April 2017
Paperless trade specialist essDOCS has acquired TridentGlobal, an export management solution with a customer-base across Australia and the US. TridentGLOBAL platform offers modules for contract management, shipment management, bookings management, compliance, document management, as well as supply chain management for the metals and minerals, agribusiness, seafood and manufacturing industries.
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The Department for Transport has revealed its prefered route for the Lower Thames Crossing connecting the M25 to Channel-bound routes via a new estuary crossing. It chosen option 'C' running from a new junction between junctions 29 and 30 on the M25 over a new crossing to the east of ...
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Kuehne + Nagel has extended a deal allowing Alibaba.com members in China to obtain airfreight quotations, book pickup and destination delivery services to include less-than-container-load shipping (LCL) services. The forwarder adds that it plans to further expand the scope of its agreement to include rail, overland and contract logistics services ...
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The troubled migrants’ camp at Grande-Synthe, near the port of Dunkirk – already earmarked by the French authorities for dismantling because of continued unrest - has been burned down. It was reported that the fire started as a result of a fight among some of the 1,500 occupants.
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Amanda Matar as account manager – Sydney. She previously spent seven years with Megatop Cargo in Australia in import and export customer service and, for the last three years, as export manager. Earlier is her career, she was a cargo reservations officer at Garuda Indonesia ...
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Stena Line has reported a 9% year on year increase in its freight volumes on the Belfast – Heysham service during the first quarter of 2017. In the first three months of it carried over 31 000 freight units on the service making it one of the most successful starts ...
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Heathrow’s cargo traffic rose 13% in March to 148,000 tonnes – the largest monthly growth in over five years. The airport said long-haul emerging markets remain a driver of cargo performance, with key markets in March including Mexico (+28%), Brazil (+13%), India (+9%) and China (+5%) as well as 9000% ...
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A new joint weekly Cocso-OOCL North Europe Turkey Express service has made its first call in Felixstowe. It also calls at Hamburg, Antwerp, Piraeus, Istanbul-Ambarli (Kumport), Gebze (Yilport), Izmir and Salerno. Cosco Shipping and OOCL are both members of the new Ocean Alliance which has chosen the Port of Felixstowe ...
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Davies Turner says it has had a good response to its weekly less-than-containerload rail service from Wuhan and Hefei to the UK. The service, which uses a road connection from Duisburg, was introduced three months ago in conjunction with the forwarder’s Chinese partner, Air Sea Transport.
Cargo is trucked into the ...
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Irish Continental Group chief executive, Eamonn Rothwell and managing director of its Irish Ferries, arm Andrew Sheen, cut the first metal for a new cruise ferry at the Flensburger shipyard on 7 April. The €144million vessel is scheduled for delivery in mid 2018 and will have space for 2,800 lane ...
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