January 2017
UK groupage operator Europa Road has signed new partnership agreements for Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal.
In Spain, Europa will be working with Turkish owned Ekol, to enhance its routes, in particular to Barcelona where Europa will now be able to offer services six days a week to and from the city. It already offers daily services to Madrid and Irun which will continue.
Ekol is also Davies Turner’s partner for services ...
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Maersk Line has signed a deal with Asian online retailer Alibaba to sell slots on its container vessels. It has been made available to Chinese shippers on Alibaba's OneTouch booking website from 22 December, according to a Reuters report. Alibaba describes One Touch as an import and export service provider ...
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China Rail operated its first through freight service to the UK on 3 January when the first in what is billed as a weekly service departed Yiwu, in eastern Zhejiang province. The intermodal train was expected to take two weeks to cover the 12,000 mile route via the Channel Tunnel ...
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IAG Cargo has shipped four pallets of blankets and sleeping bags from London to Nairobi to help keep children warm in Kenya this winter. The carrier organised a charitable collection from across the IAG including over 400 cabin blankets and 150 crew sleeping bags. IAG Cargo worked closely with The ...
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Freight Transport Association Ireland has appointed Aidan Flynn as its new general manager. It follows the departure in September of Neil McDonnell, who had been with organisation for three years. Before joining FTAI, Mr Flynn held a number of senior leadership positions within the transport and logistics sector in Ireland. ...
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P&O Ferries says it has handled 420,000 freight units at Zeebrugge, more than in any year since it began operations from the Belgian port in 1966. It surpasses the previous record of 398,650, which was set in 2015. Contrary to expectations that the Brexit referendum in June would adversely affect ...
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Dover Harbour Board has reached an agreement to incorporate the Port Services division of George Hammond into its wider business.
Kent-based George Hammond has operated the Dover Cargo Terminal since its inception in 1990. It handles mainly reefer traffic on small vessels. The cargo stevedoring operation has now transferred to Port ...
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The growth potential of global e-commerce is far from exhausted, says the head of Hong Kong-headquartered international logistics provider the U-Freight Group (UFL).
There is major potential growth even in established regions such as the US, Europe or Japan, but it will need new approaches to logistics to ensure a problem-free ...
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Jacques Vandermeiren has been appointed as the new chief executive and president of the Antwerp Port Authority. Until January 2015 he was chief executive and president of electricity network company, Elia.
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