December 2019
Three Megamax quayside cranes sailed up the River Mersey on 2 December, destined for the Liverpool2 container terminal. The cranes are part of the second phase of the Liverpool2 project to provide additional capacity.
The cranes arrived on the ZH25 transporter vessel and are now alongside the berth at the south of the Liverpool2 terminal ready for offloading.
The cranes can operate at speeds more than 30 moves per hour and are ...
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ABP’s Port of Ipswich has handled its first shipment for Finnish timber firm Metsä Wood UK. It follows the opening of its newest UK terminal at Shed 10 earlier this month. ABP also provides port services to the wider Metsä Group in Hull and Swansea.
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Lufthansa’s time:matters rapid response logistics arm has extended its dangerous goods options (classes 2 to 9) throughout its network, having initially offered the option in ten countries in September 2019. Loading on the apron is personally supervised at the four hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Brussels and the service ...
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Hamburg Süd and Maersk are offering their customers remote container management (RCM) technology for their reefer container shipments. RCM monitors parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, and the concentrations of O2 and CO2 within the reefer container in real time, including data cargo probe data. The whole 380,000-strong reefer container ...
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DP World’s shortsea-shipping operator Unifeeder has acquired a 77% stake in Singapore-based Feedertech Group, a feeder and shortsea operator. The Group’s Chairman, Ali Maghami, will retain the remaining 23% shareholding. Established in 2003, the Group operates the Feedertech feedering service and the Perma regional shortsea network, both on the Asia-Middle ...
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Adina-Ioana Vălean has been appointed as the new European Transport Commissioner. A Romanian national, she is a long-time Member of the European Parliament and current Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) says it will implement EU Smarter rules for safer food (SRSF) regulations from 11pm on Friday 13 December. The package will modernise, simplify and improve existing health and safety standards for the agri-food chain and take a risk-based approach to animal, ...
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The U-Freight Group is introducing its e+Solutions logistics product for e-commerce start-ups in Malaysia, six months after its launch in Hong Kong. The e+ Solutions service aims to help small businesses with their logistics needs and capitalise on the global e-commerce market. The service is being rolled out to U-Freight’s ...
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A fifth train has been introduced between the iPort Rail inland port and Doncaster to Felixstowe, operating five days a week.
It joins the existing Felixstowe route, as well as two daily services to Teesport and one to Southampton.
iPort Rail was opened in September 2018, and is part of the 800-acre ...
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Eurotunnel operator Getlink has appointed Sandrine Prieur as corporate social responsibility director. She was most recently deputy director of environmental and sustainable development at Paris airport operator Groupe ADP.
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