July 2015
North-east-based port owner and operator, PD Ports has completed acquisition of the Groveport private inland port complex on the River Trent. Groverport handles a mix of bulk cargoes through its 190 acre freehold site, and has a dominant position in the UK’s market for imported steel long products.
PD Ports group chief executive, David Robinson, described the company as “an excellent strategic fit with PD Ports’ existing ports businesses on the ...
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Maersk Line has signed a US$1.1 billion contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for nine 14,000teu ships, plus an option for a further eight. They have a much more flexible operational profile than previous designs. By moving away from hulls designed with a certain speed and draft in mind, they can ...
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Thirty professionals from the transport and logistics industry have been battling stifling heat and rugged terrain - and we're not talking about the unseasonably hot weather in the British lake District.
The cyclists pedalled an impressive 400km across Tanzania over five days to raise £133,000 for international development charity, Transaid – ...
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Brussels Airlines Cargo is moving its general sales and service agency from European Cargo Services to Air Logistics Group for belly-hold space on most of its passenger services from 1 September. Brussels Airlines Cargo will continue to represent itself in Africa, one of its key northbound markets.
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Worldwide Flight Services is to acquire a 51% stake in Fraport Cargo Services (FCS), cargo handler at Frankfurt, Europe’s largest cargo airport. Fraport is to retain a 49% share in FCS and will continue to take a substantial role in managing the company.
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DFDS Seaways and Forth Ports are to invest over €6 million in the Rosyth-Zeebrugge freight route, Scotland’s only direct ro ro link to the Continent.
Following a meeting between DFDS chief executive, Niels Smedegaard, Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the carrier announced a ...
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With the Chancellor due to unveil his emergency budget tomorrow, (Weds 8 July), British International Freight Association (BIFA) chief Robert Keen is calling for real investment in UK logistics.
While road traffic - passenger and freight - has surged over the past three decades, the capacity of the network has scarcely ...
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FTA has told David Cameron that the death of a migrant on a freight train at Calais on 7 july highlighted the need for urgent action to tackle chaos at the port. Following weeks of violent disturbances, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has written to the Prime Minister describing the ...
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The European Commission has approved CMA CGM Group’s acquisition of short-sea operator OPDR. The Moroccan competition authorities have also given the deal the green light. OPDR, currently part of the Bernhard Schulte Group operates between North Europe, the Canaries, Iberia and Morocco. It will become a subsidiary of CMA CGM’s ...
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Global shipping consultancy Drewry says that “a toxic mixture” of overcapacity, weak demand and aggressive commercial pricing is threatening liner shipping industry profitability for the rest of 2015, according to its latest Container Forecaster.
While earlier this year Drewry forecast that container carriers would collectively generate profits of up to $8 ...
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