July 2018

Dover gets dredging licence

The Marine Management Organisation has approved Dover Harbour Board (DHB)’s application for aggregate dredging in the South Goodwin Sands area. The marine licence gives DHB permission to extract up to 3 million tonnes of aggregate by trailer suction hopper dredging between September 2019 and September 2020 to provide fill material for the Dover Western Docks Revival project. [+]

Lords to probe post-Brexit transport

The House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee has launched an inquiry into future UK-EU arrangements for road, rail and maritime transport. It will explore potential UK-EU agreements for all surface transport, cases for divergence from EU transport rules, the implications of 'no deal' for the UK transport sector, the ... [+]

Vietnam on road to TIR

The International Road Transport Union and Vietnam Customs have agreed a joint action plan to support the country’s accession to the TIR Convention. China’s activation of TIR is expected to kick-start improved trade flows between the two nations but until now the lack of common guarantee mechanisms in South East Asia ... [+]

Third Heathrow flight for Tianjin Airlines

Tianjin Airlines is to add a third weekly increasing Tianjin – Chongqing – Heathrow service from 18 September, on Tuesdays. It will be operated by an Airbus A330-200 aircraft. [+]

Panalpina appoints Europe chief executive

Panalpina has appointed Christian Wurst as its new regional chief executive for Europe. He joins the forwarder from Ceva Logistics where he was most recently managing director Germany. He has also worked for RWTÜV, Wincanton, and DB Schenker. In his new position Wurst will be based in Frankfurt and responsible ... [+]

Cosco hit by ‘ransomeware attack’

China’s COSCO Shipping Lines confirmed on 25 July that it had been hit by a cyber attack impacting its internet connection within its offices in the US. The incident appeared to be a ransomware attack. With local email and network telephone not working properly, the company decided to shut down ... [+]

Maritime minister drops in on Liverpool

Fresh from her visit to London Gateway to name Hapag-Lloyd’s latest 15,000teu ship the Afif on 16 July, it was the turn of Peel Ports to welcome Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani to its Liverpool2 container terminal on 25 July. The visit comes as the terminal prepares to welcome its largest regular ... [+]

Antonov completes longest-ever AN-225 sequence

Antonov Airlines completed the longest succession of AN-225 flights in the aircraft’s commercial operating history when it delivered giant generators from Chile to Bolivia. The Ukrainian airline delivered twelve Heat Recovery Steam Generator modules, each weighing 160 tonnes, for Hansa Meyer Global Transport in 12 consecutive flights. [+]

Europa Road Shows Motion through Animation

Europa Worlwide has unveiled its latest video for its road freight division – an animated mini film which brings to life how Europa Road ‘makes road freight simple.’ Managing Director at Europa Worldwide Group, Andrew Baxter, said: “Our latest video is a real success. We’re delighted with the finish and impact ... [+]

Soyabeans deal brings transatlantic trade truce

The US and EU reached kissed and made up in their trade war at a meeting between US President Donald Trump and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Washington on 25 July. President Trump agreed not to impose tariffs on car imports for Europe in exchange for a deal that would ... [+]

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