March 2018
Channel Tunnel operator Getlink says its Le Shuttle Freight service had its second-best ever February, with 133,287 trucks transported. This was an increase of 5% compared to February 2017, despite the particularly poor weather conditions in the final week. Traffic has increased by 7% since 1 January, with 277,599 trucks transported.
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Forwarder Geodis is now offering online quotations and online shipment bookings via its Intelligent Real-Time Information System IRIS, Users can compare rates of different modes of transport and place shipments within less than a minute. The application also provides full visibility on shipment statuses in real-time, access to shipment related ...
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ABP Southampton handled its largest container ship yet this weekend - CMA CGM’s 400m long , 20,656teu Antoine De Saint Exupery.
She is longer than four football fields and if all her containers were laid end to end they would stretch from Southampton to Enfield, north - 78 miles.
Only two years ...
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UK ports and terminals have an estimated £1.7bn of port infrastructure investment in the pipeline, according to new research by Moffatt & Nichol, says the British Ports Association.
The research is part of the British Ports Association’s ‘Port Futures’ programme and captures significant schemes all over the UK and highlights how ports in ...
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ABP’s Port of Ayr has taken delivery of a new Liebherr Materials Handler crane, making it the first port in the UK to purchase the model.
With a lifting capacity of 8.1 tonnes at a reach of 23.8m the new machine will help Ayr speed vessel discharge rates while improving fuel ...
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Warrington Robotics has launched a robot rental service, one of the first of its kind in the UK. Aimed at both industrial and commercial businesses, it is offering equipment such as collaborative industrial robotic arms and commercial humanoid robots.
The robotic arms are programmed to perform repetitive tasks and motions that ...
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SEKO Logistics has started a major expansion of its presence in Mexico. In its first phase, it will open locations in Laredo/Nuevo Laredo, McAllen/Reynosa, Mexico City, Monterrey, Toluca, and Queretaro. Phase two will see this network grow to 20 locations. It will officially inaugurate its new Distribution Center in Ocoyoacac, ...
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Avery Weigh-Tronix has launched a forklift scale, combined with a digital dimensioning solution to accurately capture the weight and dimension of parcels large freight pieces. It says it can help to protect problems caused by under declaration of consignment weights, while removing the extra processing time and floor space often ...
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DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight have started work on a ‘Campus’ development at Vienna Airport. The 60,000sq m site in the Fischamend district will be a freight hub for Eastern Europe bringing together the global logistics specialist’s forwarding and road transport activities at a single location.
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Trans Global Projects (TGP) has opened a new office in Istanbul, Turkey. It offers project logistics management, ship chartering, aviation logistics, supply chain management, logistics consultancy and procurement. The office will be managed by Murat Aksu. Turkey is an important market for the project logistics industry with numerous projects ongoing ...
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