Inland waterway
In April, Multimodal portfolio director Robert Jervis will set off from show organiser Clarion's HQ in Fulham and walk the 133 miles to the show site at the Birmingham NEC. His motivation isn’t primarily the eye-watering cost of an Anytime Single on Avanti trains but to raise funds for Multimodal's charity partner, Transaid.
Moreover, in homage to the pioneer mode of freight transport, inland waterways, he will walk along the Thames ...
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Climate events are impacting canal operations and are widely forecast to get worse in the future, warns insurer TT Club.
In 2024, the hottest year on record globally, European waterways continued to experience significant disruption to cargo transport. In June the Rhine suffered torrential rain leading ...
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WEC Lines, in cooperation with A2B-online, Tailwind Shipping Lines and inland shipping operator Danser Group, is offering a twice-weekly barge connection between the port of Moerdijk Combined Cargo Terminals in the Netherlands to Germany’s Duisburg Gateway Terminal, the world’s largest inland port. From 3 February, ...
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CMA CGM is to develop an electric barge solution for its operations in Vietnam. It will feature a 100% electric barge powered by batteries and a charging infrastructure powered by a new solar farm at the deep-sea terminal of Gemalink. The e-barge will transport goods ...
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Organisers of the Multimodal exhibition in Birmingham have opened visitor registrations for the 2025 event, which takes place on 17-19 June at the NEC.
Multimodal is launching an AI Clinic on the main floor of the event which aims to be a ‘one stop shop’, debunking ...
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The Venice Biennale is not only the oldest, but arguably the most revered art exhibition in the world. It is also almost certainly the largest with a record 331 artists from over 75 countries invited to participate in 2024, attracting an anticipated 800,000 visitors between ...
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This year’s Multimodal has seen a 33% increase in visitor registrations, says the organisers of the show which takes place on 11-13 June at Birmingham’s NEC.
Its popularity has also driven an increase of 17% in exhibitors with a spike in attendance from shipping lines, technology ...
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German forwarder Rhenus’ PartnerShip inland waterways arm is extending its operations to Antwerp by increasing its shareholding in Belgian-based operator DGA Shipping from 45 to 100%, buying the balance of the company from Germany’s HGK Shipping. DGA Shipping offers across the country and in Amsterdam, ...
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The organisers of the Multimodal 2024 show in Birmingham on 11-13 June has announced the finalists for the Modal section of its awards.
The awards are independent endorsements for excellence across supply chain businesses and individuals, and ensures all sizes of businesses are represented.
Voting for the ...
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Self-driving parcel boats designed to deliver by river are among the schemes that will a total of 41 of the UK’s most visionary companies will share the government’s £1.8 million Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) for 2023, unveiled on 21 March. RAD Propulsion is ...
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