Chris Lewis
Strikes by dockworkers at Felixstowe are heavily disrupting operations at the UK's largest container port., according to technology company, Container xChange. Their action is forcing carriers to re-route cargo and cancel port calls, while the threat of further industrial action at the port of Liverpool inand German gateways could add to bottlenecks.
Cofounder and chief executive of Container xChange, as Christian Roeloffs, says: “Ports in northern Germany suffered strikes earlier this ...
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Hamburg's container throughput in the first half of 2022 was more positive than expected, with total throughput of 4.4 million TEU representing growth of 0.9%, said the port authority. This was at a time when the major competing ports of Antwerp-Bruges, Rotterdam and Bremen all reported an average downturn of ...
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DHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has expanded its Life Sciences and Healthcare (LSH) Campus in Florstadt, near Frankfurt-am-Main . The site is close to the existing warehouse, which DHL has operated since 2015 for a leading pharmaceutical company.
DHL provides single-source solutions in Florstadt ...
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Geodis has signed an agreement to acquire US-based operator, Need It Now Delivers. The French forwarder said it would increase its presence in the US in contract logistics and last-mile delivery.
Chief executive Marie-Christine Lombard commented: “The acquisition of Need It Now Delivers is a key step through which we will ...
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Peel Ports has published a white paper to explore the role that ports play in levelling up the UK’s economy, supporting much-needed jobs and driving regeneration through investment across our coastal communities.
The report goes on to highlight that the effects on the economy and society from Brexit and COVID have ...
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SeaPort Manatee’s annual economic impact has risen 30% to $5.1 billion compared with two years earlier, while the number of jobs generated by the seaport has grown more than 37%, to 37,287, according to a study report published on 16 August.
The study was conducted by Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Martin Associates is ...
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Rhenus Ireland is building a new site at its Rhenus Parkmore facility in Galway, western Ireland.
Once completed, the new facility will double the Rhenus Parkmore’s existing capacity to 20,000sq m with a multi-client warehouse to service the west of Ireland.
IDA (Industrial Development Agency) Ireland, together with Clodagh Higgins, Mayor of ...
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Portsmouth International Port has installed 2660 solar panels as part of a green energy scheme managed by Portsmouth City Council with Custom Solar as contractor.
The panels will contribute around 35% of the site’s power as part of the Port’s ambition to be the UK’s first net zero carbon port.
Itwill also ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has enlarged its facility at London’s Heathrow Airport after a 30% growth in volumes in the past year.
It has signed a five-year lease on Building 578 in the airport’s cargo area, boosting its warehouse and office space by 27,000 sq. ft. The additional building, due to ...
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DB Schenker has launched its first ever charter flights between Europe and South America. They will also be the forwarder’s first ever transatlantic charters.
The weekly flight leaves Amsterdam Schiphol on Sundays and stops in New York JFK and Miami on Monday before reaching Viracopos near São Paulo on the same ...
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