July 2019
Forth Ports senior harbour master Ashley Nicholson has become the first woman to become vice-president of the UK Harbour Masters Association as well as the youngest certificated harbour master in the UK to hold the role. She has worked for Forth Ports for nearly 12 years and has since 2017 been the Senior Harbour Master based in Leith.
The Association encourages the safe and efficient conduct of marine operations in ports.
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SEKO Logistics has consolidated its Chicago operation into a single site following its acquisition in January of customs broker and forwarder GoodShip International. The facility will be a cross border ecommerce parcel processing hub for international, domestic and returned parcels. The 103,000 sq ft facility building has 17 dock and ...
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Rhenus Air & Ocean and unmanned aircraft specialist Wings for Aid are to explore for the feasibility of a 'last mile' delivery service for relief goods in disaster areas. Wings for Aid uses pilotless small planes and smart technology to land boxes of emergency aid with great precision in otherwise ...
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DHL Freight is to introduce a peak season surcharge between September and December 2019 averaging 4% to full-truckload, part-truckload and less than-truckload services in EuropeThe operator says this will enable it “to provide its customers with the highest quality of service even as demand continues to outpace available capacity”.
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Hapag-Lloyd has placed a record-breaking order 13,420 new reefer containers. Production of the 970 20-foot containers and 12,450 40-foots will start in Julywith delivery set for November 2019 in time for the southern hemisphere harvest.
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French Railways’ intermodal arm VIIA says it had transport a million units on its trains. The company operates shuttle trains carrying road trailers on routes from Italy and Spain to France, including Calais.
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Port of Dover Cargo has gained Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status for imports and exports, and as AEOC and AEOS awards (Authorised Economic Operator for Customs and Security respectively). It applies to the current terminal, and the new site, which is due to open later this year as part of ...
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A new partnership has been signed between Port of Tyne in Newcastle and PD Ports on Teesside along with car maker Nissan, Connected Places Catapult, Accenture, Royal HaskoningDHV and Ubisoft to create the UK’s first Maritime Innovation Hub.
Partners in the ‘2050 Innovation Hub’ will collaborate to develop solutions to the ...
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Lufthansa’s time:matters high speed logistics arm has added seven stations in China to its network for worldwide Sameday Air transport - Shanghai, Shenyang, Beijing, Nanjing, Qingdao, Chengdu and Guangzhou. Local company time:matters Shanghai International Freight Forwarding Ltd. founded specifically to handle the business in June.
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Swiss rail operator Schweizerzug has introduced two weekly round trips linking Frenkendorf (near Basel) and Niederglatt (near Zurich) with the port of Rotterdam. In January and February, the company increased its departures from the two locations to the Port of Antwerp.
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