November 2015
The Halifax Gateway Council and the High Commission of Canada are holding two seminars in London and Liverpool this month on Atlantic Gateways and Trade Corridors.
The events will look at the intermodal and transhipment infrastructure connecting North America and Europe and highlight how this infrastructure, which is being enhanced through Atlantic Canada’s ongoing Mega Projects will support the growing two-way trade between Canada and the UK following the ratification of ...
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A heavylift ship carrying five Chinese-built ‘megamax’ quayside cranes for the new Liverpool2 container terminal is nearing its destination. The cranes can handle 30 moves per hour can operate in wind speeds of up to 55 miles per hour.
Liverpool's new container port is due to open in December.
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French-owned forwarder Geodis has completed its acquisition of Nashville, Tennessee-based Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL). The combined company has a consolidated annual turnover of over €8 billion with more than 38,000 employees and 165,000 customers. It also expands Geodis' freight forwarding capability and e-fulfillment expertise with around 400 logistics warehouses in the ...
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Emirates has joined the fight against the illegal wildlife trade by painting up two of its A380s in a special livery featuring some of the planet’s threatened creatures. The two designs have been entirely designed, produced, and applied by Emirates’ in-house staff in support of the United for Wildlife organisation.
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APM Terminals’ new Cai Mep port has handled the Ocean 3 Alliance's 14,000teu CSCL Star, the first direct container shipping link between Vietnam and Northern Europe. Two feeder services have also started, connecting the new terminal to Thailand and Cambodia.
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FedEx predicts it will move a record-breaking 317 million shipments globally between 'Black Friday' (27 November) and Christmas Eve - a 12.4% increase year-on-year.
Business is expected to be bolstered by three volume spikes, including Cyber Monday (November 30) and the first two Mondays in December, in which the company expects ...
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DP World has acquired the remaining 49% stake in DP World Southampton container port operation from Associated British Ports (ABP), making the Dubai-based port operator sole owner of the business. At the same time it has agreed with ABP to extend the license agreement for DP World Southampton for a ...
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Express logistics firm UPS is to build a 32,000sq m package sorting and delivery facility at the DP World London Gateway logistics site. At close to £120 million, this project it will be one of UPS’s largest infrastructure investments outside the US.
The facility, expected to be completed in the summer ...
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