February 2020
Mel Brockhouse has joined the Port of Tyne as chief operating officer, responsible for operational activity, including engineering, infrastructure, rail freight, transport and warehousing.
He joins the port from NFT, an international logistics group and subsidiary of EV Cargo, where he was managing director of operations and previously worked for DHL for 33 years, most recently as its vice president of operations.
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Nick Saunders, son of FBJ publisher John, has gone into the shipping container business – but not as you might be expected. Rather than grapple with paltry freight rates and cancelled sailings, he has found a much more profitable use for his boxes – catering to the hipsters of Cardiff ...
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Lufthansa has launched six-time a week flights between Newcastle and Munich, operated by an Airbus A319 aircraft and offering cargo capacity. Frequency of the Glasgow-Frankfurt service will also be increased from daily to double daily in the summer and the additional flight, like the existing one, will also carry freight. ...
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DP World has agreed to acquire a majority 51% stake in TIS Container Terminal in the Port of Yuzhny, Ukraine, subject to conditions, including regulatory approval. It said the acquisition also complements the existing operations of DP World's P&O Maritime Services business through a joint venture with TIS Group, providing ...
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Brittany Ferries and Ports of Normandy have unveiled details of a new rail-sea intermodal project linking the south-west of France with the UK and Ireland via a new rail-sea terminal at the port of Cherbourg. It would be based on a new rail link from Mouguerre, near Bayonne on the ...
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Yusen Logistics has started operations at a new cross-dock facility at the East Midlands Gateway multimodal terminal in Northampton. The 85,000sq ft site will provide a hub service for white goods customers and the Yusen Logistics pallet network for general goods.
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Former Man United star Andy Cole will be speaking at FTA’s annual Northern Ireland Logistics Lunch, at the Merchant Hotel in Belfast on Friday 5 June.
Famed for his role in the treble victory in 1999 – the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League titles – the ex-England striker will ...
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Increased customs checks at UK ports are likely to drive up demand for warehousing in an already tight market said UK Warehousing Association chief executive Peter Ward, following remarks by Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove at a recent Border Delivery Group.
He said that Gove also made it ...
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ABP has welcomed chief secretary to the Treasury, Rishi Sunak to the Port of Southampton to launch the ten-week consultation on creating up to ten freeports in the UK.
The port owner and operator said several of its locations offer large areas of development land close to deep water and that ...
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Eurotunnel Le Shuttle freight traffic showed a 10% decrease in January compared with the same month in 2019, to 131,098 vehicles. It said the start of 2019 benefitted strongly from stockpiling in anticipation of Brexit.
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