October 2016
Atlantic Container Line (ACL) officially launched its new fleet of transatlantic con ro ships when Princess Anne christened the Atlantic Sea in Liverpool on 20 October.
Crowds lined Liverpool’s waterfront to witness the first royal christening on the Mersey since 1960, followed by a fireworks display and departure of the vessel.
ACL’s UK Managing Director, Ian Higby said that the event marked a “historic new dawn” for ACL, which has operated between ...
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DP World Southampton has taken delivery of nine Kalmar straddle carriers – part of an eventual order of 17 - and has announced plans to buy two new super post-panamax quay cranes, due for delivery in 2018. It will allow the port to handle three of the largest container vessels ...
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Ukraine is supporting a planned new pilot for the electronic TIR (eTIR) scheme on an inter-modal trade corridor with Turkey across the Black Sea, says the International Road Transport Union. It follows the “resounding success” of the eTIR pilot project between Turkey and Iran, it adds.
IRU secretary general, Umberto de ...
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DHL Freight has introduced a virtual marketplace for business transport needs, CILLOX. It allows companies to match their full truck load, part truck load and less than truck load offerings with transport providers’ capacities and find the right provider. As well as streamlining the transportation proicess for shippers, transport providers ...
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Insider tips for choosing a personal effects forwarder
Whether you are buying or selling a home, moving for school or work or just want to get away from the busy city, hiring a personal effects shipping company may be the solution to getting your property, household goods or even a motor ...
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Scandinavian-based forwarder Leman is to open a new office in Charlotte, North Carolina on 1 November, its eighth in the US. Charlotte is a strategically important location and North Carolina and surrounding states have significant import/export trade with both Europe and Asia, says Leman Group chief executive, Thomas Krøyer.
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Irish Sea ferry operator Stena Line is adding additional freight capacity to its Belfast-Liverpool service ahead of the pre-Christmas trading period. It is adding an extra two sailings per week, from Friday 21 October until 16 December an additional Friday departure from Belfast at 15.30 and, from Monday 24 October ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three-year contract to provide cargo handling and trucking services for Pakistan International Airlines flights at London Heathrow, Birmingham and Manchester. WFS operations director, UK & Ireland, Cliff McKrell, said: “PIA has recognised the value of having a single cargo handler at all three ...
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Network provider SOGET and Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) have launched the pilot phase of S)ONE port community system (PCS), for transshipment. SOGET said the move would dramatically improve the fluidity and security in day-to-day operations.
As a major transshipment hub in the Caribbean, Jamaica needed a PCS to maintain its ...
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DHL Express has opened a €85 million South Asia Hub at Changi Airfreight Centre. The 23,600 sqm facility contains the first fully automated express parcel sorting and processing system in South Asia, and is 33% larger than the previous hub. The CAC is a 24-hour free trade zone managed by ...
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