January 2019
Automotive industry freight firms Gefco and Berge have signed an agreement to create Spain’s leading finished-vehicle logistics provider. Berge Gefco will offer more than 3 million m2 of space for storing up to 120,000 vehicles, along with 700 trucks, 100 rail wagons and 40,000sq m of workshop space. The new company, owned 50-50 by the two partners, has now received full regulatory approval to unite forces and became operational from ...
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The reported decision to upgrade the 76-mile Trans-Pennine route between Leeds and Manchester at a cost of £3b without any provision for freight is deeply troubling for businesses in the North, says PD Ports, owner and operator of the ports of Tees and Hartlepool.
It says that after more than ...
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Thanet District Council said on 2 January that dredging at the port of Ramsgate was due to start that week as part of the bid to re-establish ferry services at the moribund ro ro port, reports kwentonline.co.uk. The port has been earmarked for a new service operated by start-up company ...
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ABP has signed a 12-month contract with Siemens Gamesa to store 37 wind turbine blades at its port of Hull for the Hornsea One offshore windfarm. It will use a six-acre area located at the port's Eastern Access, on King George Dock.
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Rhenus Logistics has signed an agreement to buy 100% of the equity share capital of Italy’s Cesped and its related companies, subject to agreement. Cesped has a strong presence in the Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto regions.
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The European Shippers’ Council has called for a Brexit transitional period until at least December 2020 to allow governments and companies to finalise their preparation. It says that if the present Brexit withdrawal agreement is not passed in the House of Commons in mid-January, a cliff-edge scenario is most likely ...
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DFDS has stepped up its cooperation with Turkey’s Ekol Logistics. A new agreement covers sea transport of trailers between Istanbul in Turkey and Trieste in Italy and DFDS expects it to increase its volumes of freight units in the Mediterranean by close on 30% and will allocate further vessels to ...
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CEVA Logistics has appointed Gianclaudio Neri as managing director of its Italy cluster. Based in Milan, he recently put gas retailer 2i Rete Gasback on track, has driven Intermarine back to profitability and has also led Piaggio to significantly improve returns which allowed it to IPO in 2006. He ...
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Hannon Transport driver Patrick van der Vijer got an unexpected early Christmas gift when he was presented with a bottle of champagne and free car crossing by Stena Line’s onboard services receptionist Rob Owen and onboard services manager Sharon Kelly on 21 December. It was to work the 250,000th freight ...
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According to press reports in late December, some £47.3m has been awarded to DFDS and £46.6m to Brittany Ferries to ramp up services on their existing routes, in an apparent bit to ease the pressure on Dover should customs clearance be required for import freight into the UK. It is ...
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