December 2016
Ekol Logistics has acquired a 65% of its Trieste, Italy port and rail terminal operator Europa Multipurpose Terminals.
At the same time, Ekol’s new ro ro terminal in Yalova, Turkey is due to be inaugurated in early 2017.
Planned investments in Trieste will allow two separate ro-ro operations to be handled simultaneously, while train loading capacity will increase to 10 roundtrip services a day.
Currently providing services to Turkish and Greek vessels, the ...
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Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have signed a strategic cooperation deal with Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM.
The agreement is a combination of slot exchanges and slot purchases between the three parties, while Maersk Line and MSC will takeg over a number of charters and operations of vessels currently chartered to ...
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The Deutsche Post board has reappointed chief executive Frank Appel for another five years until October 2022. He has been a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Post DHL Group since 2002 and chief executive since 2008.
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The Gotthard Base Tunnel linking in Switzerland is now fully operational, following the completion of tests, and following its official opening in June. Not only will it cut journey times for freight trains between the north and south of the country, but it will also speed up services on a ...
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Turkish logistics company Ekol and the VIIA intermodal arm of the French Railways won the Multimodal Operator category at the Nuit du Shortsea Shipping et de l’intermodalité Gala in Paris on 7 December. Three months ago Ekol and VIIA announced the start of a new service based on a weekly shuttle ...
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British Airways and Iberia Cargo owner IAG Cargo has launched its first ever direct cargo route between France and the US –a four days a week B767-200 route from Paris Orly to Newark New Jersey. It will operate under the Open Skies agreement between the EU and the US.
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Precision planning and cooperation between the Port of Ipswich and marine agencies recently saw the largest vessel ever call at the port.
The Dijksgracht, 156.93 metres long, arrived at Ipswich with a shipment of 10,500 tonnes of rice from Texas for discharge at the Orwell Bulk Terminal opened last year.
The ABP ...
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Air cargo at Budapest Airport hit the 100,000-tonnes mark in late November, according to airport authority figures and the Hungarian gateway expects to break its annual record this year. Growth has come from traditional all-cargo carriers, integrators and bellyhold operators.
The airport is also used as a gateway to Europe by ...
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Gefco Forwarding UK has moved its Humanitarian Relief Logistics headquarters to a new facility at EuroCentral, near Glasgow, and has appointed Ben Cunnington (pictured, below left) to head the new division. he previously worked as business development manager – Scotland for GEFCO Forwarding UK, where he was focused on the ...
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DP World has opened the first ‘smart’ logistics centre in Lurin, Peru connected through optical fibres to its terminal at Callao Port, near the capital Lima. The centre will deliver information to the port and customs enabling customers to manage the movement of their cargo using electronic devices and smartphones. ...
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