March 2014
Shipping Minister Stephen Hammond will visit Dover on 9 April to make a major announcement on the 'People's Port' plan to sell the Trust Port to a consortium of local interests, reports the Dover Express website. The website quotes an 'industry insider' who says that the announcement is likely to please supporters of the People’s Port.
Last month, the port revealed a plan to develop a site in the Western Docks ...
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Kaalbye Shipping International has refuted reports by Washington-based think tank C4ADS and in the Washington Post that it had illegally shipped cargo to Syria and deliberately disabled ship transponder systems. The company, which operates a fleet of eight general cargo, ro ro and container vessels of around 8,000dwt, said that ...
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DHL Global Forwarding is to form a new strategic partnership to develop rail services on the China-Europe route with United Transport and Logistics Company (UTLC). UTLC, which is expected to be established later in 2014, will be a joint-venture partnership between Russian Railways, Kazakhstan rail operator Temir Zholy and Belarusian ...
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Containerships is promising improved frequency from the UK to Russia, including direct connections and improved transit times to the new port of Ust-Luga from Teesport and Rotterdam as part of a package of improvement to its North Sea and baltic services. A new east bound service departs Teesport on Monday ...
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DB Schenker Rail has signed a joint venture with Etihad Rail to operate and maintain the UAE's new national freight and passenger railway network. Etihad Rail DB will manage operations for Stage One of the Etihad Rail network, transporting sulphur from Shah and Habshan to the port of Ruwais for ...
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Local MP Roger Gale says he may have found a “reputable” but unnamed buyer for Manston Airport, which is set to be closed by current owner, the Gloag Foundation. However, in a interview with the BBC, Mr Gale warned that he did not want to raise false hopes, although more ...
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The transport and logistics cost for a single industrial project will soon break the $1-billion barrier, says Panprojects, the specialist arm of Panalpina, one of the fastest growing areas at the freight forwarder. The division saw 20% year-on-year turnover growth in 2013 and now has over 400 dedicated staff. Panprojects ...
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The European Shippers' Council (ESC), the European association of freight forwarders and logistics service providers (Clecat) and the European Intermodal Association (EIA) have urged the EU to amend its regulation on the intermodal transport of 45-foot containers.
The associations are unhappy at the additional condition proposed by the Commission, in a ...
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Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo is adding a new scheduled service to from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Brasilia and addingtwo extra weekly B747-400ERF services between Mumbai (Bombay) and Amsterdam, bring the total freighters on that route to four a week. The carriers says that Brazil and India are among the fastest ...
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State-owned airlines are distorting industry figures because they do not have to operate on a level playing field, Lufthansa Cargo's outgoing chairman and CEO Karl Ulrich Garnadt told a press conference on 25 March, writes Marcia MacLeod.
Garnadt pointed out that the only airlines which showed a relatively healthy profit ...
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