September 2018
Unifeeder is adding a larger vessel to its UK/Baltic Se route to Riga from 24 September. The new vessel on the twice weekly services has a capacity of 800teu and is ideal for transporting 45’ high-cube containers says the operator.
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European logistics operator GBA Services is spending over £4 million on its largest-ever vehicle purchase. It comprises 20 DAF XF106 double sleeper tractor units, 30 low-mileage used units for a new contract, 15 brand new Lawrence David Tall-boy 4.65m high pillarless curtain-side trailers, 30 Mercedes Sprinter vans, six of them ...
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Woodland Group has extended its Wuhan (China) to Duisburg rail service to London Gateway, once a week. Total transit time from China to the UK is 20-22 days and the connecting train from Duisburg to London leaves on Thursday, arriving on Friday. Round-the-clock GPS tracking is available.
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ABP South Wales has sold off 1.3 acres non-operational land at Subway Road, port of Barry for a waterfront regeneration scheme. It was originally used as ancillary space to the port but was latterly considered a non-operational asset due its distance from operational quayside.
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Rail freight services through the Midlands were being disrupted after a GBRf container train derailed at Whiteacre Junction near Birmingham Hams Hall terminal at 14.35 on 12 September. A spokesman for the operator said that there were no injuries and GBRf staff were quickly on the scene to co-ordinate with ...
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Lufthansa’s fast freight arm, time:matters has acquired CB Customs Broker and Customs Broker Cargo Handling. Both companies will continue to act as neutral partners and offer their existing services, including customs clearance and air cargo handling, to forwarders, integrators and courier companies in the future. Founder and managing director Stelios ...
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Maersk Group’s Twill digital forwarder is now operating in Denmark and Sweden. It is now present in 19 countries around the world.
AP Moller Group’s Twill digital freight forwarder recently changed its brand affiliation from Damco to Maersk. Launched in April 2017, Twill was created as a ‘Damco innovation’ and operated ...
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Turkish Cargo has obtained Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) status for its worldwide operations. The move is expected to streamline its operations by speeding up customs clearance and to help the carrier’s entry into new markets.
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A report by pro-Brexit Conservative MPs European Research Group has suggested that a hard border on the island of Ireland could be avoided by using established technology and modifying existing arrangements. They argued that technological issues had been used to block political progress.
They called for co-operation between the UK and ...
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Eddie Stobart has launched a train service from the Port of Tilbury to Tesco’s site in Daventry, and on from Daventry to Mossend, Scotland.
It is the logistics firm’s first ever train service to run from Tilbury, and has a capacity of between 30 and 36 containers. It will run three ...
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