February 2017
Property developer Roxhill says it has started work on the first phase of East Midlands Gateway rail freight interchange near Castle Donington. W ork on the opening phase is expected to be completed by October but the entire government-backed scheme is being built across six phases with all work due to be complete by the end of 2019. The completed scheme will have up to 6m sq ft of space ...
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Trade in the Port of London in 2016 reached the highest this decade, rising 10% to top 50 million tonnes for the first time since 2008. Containers, oil and building materials all rose markedly, said the Port of London Authority, pointing out that prior to 2016, port throughput had been ...
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The VIIA Britanica rail motorway service resumed this week, starting with one daily return service.
Rail freight protection security measures in Calais have been increased. The implementation of these measures was carried out in collaboration with the Port of Boulogne-Calais and SNCF Réseau, and with consultation from the State.
The line operating ...
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Airship developer HAV says that it hopes that its Airlander 10 airship - damaged after nosediving on landing during its second test flight in August last year – will fly again during 2017, the BBC reports. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38853721) HAV hopes to develop the Airlander – the world’s longest aircraft, originally conceived ...
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German shipping line Hamburg Süd is offering a new weekly service between South America West Coast, Central America, the Caribbean, and North Europe, including improved lead time from South America into London Gateway. South American ports served include Valparaiso, Puerto Angarnos, Callao, Buenaventura, Panama, Cartagena and Caucedo and extensive connections ...
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A White Paper setting out the government's goals for its Brexit negotiations with the EU, has confirmed Prime Minister Theresa May’s January statement that UK will withdraw from the single market and seek a new customs arrangement and a free trade agreement with the EU.
Yesterday, the secretary of state for ...
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Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has launched a public consultation on a new runway, at Heathrow. It follows last October’s announcement a third runway at Heathrow was the Government’s preferred option for expanding airport capacity in south-east England.
Simultaneously, the Government published a draft national policy statement on new runway capacity and ...
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The Multimodal 2017 seminars will include a series of debates focused on air cargo challenges and opportunities, and the event will play host to a meeting of Cargo iQ’s Working Group.
Air cargo leaders from across the globe, including Nick Platts, Heathrow Airport, Lothar Moehle, DB Schenker, Mark Olney, Air Canada ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is calling on calls on the freight community to back a specific Apprenticeship Standard for an International Freight Forwarding Operative.
An employer group has recently submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI) – but before the Department for Education makes its final decision and as part ...
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Ruediger Grube , the chief executive of the German state railways, Deutsche Bahn, which owns forwarder DB Schenker as well as the UK’s largest rail freight operator, has resigned following a disagreement over the length of his contract. The state-owned company announced last year that is planning to partly sell ...
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