has handled the logistics for Team Canada at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
Rock-it transported food, medicine, and sporting equipment ranging from hockey sticks to sailing boats for the games, which started on 20 October. It also handled all customs, ...
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The UK’s largest independent timber harvester Euroforest has started a monthly vessel call at the Port of Dover’s general cargo terminal.
The soft chip wood, largely natural wind ‘blow’, (windfall) will now be transported from Aberdeen by coaster to Dover, each 2500-tonne shipment taking 93 HGVs off the roads and saving ...
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Minister of State, Jack Chambers, officially opened Dublin Port’s new T4 ro ro freight terminal on 7 November. Dublin Port company said that the €127m facility had been self-financed and delivered on time, and on budget, and marked a major milestone in the delivery of the ABR Project, the first ...
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Supply chain visibility and collaboration platform Beacon has launched a collaborative feature enabling information sharing and communication across supply chain partners. It says that Beacon Live Boards moves beyond freight tracking, enhancing supply chain collaboration and visibility.
Knowing where goods are in the supply chain is a difficult task both due ...
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EV Cargo says its investment in technology and a control tower system has helped it win three new UK contracts.
It will handle the import and receipt of freight from global manufacturing locations for aquarium retailer AllPond Solutions, storing goods at its contract logistics hub at Ashby and handling final distribution. ...
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XPO has set up a Logistics Driver Excellence Academy to offer opportunities to people who want to qualify as HGV drivers.
The Academy is already running at four XPO sites in Kirkby Thore in Cumbria, Leeds in West Yorkshire, Ilkeston in Derbyshire, and Dordon in North Warwickshire with 100% pass rates ...
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Tower Cold Chain is offering a new lightweight temperature controlled container compatible with US and EU standards. The Evolution 1600 Tower Universal Pallet is a quarter of the size of a PMC pallet, allowing four containers to be transported per pallet. Following detailed analysis, Tower has reduced the amount of ...
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P&O Ferries is to charter out the Norbay, one of the two ships currently operating its Liverpool-Dublin route – which is scheduled to close towards the end of the year – to fellow operator Irish Ferries.
The vessel will initially be chartered for up to six months – with the potential ...
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Chief executive of the Haropa (Le Havre, Rouen and Paris) port group Stephane Raison has been appointed as regional vice president of Europe at the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) while Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka takes the same role for North America. Hamburg Port Authority chief ...
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