Chris Lewis
Peel Ports Heysham has reduced the carbon emissions of its landside plant, equipment and vehicles by up to 90%, in what it says could be a first for any UK port.
All vehicles, plant equipment, forklift trucks, tug masters and ancillary equipment are now operating on either electricity or Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).
Managing director, port services at Peel Ports Group, Lewis McIntyre, said: “We are transitioning our entire vehicle fleet and ...
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The Pall-Ex network has now raised over £8,600 for its #PLXUKRAINE appeal for people affected by the conflict in Eastern Europe.
Members of staff at the head office in Coalville events including a football match between Pall-Ex and Fortec Distribution Network at Leicester FC’s King Power Stadium, climbing Snowdon and Ashley ...
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Lithuanian ship designer Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) has unveiled the Electric Eeel, which it believes is the first ever electric pusher vessel on Europe’s inland waterways.
Klaipeda headquartered WBE said the first electric pusher is due to be built next year for the Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority, and could replace diesel ...
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Hainan Airlines resumed its Beijing-Manchester service on 22 August. The Chinese carrier inaugurated flights in 2016 before they were withdrawn two and a half years ago due to the Covid pandemic. It will be operated weekly by an A350 aircraft. Due to current Chinese government policy, the outbound service to ...
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Rhenus Warehousing Solutions is to acquire Danish company DKI Logistics and its warehouse investment affiliate DKI Automatic. Founded in 2001, DKI has 350 employees at seven warehouse locations offering over 280,000sq m and with customers in healthcare, FMCG, furniture, clothing, household appliances and DIY products. The acquisition is subject to ...
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The International Chemical Transport Association (ICTA) has joined other industry stakeholders in endorsing the guidelines contained in the White Paper, ‘Safety Guidance for Dangerous Goods Storage and Handling Facilities’ published by a number of industry bodies in December last year.
Richard Steele, CEO of ICHCA – which helped produce the paper ...
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Customs solutions provider C4T, said in mid-August that it was increasingly concerned about the number of UK importers yet to register for, and become familiar with HMRC’s new Customs Declaration Service (CDS). The deadline for migration from the old CHIEF system is 30 September and declarations using CHIEF from 1 ...
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Shipping agent Armitt Group has opened a rail freight terminal near the port of Holyhead Holyhead. The terminal is at the Orthios Logistics Hub and Eco Park site on the site of the Anglesey Aluminium plant which closed in 2009 and uses the former smelter’s rail sidings.
The terminal can handle ...
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AD Ports Group says that its KLP21 advanced warehousing and logistics hub in Abu Dhabi will be available in the third quarter of the year.
Comprising four warehouses with over 80,000sq m of capacity, it will be one of the largest and the most advanced temperature-controlled logistics hubs in the ...
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Carlo Turner has been promoted to the new position of non-network and continent director at Europa Worldwide Group. His brief is to take forward the business in Belgium, with a specific initial focus on groupage, part and full load road freight and will involve an evaluation of the current forwarding ...
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