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Maersk suspends Asia service

Maersk Line is to temporarily suspend its AE9 service from Chinese ports to Europe – including Felixstowe - until early December. It is part of a programme of capacity reductions that also sees the AE5 service from Asia to the Mediterranean permanently withdrawn. [+]

Felixstowe sets box record

The Port of Felixstowe set a new record for the number of container moves in a 12 hour shift with the recent call of the Maersk Sarnia. A total of 3,431 exchanges were completed on the vessel and in a 12 hour shift, 602 moves were completed by an individual ... [+]

Auto hub gears up for New Zealand export boom

Logistics provider Pentalver has partnered with global vehicle logistics specialist Autohub and international inspection company JEVIC, to launch the UK’s first pre-clearance facility for secondhand car exports to New Zealand, which has the toughest biosecurity standards in the world. Every vehicle shipped through the Autohub will be meticulously cleaned of biosecurity ... [+]

Another rail record for Felixstowe

The Port of Felixstowe has set a new  record, handling a total of 11,474 containers (17,211 TEUs) in a single week. This follows three weeks of record-breaking rail movements at the UK’s largest container port. David Gledhill, chief executive officer of Hutchison Ports (UK), which owns the Port of Felixstowe, ... [+]

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