March 2012
NYK’s Southampton transport team have saved around 100 tonnes of CO2 every month in the last year thanks to a 100,000km reduction in truck miles. The line has worked with hauliers to increase the number of container reloads through triangulation of journeys: using the same truck to take import containers from Southampton and bring back export containers.
Moreover, increased gauge clearance, allowing the shipping of high-cube containers from Southampton to Manchester ...
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Alistair Arthur, group managing director of Paisley-based logistics firm TPC Global is swapping Scotland's chilly climate for the warmth of the Middle East to develop the company’s business in there. He will oversee the continuing growth of logistics partnership ...
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The Unite trade union has strongly criticised government plans to scrap the Docks Regulations that govern health and safety in ports in favour of self-regulation, as part of its 'Red Tape Challenge. It adds that since it downgraded health and safety in docks to ‘low risk’ in October last year, ...
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At the bail hearing started last Tuesday, of UK freight forwarder Christopher Tappin, US prosecutors alleged that was heavily involved in trading with Iran. According to the Mail Online, A senior investigator for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement service told a Texas court that the retired director of Orpington-based Brooklands Freight ...
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UPS is reported to be nearing agreement to buy TNT Express NV following the rejection of the US giant's initial €4.9 billion euro offer was rejected, according to Bloomberg. The news agency reported that the sides are now close to a deal on the price, but on conditions that may lead to ...
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The House of Commons Transport Select Committee has added its voice to industry calls for a rethink on planned EU ship emission limits. MPs have called on the UK government to negotiate to ensure the EU Directive goes no further than the revised MARPOL agreed in 2008, in a report ...
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The industry broadly welcomed the McNulty report on the future of the railways published on 9 March, but warned that the needs of rail freight operators should not be forgotten. The report, which was mainly concerned with passenger services, demanded better value for money from the rail industry.
The Freight Transport ...
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The Haven Gateway Partnership has launched a Low Carbon Freight Dividend project that will offer financial incentives for smaller firms to switch container movements from road to rail. The scheme, which enjoys nearly £3 million of support from the European Regional Development Fund will operate for three years with firms ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the EU to postpone its planned Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for aviation. Director general Tony Tyler said in a speech on 6 March that non-European states see the ETS as an attack on their sovereignty.
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Stena ferry services between Birkenhead and Belfast have been disrupted following a collision between one of its ferries and the Union Moon freighter in Belfast Lough, the BBC reported. There are no reports of any injuries and the Stena ferry has now docked at the Stena terminal while the Union ...
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