October 2016

Calais intermodal service may be back on track in November

An intermodal service from southern France and Italy to the port of Calais suspending at the height of the migrants crisis in Calais during the summer, could be reinstated as early as November. President-director-general of the port of Calais, Jean Marc Puissesseau told FBJ that the trailer carrying train service, which had been operated by French Railways intermodal arm VIIA, could be back in operation next month, “or at the ... [+]

Red letter day for Liverpool

A further six cantilever rail-mounted gantry cranes arrived in the River Mersey on 6 October, the final major piece in the jigsaw for the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal. They complete the set of 12 required for phase 1 of the terminal. Ultimately the site will have eight STS and 22 ... [+]

Potter gets ahead of the curve

Potter Logistics has completed work to increase track capacity at its Ely, Cambridgeshire rail freight terminal. It includes 5.7 km of new track, across 13 sidings. Another 15 acres of the site is available for development. [+]

Seko joins aerospace and defence elite

SEKO Logistics has earned a place on the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) through which companies in the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors identify qualified suppliers. The JOSCAR register holds common supplier data in a central system that can be accessed by all participating buying organisations and reduces ... [+]

Money men invest in air broker: updated

Investment firm Alcuin Capital Partners is to buy a minority stake in freight and passenger broker Air Charter Service. ACS chief executive Justin Bowman says the business has grown from small beginnings when it was set up by Chris Leach in the basement of his house to be the largest ... [+]

Shippers welcome air emissions deal

The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) hailed a deal signed by members of the UN International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO to offset carbon emissions from aircraft in early October. GSF says that aviation currently represents 2% of global carbon emissions, but projected growth is expected to increase this significantly in future and ... [+]

Sleeping on the streets – but it’s in a good cause

No – not the end result of an over-long pub crawl. FedEx is once again supporting the UK children’s charity Action for Children - for the fifth year running - and four team members even spent a night on the streets of Birmingham, Cambridge and Newcastle, raising nearly £2,000. The express ... [+]

Ferrymasters and Transmec open Romania terminal

P&O Ferrymasters and Italy’s Transmec Group, have opened a private intermodal terminal in Oradea, Romania, managed by their jointly-owned company Intermodal Vest. The companies launched a Zeebrugge-Romania service two years ago – initially via the public Romanian railhead in Curtici – and added an Italy-Romania route in June. However,operational and commercial ... [+]

TIR ‘could slash Africa trade costs’

A report by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) says that African countries could save themselves billions of dollars by implementing the TIR convention for international transit traffic. Transit costs in East and Southern Africa concludes that the system could cut costs by hundreds of dollars per container, and would be ... [+]

We’d be lost without foreigners, FTA tells Grayling

EU staff are vital to logistics sector, Freight Transport Association (FTA) chief executive David Wells told the transport secretary at a meeting on 10 October. The FTA chief told Chris Grayling that EU workers are as vital to the logistics industry as they are to the NHS and construction sector. Mr ... [+]

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