October 2018
Local MP Jackie Doyle Price has opened a new technology centre at the Port of Tilbury. Located within the old railway station of the London Cruise Terminal, the Training and Technology Suite includes two training simulators as part of the facilities designed to support the veteran community with training in the logistics sector.
The suite’s two simulators – from CM labs and Tenstar - provide full simulation, including a 360 degree ...
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Hapag-Lloyd has signed a feeder network deal with the Ocean Network Express (ONE) group of Japanese shipping lines – NYK, Mitsui OSK and K line.
The two partners have already started a new Intra-Asia service, the Bohai Feeder (BHX) in August, and plan to start a new Intra-Europe service, the North ...
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The Pakistan International Chamber of Commerce (PNC-ICC) issued the first TIR carnet this week to Pakistani transport operator, TCS Logistics on 12 October.
It follows recent meetings in Istanbul between Afghanistan and Pakistan where they agreed to initiate test operations from Karachi to Kabul and vice versa.
There are now plans to ...
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Work is underway to upgrade the rail route between Doncaster and Immingham for high-cube containers. National track operator Network Rail is partnering with the Humber LEP and North Lincolnshire Council to invest more than £15m to enlarge the route, which can currently only accept high-cube boxes on low-platform wagons.
The project ...
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The European Shippers Council said has welcomed the European Commission’s new proposal for a Maritime Single Window. It said it would provide faster clearance and release of goods and reduced administrative burdens. However, ESC added that it and other stakeholders would welcome more detail on how different systems will interact ...
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Hong Kong cargo handler Hactl is to install 1,300sq m of solar panels on the roof of its buildings as part of its Green Terminal project. The 518 panels will generate 160 kWp which will be fed into the power grid.
The system is being designed, installed and maintained by CLP ...
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Spain’s Pérez y Cía has reached agreement for to acquire CFS Caribbean Feeder Services from German fleet management firm Harren & Partner.
CFS launched the first independent feeder service in the Caribbean in 1999 and Harren & Partner continues to provide 50% of the vessels deployed in the fleet. The hub-and-spoke ...
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Animal protectors Cruelty Free International is urging British Airways, United Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Qatar Airways to stand firm and maintain their policies not to transport laboratory animals afterthe National Association of Biomedical Research (NABR) lodged a formal complaint with the US Department of Transport (DoT) against them.
The NABR ...
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CMA CGM has started building work on its new multi-temperature warehouse at DP World London Gateway.
The shipping line’s vice president specialised products Eric Legros, and inland business development manager Jean Vanmalle joined DP World executives for a ground-breaking ceremony at the port’s Logistics Park.
CMA CGM has taken a long-term lease ...
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Work is to start on turning the M26 motorway in Kent into an emergency lorry park, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper. Overnight closures for surveying work have already started and there will be further closures in December to install gates in the central reservation.
The M26 forms a ...
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