August 2018
India formally implemented the TIR customs guarantee system on 15 August, the country’s Independence Day, the IRU reports. The move is expected to make cargo movements easier and more efficient, including the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) via Iran. The INSTC provides global access to markets, connecting India to the wider TIR network, including Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Central Asia. TIR could also contribute to the implementation of regional Motor Vehicle ...
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Peel Ports London Medway has completed a £5.4m investment programme into its grain facilities at the Port of Sheerness. It includes the refurbishment of warehousing to TASCC standards and installation of a elevator/conveyor, together with new Liebherr LHM 280 craneage.
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Temperature controlled packaging specialist Peli BioThermal has opened a network station at Frankfurt Airport. It will also serve as an additional depot for the company’s Crēdo on Demand reusable packaging rental program.
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Seaborne Freight plans to start services between Ramsgate and Ostend by the end of the year, the Isle of Thanet News reports. The website also cites Belgian press reports in which Ostend mayor Johan Vande Lanotte says financing of the project is complete. The service would cater for accompanied freight ...
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Handler Worldwide Flight Services has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sjømatterminalen to operate the Seafood Center at Oslo Airport. It will handle up to 250,000 tons a year and meet industry requirements for cool chain logistics. Construction of the terminal is expected to start in April 2019, with opening ...
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Dara O'Briain, the face of Mock the Week, Star Gazing Live, Robot Wars and many other TV shows will add another accolade to his portfolio in December when he hosts the 2018 FTA Logistics Awards at London's Royal Lancaster Hotel.
The awards, on 13 December and now in their second year, ...
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WACO System member for Sri Lanka, Ace Cargo, has launched a packaging, removals, and relocations division for air and sea freight. The division will be headed by Chandana Jirasinha and based in the capital, Colombo. It will include services such as personal effects storage, warehousing of project cargo and commercial ...
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Shipping minister Nusrat Ghani officially opened Portsmouth International Port's new £9m linkspan on 9 August. It is the first step in a £20m investment programme at the second-largest cross-channel port and received over £500,000 in EU funding, with the rest of the £9m provided by Portsmouth City Council which owns ...
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German forwarder the Rhenus Group has signed an agreement to acquire Ireland’s Avant Air and Sea, subject to approval. Avant, based in Dublin and founded in 1990, specialises in temperature-controlled and pharmaceutical shipments as well as hazardous consignments.
It also operates branches in Shanghai and Hong Kong and provides weekly consolidation ...
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A key road link for the port of Belfast is being delays because of procurement errors, reports the Freight Transport Association.
It says that the £130m York Street Interchange project says that the long-awaited improvement faced a further delay after the High Court ruled there were mistakes in the way the ...
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