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Cargo-partner has become the first freight forwarder in Austria to implement the AutoStore system at its iLogistics Center next to Vienna International Airport. Cargo-partner, a group company of Nippon Express Holdings, initiated the project some time ago with applied research organization, Fraunhofer to optimize logistics processes. The system is set to go live in mid-2025, but the first milestones have already been achieved. starting with structural modifications last fall to ...
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Ukraine-owned heavylift carrier, Antonov Airlines and broker AirPartner delivered an urgently needed valve for an oil refinery from Italy to Middle East.
The airline’s own engineers built a low-profile cargo ramp to load and unload the 20-tonne, three metre high cargo, in combination with external cranes.
Commercial ...
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Project heavy lift carrier, AAL Shipping named its fifth Super B-Class vessel the AAL Dubai at the CSSC Huangpu-Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, China on 12 March.
The 32,000dwt multipurpose heavy lift vessel is methanol-ready and is engineered to transport a vast array of cargo, including heavy ...
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Innovate UK and the UK Department for Transport, together with project partners Forth Ports, Targe Towing, Logan Energy, PlusZero and Waterwhelm, showcased the world’s first green hydrogen shore power demonstrator at the port of Leith in Edinburgh on 13 March.
It uses clean hydrogen to reduce ...
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GB Railfreight has moving imported steel slab from the Port of Bristol at Portbury to Tata Steel UK in Port Talbot, South Wales.
GBRf will run this service until the end of 2027 when Tata Steel’s new three million tonne-per-year Electric Arc Furnace is due to ...
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German-based Duvenbeck Group has started operation of a MAN eTGX Ultra Low Liner electric truck between its logistics warehouse in Herne and the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg.
The 317km (200 mile) route is served by a single eTGX electric truck operating the round trip with electricity ...
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Car maker Mercedes-Benz has place the largest single order for Sustainable Aviation Fuel by a DB Schenker customer. The agreement for 13,000 tons of SAFwill reduce the company’s CO2e emissions by 40,000 tons and will be accredited towards export air freight shipments from Frankfurt to ...
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Greenbox Darlington has officially opened its 400,000sq ft logistics and industrial site in the North East. It comprises three prime industrial units, ranging from 84,950sq ft to 215,360sq ft, designed to achieve Net Zero Carbon in Construction and Operation along with an EPC ‘A’ and ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has submitted a planning application for the UK’s largest floating solar project in Barrow, Cumbria.
The Barrow EnergyDock project will produce green energy mainly for the region’s advanced engineering sector, as well as better controlling the cost of electricity at the port. ...
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The Post Office and DPD have extended their partnership to include international delivery services. Following a trial at 300 Post Offices, customers can now choose DPD Classic, DPD Direct Lite and DPD Air Classic and Air Express services at 4,100 post offices across the UK. ...
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