May 2016
The Port of London Authority has produced the 2016 edition of its handbook, which highlights the diversity of the port terminals and wharves on the River Thames. It includes details and maps of the different terminals, key contacts, maritime businesses, suppliers and agents and information on shipping services. www.pla.co.uk/assets/2016handbook.pdf
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The Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) and the International Group of P&I Clubs have published new Guidelines for the transport of Calcium Hypochlorite in containers. The product is marketed widely as chlorine powder or bleach powder, has been implicated in an apparent upsurge in container fires, leading to some lines ...
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UPS has signed a partnership with California-based robotics company Zipline and vaccine alliance, Gavi, to explore the use of drones to deliver medicines like blood and vaccines around the world. Starting later this year, the Rwandan government will begin using Zipline drones to deliver blood to 21 transfusion clinics in ...
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Multimodal delegates will hear of the critical role of government investment in supply chain infrastructure and skills to the Northern Powerhouse vision, at a seminar at 4.30pm on Wednesday 11 May.
Peel Ports’ Patrick Walters is calling for Westminster to ensure that funding is prioritised for strategic developments that will support ...
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Dachser UK is seeing considerable growth in its contract logistics and value-added services business, says the German-owned logistics giant. It has recently taken on an additional 80,000 sq ft warehouse at Round Spinney, Northampton, to serve a customer-bespoke Excise Bond warehousing and UK distribution requirement.
Last autumn, the operator started a ...
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Thanks to FedEx 22 Liverpool children escorted the teams onto the pitch – and watched Liverpool make it to the final of the UEFA Europa League against Villareal on 5 May. The express giant, which is the main sponsor of the Europa League, provided around 50 tickets to children and ...
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Port operator DP World has become the first sponsor of the Global version of the popular logistics board game, Business on the Move.
The initial launch of the UK version of Business on the Move was backed by 50 corporate sponsors enabling a production run of 2,800 copies of the ...
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A little-known fact is that the first UK port to handle a regular container was not, as one might expect, London or Southampton, but Grangemouth, in Scotland. Now Scotland’s largest port, Grangemouth is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the day when the Sea-land freight service called into the port on ...
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IAG Cargo will launch a three time a week B777-200 service between London Gatwick and Cape Town, South Africa from 24 November. It supplements existing London Heathrow - Cape Town and Johannesburg and brings total flights to the country from IAG’s London and Madrid hubs to 27 per week by ...
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Lord Mayor of London officially opened chilled food logistics specialist NFT’s London Logistics Facility at the port of Tilbury last week.
NFT marked the occasion by inviting over 170 key industry movers and shakers from 75 companies to a celebratory lunch on board the Dixie Queen paddle steamer, berthed outside the ...
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