January 2016
Rail operator DB Schenker Rail UK said that recent commitments by Freightliner to allow more competition for container business to and from Felixstowe and Southampton may be insufficient. It follows an announcement by The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) in December saying it had accepted commitments by Freightliner to strengthen competition in the rail freight sector. The ORR launched an investigation in November 2013 into the transport of deep ...
[+]
The northern French port of Dunkirk's total container traffic grew by a modest 2% to reach 317,000teu in 2015 but the number of full contains jumped 17%, supervisory board president Francois Soulet de Brugiere told the annual press conference in Lille on 6 January. China Shipping's new service and a ...
[+]
Yusen Logistics Leeds operations manager, Louise Gunby has begun a three month secondment to Transaid’s Professional Driver Training project in Zambia She is supporting the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Zambia in its work to reduce traffic fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa through professional HGV, PSV and forklift truck training.
Whilst on ...
[+]
Kuehne + Nagel unveiled its Singapore Logistics Hub on 4 January. The 50,000sq m built-to-suit facility in the west of the island, the new facility will serve as a regional centre of excellence for high-tech, industrial, pharmaceutical and healthcare customers, offering supply chain optimisation and value-chain transformation solutions. More than ...
[+]
The Road Haulage Association says it is dismayed at the news that a new migrant camp is to be built at Dunkirk ferry port, 30 miles from Calais. It would cause “yet more misery for the thousands of UK-bound hauliers who regularly use this alternative route to cross the Channel", ...
[+]
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) was fined45 million renminbis (US$ 7 million) by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), one of China’s competition compliance authorities. It follows an investigation into the car carrying industry launched in September 2012 which found that WWL and other carriers were guilty of anti-competitive behaviour from ...
[+]
DP World London Gateway Port welcomed one of the world’s largest container ships on 2 January when UASC's Al Muraykh diverted from Felixstowe to the new port. The vessel, which was en route from Malaysia, has a nominal capacity of 18,800teu, was actually carrying 18,601teu – a world record.
London ...
[+]
BIFA sees a tough year ahead in 2016 with many of the difficulties caused by the government and the European Union rather than the economy.
Director general Robert Keen says two of the biggest impacts on freight forwarding will be implementation of the Union Customs Code and the new SOLAS rules ...
[+]
Construction on the Green Port Hull Alexandra Dock site is on schedule for an early 2017 completion, says Associated British Ports (ABP). ABP and its main contractor GRAHAM Lagan Construction Group Joint Venture (JV) are building an offshore wind turbine manufacturing facility for Siemens, due to open by the end ...
[+]
« Back
