October 2019
P&O Ferrymasters has launched a new intermodal service between Oradea in Romania and Lodz in Poland. It follows the introduction of services between Oradea and Zeebrugge and Piacenza.
The 48-hour service will initially offer two departures each way per week, increasing to three by mid-2020. The service will at first use containers with a maximum payload of 24 tonnes, but swap bodies will be introduced if there is enough demand. Dangerous ...
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Jane Simpson has joined Dover Harbour Board. She has held senior positions at Network Rail, and was recently as head of capital delivery for Severn Trent Water. She will provide increased support to the board’s diversity agenda, the Port being a signatory to the Maritime UK Women in Maritime pledge ...
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Boris Johnson’s proposals for replacing the so-called Irish backstop was never likely to be agreed by the EU, said director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, Adam Johnson, following reports that the bloc had rejected the government’s alternative framework.
He explained the backstop was the element of the current draft withdrawal agreement ...
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Rail operator Orion is to run a trial freight service from London Gateway to London Liverpool Street station next year, according to a report in Rail magazine. The train, which are expected to operate in April or May next year, will use Class 769 bi-mode electric/diesel rolling stock converted from ...
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The Delta Park Truck Secure Parking site in Dourges, France, has become the first location to achieve the highest Level 1 certification under the Transported Asset Protection Association's (TAPA) new Parking Security Requirements (PSR), launched earlier this year. The Dourges site in Hauts-de-France provides 146 parking spaces close to the ...
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Freight forwarder Geodis is carrying out dry runs organized by French Customs to test the future customs arrangements in the event of a no-deal Brexit in partnership with French chemical firm Arkema.
Since September, French Customs have been organizing a series of full-scale simulations with all players concerned – including transporters, ...
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A British consortium has launched a new system that it says will create a seamless digital border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
ELAND, which has been set up by former British military, technology specialists and hauliers, says it can build a totally secure freight transit system based on digital ...
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Winner of this year’s Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year (YIFFY) Award is Evgeniya Khokhlova, who represents the Russian association (FAR) and is a specialist in project logistics for SVH-Freight.
The announcement was made at the FIATA World Congress, which took place this year in Cape Town, South Africa.
Each year, ...
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The Stena Europe has resumed sailings on the Rosslare - Fishguard route following an extensive refit. The ferry operator said the upgrade programme took longer than had been anticipated but athe vessel will be a significant improvement.
Trade director, Irish Sea (south) Ian Davies said: “I know there has been a ...
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The Freight Transport Association says it has helped secure an agreement between the UK and Morocco to double road freight permits doubled between the two nations in 2020 .
FTA's manager of international transport and trade procedures, John Lucy, Fwas invited by the Department of Transport (DfT) to share his knowledge at a recent meeting ...
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