October 2018
The port of Dover has hit back against suggestions that Brexit will lead to queues of lorries at the port, pointing out, for the moment at least, it is container ports that have problems.
In a statement, it pointed out: “Much of the negative Brexit talk on ports has been about queues of lorries at Dover, but not about worsening quayside and landside box port congestion at the UK’s big container ...
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Aberdeen Standard Investment’s Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) fund says it has secured planning permission for its 250,000sq ft dnata City East development from Hounslow’s Planning Committee.
Dnata UK chief executive Gary Morgan said: “dnata City East will help us to accommodate increased cargo-handling demand from our growing portfolio of ...
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Le Shuttle Freight said it had its best ever third quarter this year after it equaled last year’s record for the month of September with almost 139,000 trucks transported. Since 1 January, almost 1.26 million trucks have crossed the Channel with Le Shuttle Freight.
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Multi temperature supply chain and logistics specialist Oakland International is to invest around £2.8m in a high-bay extension at its Corby facility. The extended hub will offer chilled, frozen and ambient storage and there are plans to recruit further staff by the end of 2019.
Oakland International is a BRC accredited ...
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Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines has signed a ten-year lease agreement with Belgian hub Liege Airport, following the memorandum of understanding announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in July. Under the new deal AirBridgeCargo will lease 25,000sq m of warehousing and is expected to make Liege one of the top five cargo ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered generators and a water purification system to Indonesia in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi, Indonesia in late September. The flight was performed by one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ modernised IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Châlon Vatry Airport in France to Balikpapan for the Crisis ...
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Turkish Cargo carried 13 wild animals, 4 tigers, 3 lions, 3 cheetahs, 2 lynxes and 1 cougar safely to Istanbul from Prague as part of the special cargo services.
Showing utmost care for live animal transportation service and creating real-like natural habitats on the skies, Turkish Cargo achieved to transport the ...
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Dachser has signed a new five-year contract with Aldi in the UK to provide a warehouse platform as well as UK and Ireland distribution for the supermarket chain.
The co-operation in the UK goes back more than 25 years, during which time the logistics provider has operated an increasingly varied portfolio ...
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Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond has described the Lower Thames Crossing as crucial to the port of Tilbury, as the ten-week statutory consultation for the scheme got underway on 10 October.
He said: "As the fastest growing UK port, it is crucial that this project enhances Tilbury's northbound and southbound ...
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P&O Ferrymasters has invested in 150 more huckepack units for its rail service between Poznan in Poland and Rotterdam, all fitted with telematics systems to enable customers to track and trace their shipments in real time through dedicated web portals.
Mark Timmermans, Trailer Director at P&O Ferrymasters, said: “One of our ...
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