February 2018
UPS has expanded its International Special Commodities program to 51 further countries, bringing the total to over 100. It moves biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities and shipments using dry ice for biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies, laboratories, distributors and care providers.
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Ceva Logistics has relocated its Iberia cluster's head office to a new site in the Coslada área of Madrid, south of the city's Barajas Airport. The three storey building hosts all back office employees and special teams departments and the facilities include a 2,600sq m warehouse that will be used ...
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Infrastructure investment in ports and coastal cities would help to mitigate Brexit’s impact on the economy, says the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) in its response to a National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) consultation.
It argues that border activities in ports are likely to be on a greater scale after Brexit and ...
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Turkey is now using digital consignment notes, following its accession to the e-CMR protocol.
It follows last year’s pilot of digital TIR operations between Turkey and Iran which, says the International Road Transport Union (IRU) marks a significant step forward for the wider global adoption of digital transport and logistics systems ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has started scheduled freighter services from Dubai World Central to Maastricht, its second freighter destination in the Netherlands after Amsterdam. It will initially operate two freighter flights a week on Tuesdays and but from the end of March will increase to seven weekly flights.
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Agility says it is the first forwarder to collaborate on a Maersk-IBM solution to provide more efficient and secure global trade by using the blockchain to manage and track container shipments. Agility has agreed to identify events associated with individual shipments and to share and receive information about them via ...
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PD Ports’ Teesport has been awarded Terminal Operator of the Year by Finnish shipping and logistics group, Containerships. The line’s vessel operations manager in the North East, Michael Povey, said the high service levels at Teesport played a significant part in the award. A 10% rise in throughput was supported ...
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DP World Limited handled 70.1 million teu at its global container terminals during 2017. It said that gross container volumes grew by 10.1% year-on-year, compared with a global average of around 6%, as estimated by consultants Drewry.
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Seko Logistics has appointed Shawn Richard to the newly-created post of vice president global airfreight He will be responsible for driving international air procurement and maximising air carrier utilisation globally. He was lately northeast regional sales manager for Delta Airlines Cargo.
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Marseille Fos handled a record 1.4 million teu in 2017, a 10% increase on 2016 and double the European average, said the southern French port. Throughput was boosted by a 10% volume increase at the Fos deepsea terminals and by three new services at Marseille.
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