March 2014
Siemens has confirmed longstanding plans to build a new wind turbine factory in the port of Hull. The German owned engineering firm is investing £160m in Green Port Hull at the city's Alexandra Dock and in a new blade factory in nearby Paull.
According to reports, the factories will be open by 2016 and will supply turbines to offshore wind farms including Dogger Bank.
The Green Port Hull was announced in January ...
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The world's container shipping lines whole face a greater risk of bankruptcy than at any time since 2010, according to a study by global business-advisory firm, from AlixPartners. It says that the industry is “beset by continued sluggish demand, a growing mountain of debt and a radically changing marketplace.” Companies ...
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International freight forwarder and consolidator FPS Australia has opened a new sales office in Albury, New South Wales, making it one of only two freight agents in the region.
Albury is a major regional city located on the Hume Highway, on the north of the Murray River. It lies on the ...
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GB Railfreight has tested the first freight train on the Ipswich Chord ahead of its commercial ,opening on 31 March. The £59 million project will allow trains to go directly from the Port of Felixstowe to the Midlands direction without having to go via London orfor the locomotive to run ...
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Kuehne + Nagel is to be the Irish Dairy Board 's logistics partner as it increases production and breaks into new markets. IDB, well known for brands like Kerrygold, Dubliner Cheese and Pilgrim’s Choice is planning to take advantage of the abolition of EU milk quotas in 2015 and take ...
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Forth Ports' London Container Terminal in Tilbury handled its largest-ever container ship on the weekend of 22-23 March. Hamburg Sud's Cap San Lorenzo, with her cargo of over 9600teu, turns the scale at around 124,500 tonnes. The LCT team completed the work in 22 hours, two hours ahead of scheduled ...
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Europa Worldwide Logistics, the company bought out by former RH Freight boss Andrew Baxter, is planning to open a new office in Nottinghtam within three months. Europa had an aspiration to fill a gap in its UK network in the East Midlands for some time, and has now selected the ...
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Transport Minister Baroness Kramer visited the Port of Felixstowe on 20 March. She discussed future rail strategies with port management as well as seeing the latest developments at the Port of Britain including the new Berths 8&9 and the North Rail Terminal, before departing on a freight train bound for ...
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Stena Line has adjusted the timetable of the Stena Hibernia on its Belfast to Liverpool (Birkenhead) route in response to customer demand. The service will now start the week from Belfast at 15.00 on Monday instead of 03.00 on Tuesday from Liverpool. The ferry company has identified Monday afternoon as ...
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There has been a surge in confidence in the logistics sector during the second half of 2013, according to the latest report commissioned by Barclays and Grant Thornton UK.
The latest bi-annual UK Logistics Confidence Index report surveyed over one hundred senior decision-makers in logistics businesses, finding an overall confidence reading ...
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