October 2017

Ipswich on the road to export success

ABP’s Port of Ipswich recently hosted the Department for International Trade’s Export Hub truck as part of the Government’s Exporting is GREAT campaign. Providing a flexible space for discussions between businesses, the Export Hub is travelling to number of UK regions including the Humber. The truck is equipped with a skype room, which allows ABP’s customers to connect and talk to a network of overseas advisors about doing business in different ... [+]

Xpediator is new Delamode parent

Long-established East European freight specialist Delamode has a new holding company, Xpediator and is looking to expand its activities through mergers and acquisitions or franchising. Xpediator is the holding company for freight management firm Xpediator Group. The original business, trading as Delamode, was established in 1988 by the Group’s chief executive ... [+]

Cargo charter firm gets aid moving to Mexico

Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters has arranged several flights to move aid to Mexico following the recent earthquake. Director Jamie Peters said, “Our people are always available 24/7 to react swiftly to this sort of short notice charter requirement and this is one of our key strengths. …The urgency of ... [+]

Manfreight takes over as DFDS gets out of Ulster reefer business

Portadown-based haulier Manfreight is to take over DFDS’s reefer line-haul business in northern Ireland as part of a restructuring of logistics activities in Belfast by the Daniosh-owned operator. DFDS says that the growth and financial performance of the door-door reefer line-haul business between Ireland and Great Britain has not met expectations ... [+]

Broekman signs Congo shipping deal

Rotterdam-based Broekman Logistics has signed a deal with Lignes Maritime Congolaises (Congo National Shipping Line) to charter the 17,953-tonne multipurpose tweendecker Mv. Thorco Reef. The line, which already operates regular sailings from Antwerp to Boma and Matadi with other ports by inducement, plans to expand its presence in the northbound ... [+]

Multinational effort boosts central Asian energy industry

Antonov Airlines has been working with Bolloré Logistics China to transport compressors on four AN-124 flights from Canada to a gas field in Turkmenistan for a Chinese engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company. Due to the size and weight of the cargo, both the AN-124-100’s unique on-board crane system and extension ... [+]

Kuehne + Nagel adds Asian rail options

Kuehne + Nagel has added a number of origin points to its KN Eurasia Express rail service, introduced six months ago, including northern China, Japan, South Korea and South-East Asia. Among the new points of origin is Changchun, an industrial metropolis in northern China, which now has weekly departures to ... [+]

Non-tariff barriers are the big Brexit headache, says ports group

There has been much attention on agreeing a free trade deal with the EU but it is important not to overlook potentially more costly disruption created from non-tariff barriers at the border, said the British Port Association (BPA) in its autumn briefing. It said: “So far the issues of trade facilitation ... [+]

It looks good on paper for ABP Kings Lynn

ABP’s Port of King’s Lynn handled two deliveries for the Palm Paper Power Station in Kings Lynn. On 6 October general cargo vessel Figaro brought in a 103-tonne gas turbine followed, on 9 October, by the Frisian River, with an electricity generator destined for Palm Paper’s newspaper printing site. Palm, which ... [+]

Electronics rule the waves

Peel Ports is applying air traffic control technology to streamline operations at it seven Statutory Harbour Authorities – the first time such systems have been applied to a commercial port group in the UK, it says. The UK’s second biggest port operator, is investing £2.7m across its network of in technologies ... [+]

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