September 2018
Asian-owned forwarder Kerry Logistics Network has formed a new subsidiary in Pakistan to take advantage of new business opportunities along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (‘CPEC’), part of the Belt and Road initiative. CPEC is a multi-billion infrastructure development plan to link China with markets in Central and South Asia, as well as to open new trade and transport routes across Asia. It will create a 3,000-kilometre economic corridor via roads, ...
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Ireland was reported on 5 September to be discussing a deal that would allow it to keep using the UK as a land bridge for goods in transit without border checks after Brexit. Irish tax official Carol-Ann O'Keeffe, a senior told a British and Irish Chambers of Commerce conference in ...
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DP World has placed an order for 12 hybrid straddle carriers at its terminal in Southampton. They use regenerating technology to charge modern Lithium-ion batteries and are expected to use 20% less fuel and cut emissions compared with diesel-electric machines. Theywill be in operation by spring 2019.
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ABP has announced a £36 million expansion plan at the Port of Immingham, along with a £2.8m investment in expanding the land and services available to support customer operations within the port.
Traffic at the port has increased from 68,000 containers in 2013 to 183,000 in 2017, fuelled partly by the ...
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AP Moller Group’s Twill digital freight forwarder has changed its brand affiliation from Damco to Maersk. Launched in April 2017, Twill was created as a ‘Damco innovation’ and operated as a partner with the freight forwarder and supply chain management company, which is part of A.P. Moller – Maersk. The ...
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Chinese private carrier Uni-top Airlines has added a three-times-a-week freighter route from Liege, Belgium, to Wuhan, operated by a B747-400F. It follows the opening of a route Luxembourg to Wuhan in January.
[caption id="attachment_23631" align="alignleft" width="300"] Uni-top Airlines' Boeing B747 (PRNewsfoto/Uni-top Airlines)[/caption]
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The Planning Inspectorate is to examine plans by developer Four Ashes to build a rail-linked logistics centre north of Wolverhampton. The West Midlands Interchange would be a 282 hectare site bordering the A5, A449, and M6 at Gailey The promoters say the scheme would take freight off the roads but ...
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Istanbul New Airport will open for passenger flights on 31 October, with the existing gateway, Atatürk closing on the same day. A flight by flag carrier Turkish Airlines to Ankara at 2pm will be followed by the first overseas flights to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Azerbaijan.
Meanwhile, Turkish ...
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Antwerp Port Authority has appointed a new representative for the UK and Ireland, as part of its preparations for Brexit. Based in Goxhill, Justin Atkin has more than 20 years of experience in transport, shipping and logistics and for the past two years has been owner of Ragged Edge Consulting ...
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Forwarder Agility has laid the foundation stone for a 29-hectare warehouse park at Marracuene, near Maputo in Mozambique. It will provide 175,000sq m of space and is part of a network of international parks that Agility is funding and developing across key markets in Africa, offering reliable power and IT ...
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