October 2014
A severe shortage of truck drivers could wreak havoc with deliveries in the lead up to Christmas, warnsBritish International Freight Association (BIFA).
While forwarders tend to be truck hirers, rather than operators, they report that the difficulties being caused by the shortage of HGV drivers is being compounded by an earlier-then-expected peak season with higher-than-forecast volumes of container and trailer imports.
BIFA also says that implementation of new HGV driver regulations in ...
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DB Schenker has bought 6,000 swap bodies for its system freight network in Europe. The new Krone units, have an even surface and rounded-off edges to help reduce fuel consumption and CO2-emissions.
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines has taken delivery of its sixth new 747-8 freighter. With this addition AirBridgeCargo - part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest cargo airline - has a fleet consisting of 13 Boeing 747s, including six Boeing 747-8 Freighters, four Boeing 747-400ERFs (Extended Range Freighters) and three Boeing 747-400 Freighters.
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P&O Ferries is to upgrade its service between Teesport and Zeebrugge from three days a week to daily. From the New Year, the 1,625 lane metres Mistral will take up service from alongside the Bore Song.
At the same time, P&O will increase capacity on its Teesport - Europoort route by ...
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Logistics provider Dachser is moving to larger premises in Willebroek, Belgium – midway between Brussels and the port of Antwerp. The new logistics centre opened on 6 October includes a 7,000sq m transit terminal with 68 gates and a three-story office building.
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DSV Road UK has appointed its northern regional sales manager, Rebekah Kemp, as head of key account management. She joined DSV as a branch manager in 2008 and will now lead the development of key accounts across the UK supported by two new key account managers, Rupert Parry Jones and ...
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The migrants crisis in Calais took a bizarre turn on 13 October when the local Police mounted their own road blockade to protest against inadequate resources to cope with the influx. The Police, together with farmers and lorry drivers staged a "go slow" protest between the Port's exit roundabout and ...
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OPDR Maroc, the new daughter company of Schulte Group short-sea specialist OPDR Group, has launched a new service between Agadir, Tilbury and the North Continent. The Argan Express will call Agadir every Thursday and will directly serve ports in Spain (one transit day), then Tilbury England (five days) and Rotterdam. ...
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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has given the green light to the proposed '2M' vessel sharing agreement between Maersk and MSC. However, the agreement of the Chinese competition authorities is still awaited. It was their veto that scuppred the more ambitious P3 alliance between Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM earlier ...
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Denmark's Leman International System Transport, the parent company of UK forwarder Aeroship, has acquired the total share capital of the freight forwarding and logistics company Dan Cargo as well as its subsidiaries in Gothenburg , Sweden and Oslo, Norway.
Leman CEO Thomas Krøyer said the move whould allow his company to ...
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