April 2017
ABP’s five South Wales ports are offering bespoke logistics solutions for suppliers to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project, just across the Bristol Channel in Somerset.
The port of Barry (pictured) is the closest commercial port to the site and ABP can also offer services from Cardiff, Newport, Port Talbot, and Swansea. The construction project is expected to generate large volumes of traffic over the next ten years to ...
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Samskip Logistics USA is to acquire the activities of New Jersey-based freight forwarder Rimar Consultants. Rimar Consultants is responsible for10,000-12,000TEU of container business a year, largely focused on US seafood and meat exports. Subject to agreement with current owner Richie Maddalena, the acquisition is expected to bring three experienced Rimar ...
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SEKO Logistics has named John Eastland as president of its aerospace and aviation industry vertical, based in Washington DC. He was formerly at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics where he was vice president, domestic product. SEKO Logistics created a dedicated Aerospace and Aviation industry vertical at the start of 2016 with the ...
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Boulogne Calais Port has bounced back from a difficult year in 2016 to achieve a record quarter in the first three months of 2017.
The renewed pick-up in freight traffic allowed the Port of Calais to realise the best quarter, with an absolute record in March when 181.005 cargo units which ...
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P&O Ferries is to launch a new dedicated lo lo service between Hull and Zeebrugge on 3 May.
The ferry and logistics company has chartered the 118 metre Elisabeth, a 5,000-ton container ship which will make three round-trips per week between, complementing the existing passenger and freight ro ro service.
Although ferry ...
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International Airline Marketing Limited Chairman, Sean McCool was the recipient of the "Transport Leader Award" at the Irish Logistics & Transport Awards - 2017 (held March 30, 2017 in Dublin).
Sean established IAM in 1989. The lead division in a group of companies that provide air cargo sales, trucking, handling, training ...
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ICHCA International is inviting submissions for the second TT Club Innovation in Safety Award from anyone involved in cargo logistics who can show a demonstrable improvement to safety
The goal of the Award is equally to champion and celebrate the many companies and individuals around the world who are 100% dedicated ...
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The European Commission cleared Maersk Line’s acuisition of Germany’s Hamburg Süd on 10 April, subject to the latter’s withdrawal from five consortia on trade routes connecting Northern Europe with Central America/Caribbean, West Coast South America, Middle East and the Mediterranean with West Coast South America and East Coast South America ...
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UPS has added more than 400 new commodities to its global dangerous goods shipping program on its global air network and more than 300 products to its ground network in Europe. The company also increased the allowable quantity of select dangerous goods accepted for shipment.
The carrier says it is in ...
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Shipowner Rickmers Maritime Trust is to be wound up, victim of the Hanjin collapse last summer. Analysts VesselsValue said the value of its fleet fell by around 45% due to distressed market transactions following the collapse of Korean carrier. It also suffered because all its 14 vessels are in the ...
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