January 2020
DP World’s London Gateway port handled its first call on the IEX service from India on 27 January.
It is the only shipping service linking the East Coast of India to the UK and increases the number of direct services between the Indian sub-continent as a whole and London Gateway to three per week, more than any other port in the UK, says DP World.
Calls include Vizag, Krishnapatnam, Chennai, Tuticorin, Colombo, ...
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FTA Ireland (FTAI)’s annual Transport Manager Seminar will give guidance on sustainable transport following the launch of the European Commission’s Green Deal that aims to transform Europe into a climate-neutral economy by 2050. This year’s ond-day event will be on 25 March 2020 at the Johnstown House Hotel Spa in ...
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The first TIR transport movement from Dubai to Jordan via Saudi Arabia has been successfully concluded. It reduced the normal seven-day transit time to just four days. The Electronic Advance Declaration facility reduced waiting time at the Saudi border by an average of six hours.
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Europa Worldwide Group managing director Andrew Baxter says the Dartford-based groupage and logistics operator hopes to hit a turnover of £1bn by 2027 through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth.
The company reached turnover of £205m and a profit of £6m in its annual financial results for the year ending 31 December 2019.
Since Baxter acquired ...
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DP World London Gateway welcomed Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani MP on her latest stop on a tour of the UK’s major ports.
She met with DP World UK chief executive Ernst Schulze, and members of the senior management team along with engineering apprentices.
The Minister said: “Ports are at the heart of ...
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The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has appointed Joe O’Donnell as its new head of policy. He was previously head of policy and communications at the Heritage Alliance, representing around 130 organisations from the National Trust and English Heritage to small charities.
RFG director-general, Maggie Simpson, said: His appointment will strengthen our team ...
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The Port of Tyne is funding a South Tyneside charity that makes young mums happier and healthier.
Bright Futures supports over 30 young mums and mums-to-be through its groups in Jarrow and West Harton, where it is estimated that nearly half of children are living below the poverty line.
Group activities are ...
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Freight and shipping operators said that the coronavirus outbreak that has hit Wuhan and other major cities in China had not yet had a great impact on their operators, not least because it had coincided with the Lunar New Year holiday shutdown.
However, they said that they were continuing to monitor ...
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Dublin-based freight forwarder EFL International has taken on the customers and businesses of one of the city’s last independent operators, Byrne Airfreight.
Ex-Aer Lingus employee Eddie Byrne, who founded Byrne Airfreight in the early 1980s, retired in December 2019 but it was anxious to find his staff and customers a worthy ...
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The Flemish government has announced a scheme to build a second tidal dock in the port of Antwerp, together with projects such as infilling existing docks to create additional space. It follows an increase of 6.8% in total teus to 11.86 million in 2019.
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