September 2014
Finnlines is operating a new weekly ro ro service between Tilbury, Helsinki and St Petersburg, reviving a service that last operated in 2006. Tilbury's senior asset manager, Paul Dale, said: “As the largest paper handling port in the UK, Finnlines will benefit from Tilbury’s expertise and connectivity in the South east.” Finnlines already operates services from Immingham and Hull to Finnish ports including Helsinki, Rauma and Kotka and from Hull ...
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A team of 11 FedEx volunteers spent more than 50 hours helping to clean and paint the Action for Children’s Southwark Young Carers centre and even gave the garden a makeover as part of the ‘FedEx Cares’ initiative. Action for Children corporate fundraiser, Sam Waizeneker, gave “a huge thank you ...
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The 'no' vote in the Scottish independence referendum has removed a source of huge uncertainty for the freight industry, says British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general, Robert Keen. He said that his members “can now get on with doing what they do best - facilitating the UK’s international trade ...
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Cargolux Airlines operated another charter flight to Monrovia, Liberia for Médecins Sans Frontières on 19 September. The 71-tonne consignment included personal protection equipment kits and three tonnes of chlorine for MSF’s Ebola treatment centre in the capital of Liberia. This is the second of several charter flights operated by Europe’s ...
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MSC has released details of the services it plans to operate in conjunction with its partner Maersk Line in the 2M vessel sharing agreement, subject to regulatory approval.
They include the Silk Service, from South Korea, China and Malaysia to Felixstowe (first European call); the Lion service from China and Malaysia ...
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Eurotunnel Group said it “regretted” the position taken by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)'s final order, in which it rejected all its observations in its dispute over its MyFerryLink ro ro subsidiary. The Tunnel operator said that its position confirmed its “unalterable determination of the CMA to bring ...
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Peel Ports Group has joined the Irish Exporters Association. It operates at Belfast (Victoria Terminal) and Dublin (Marine Terminals Limited) handling 30% of all containers entering the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Between them the terminals handle around 300,000 units of TEU every year. It also owns Irish Sea ...
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International logistics provider Dachser is taking over its partner’s shares in three countries. The family-owned company is now the sole shareholder in the company’s ventures in India and Thailand and a majority shareholder of the joint venture in Bangladesh.
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Con-way's Menlo Logistic subsidiary has opened a multi-client warehouse facility in Ladkrabang, Thailand. It adds 9,747 square meters of space, increasing Menlo’s total operating space in Thailand to 32,528sq m. The facility will employ more than 25 employees and was chosen in part for its proximity to international export and ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has improved its China/Europe rail service with a new scheduled block train with an average transit time of 14 days from Suzhou to Warsaw using the trans-Siberian North Corridor. CEO of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight Roger Crook described Suzhou as a strategic departure point for Jiangsu. Customers ...
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