April 2020
AP Moller forwarding arm Damco has appointed Mike Meierkort as head of Americas, in charge of the launch of the new rescue program in the US. This includes a ‘Park and Save’ option to pre-pull laden Customs-cleared containers and store boxes and chassis intact in a secure location. There is also a ‘Strip and Store’ option to de-van and store palletised freight so that empty equipment can be returned, stopping ...
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Peel Ports’ Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal has handled its largest ever cargo volume in a single vessel call since it opened in 2016, after the MSC Federica exchanged 5,452teu.
The vessel is part of MSC’s Turkey Canada service and includes calls at Montreal, Liverpool, Sines, Valencia, Barcelona and Tekirdağ amongst other ...
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The British Ports Association (BPA) has launched a new information resource for UK ports dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. Given the volume of information and guidance being issued on daily from government and numerous agencies, the BPA is now signposting all of this content in one place in a clear ...
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Italian container terminal and intermodal service provider Contship says that there was already a severe shortage of truck drivers, even before the covid-19 outbreak, and that the situation after the covid-19 outbreak “massively deteriorated” due to restrictions on movement and tightened border measures.
Contship is however providing alternative intermodal solutions and ...
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Global air cargo volumes fell by 23% in March versus the same four weeks of 2019, according to the latest intelligence from CLIVE Data Services
The decline in demand accelerated week-on-week throughout March, with the week ending 29 March showing volumes were just half of what was moved in the same ...
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Peel Ports has closed the Irlam container terminal on the Manchester Ship Canal . The canalside terminal appears to have fallen victim to a cash-raising drive by Peel Ports’ owners, which also owns Liverpool, Clydeport and Medway ports in the UK. Last month, it was reported that property tycoon John ...
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East Midlands says it has continued to operate 60% of its scheduled flights during the COVID-19 crisis, more than any other major European Airport.
The latest European air traffic statistics, published by Eurocontrol, show that EMA has seen the smallest drop in flight numbers of any major airport in Europe over ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo has increased freighter frequencies to the Netherlands from nine to 34 each week. The Boeing 777 and 747 freighters operate to Amsterdam and Maastricht, with 27 weekly frequencies to Amsterdam and 7 weekly frequencies to the latter. Amsterdam is one of the biggest gateways in Europe for ...
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Davies Turner chairman, Philip Stephenson says that the group's surface freight subsidiary, is continuing to operate services and logistics operations as near to normal as possible. This is despite global cargo capacity crunches in air and ocean freight.
He says: “Innovative thinking has been central to Davies Turner's 150-year existence. In ...
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