Chris Lewis
The Government said on 20 June that it will carry out a wide-ranging review of its policies to modernise the UK’s maritime sector, following a number of recommendations by the Transport Committee on cutting emissions, new technology and skills.
Among the headline recommendations of the Committee’s report into the Government’s 2019 ‘Maritime 2050’ strategy, it called on the Department for Transport (DfT) to work with industry to review and streamline the ...
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A new China-Kazakhstan TIR route has opened, following the China-Central Asia Summit in May. A Sinotrans truck, loaded with mechanical equipment, departed from China’s northwest inland city of Xi’an, exiting via the Alashankou border crossing, before arriving in Dostyk, Kazakhstan. IRU member the China Road Transport Association issued the TIR ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have launched a three-point plan to help fix driver shortages.
It calls on the UN and international organisations to develop a global framework with clear guidelines to protect non-resident drivers; improve driver conditions and increase social cohesion
National governments ...
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Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has opened an office in Dunkirk, its third in France. It will play a vital role in the forwarder’s ambition to become the most significant player in the general cargo and industrial projects market in Northern France, it says.
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Maersk is to retrofit an existing ship to dual-fuel methanol operation, the first of its kind in the industry says the Danish operator. The work will be carried out in mid-2024 and the plan is to carry out similar work on sister vessels.
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Maersk is increasing frequency and introducing additional aircraft on its freighter flights between China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the US.
The service between Billund Denmark and Hangzhou will increase from three to five weekly and will receive a newly converted Boeing 767 freighter, operated by Maersk Air Cargo, the company’s ...
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Danish food producers Arla and Danish Crown have teamed up with transport operators DFDS and DSV to develop a climate-neutral transport corridor between Denmark and the UK. The ambition is to transport products from farm to consumer with zero impact on the environment by 2030.
Every year, Arla and Danish Crown ...
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Rhenus Group signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan Railways (National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy) on 20 June to enhance transshipment capacity in Caspian Sea ports. The two companies aim to help strengthen the Middle Corridor route between Europe and China that passes south of Russia and has become increainsgly ...
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FedEx Express says its customer can now synchronise its FedEx Ship Manager software with the Shopify, BigCommerce and WooCommerce online stores and promises that more e-commerce platforms and marketplaces will be added soon. The upgrade allows businesses to create shipments and paperwork from their online orders, saving considerable time compared ...
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On the eve of World Refugee Day and as Europe faces its largest refugee crisis since World War II Menzies Aviation has committed to employ 150 Ukrainian refugee women and others at the Tent European Business Summit in Paris. The event was organised by the Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent), ...
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