February 2020
The Breakbulk Europe event for the project cargo and breakbulk industry will return to Bremen, Germany, for the fourth consecutive year in 2021 on 18-20 May.
The organisers say the show has grown significantly since the move to Bremen in 2018. The 2020 edition will feature 70 new companies, including Sarens, CEVA Logistics, DP World, and Airbus (the latter has chosen Breakbulk Europe to promote its new Beluga XL aircraft).
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The freight industry has broadly welcomed the government’s go-head for HS2, the UK’s first ever domestic high-speed rail line that will run from London to the Midlands and North of England.
Rail Freight Group (RFG) said the new line could, as well as speeding passengers at up to 200mph, could also ...
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Freightliner says it is considering the future of its terminal at Coatbridge, near Glasgow. It handles regular Freightliner and DRS services to Felixstowe, Southampton, London Gateway, Liverpool, Daventry and Purfleet. Rail Union RMT has called on Freightliner and the Scottish Government to take action to secure the future of the ...
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Two thirds of supply chain industry executives anticipate a recession in 2020 with downward pressure on global trade and ongoing friction between the US and China, according to the 2020 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index published on 11 February. Only 12% of the 780 respondents say a recession is unlikely.
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Scotland's busiest box port, Grangemouth welcomed a major cargo of its own on 11 February when it took delivery of five new Kalmar/Cargotec straddle carriers as part of a multi-million-pound investment. The ESC 440 diesel-electric machines were built in Port of Gdynia, Poland and shipped aboard the specialist cargo ship ...
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French-owned FM Logistic has opened the second stage of its warehouse in the Noginsk district, near Moscow. The new section offers 12,500sq m of additional space, bringing the facility’s total surface to 66,000 m² and its storage capacity to 85,000 pallet spaces to meet demand from customers in the FMCG ...
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DSV’s Canada arm has a new head office and logistics facility at Milton, 20 miles from Toronto. The forwarder says the 1.1 million sq ft (100,000 sq m) facility is the largest multi-user facility in the country.
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Heathrow Airport chief executive, John Holland-Kaye, is warning that Paris Charles de Gaulle is set to overtake the London gateway as Europe’s leading hub airport within the next two years. Despite a record breaking start to the year at Heathrow, with passengers growing by 2.9% in January, Charles de Gaulle ...
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The Freight Transport Association has welcomed remarks by Cabinet minister Michael Gove at a briefing on 10 February, saying they had brought much-need clarity to the logistics industry.
FTA’s UK policy director Elizabeth de Jong said the announcements about the UK’s future relationship with Europe “provide more much-needed clarity for logistics ...
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The British International Freight Association has welcomed financial secretary to the Treasury Jesse Norman’s statement that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has extended the deadline for businesses to apply for support funding to 31 January 2021.
The scheme, first announced in September 2019 and which allows companies affected by Brexit to ...
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