June 2020
Portsmouth stevedore Portico has taken delivery of a new 432-tonne mobile harbour crane. Able to provide tandem lifts up to 250 tonnes, it is expected to boost the south coast port’s presence in the heavylift market and will be essential to handle the business of current customer MHI Vestas in continuing to manage some of the world's largest wind blades when they arrive on bigger vessels.
The £3m crane is owned ...
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Hull-based heavylift transport operator Abnormal Load Services and sister company within the Wilhelmsen Group, Norsea are launching a new logistics company, Elevon, focusing solely on the wind industry. It will provide project advisory services, logistics management and solutions, as well as technical services.
ALS says that while transporting large and delicate ...
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Xpediator chief executive Stephen Blyth is to step down from his position but will continue as a director and non-executive deputy chairman, due to health issues. A new permanent chief executive will be appointed Meanwhile, chief financial officer Robert Ross and chief operating officer Logistics Romania Danor Ionescu will jointly ...
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National Windrush Day at Tilbury will this year be celebrated by a short video to celebrate the contribution - to the NHS especially - of immigrants from the West Indies and the role of the Port of Tilbury in their arrival in the 72 years ago on 22 June 1948.
Stuart ...
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Worldwide Flight Services says its investment in 12 dedicated pharma facilities at airports in Europe (including London) the US and Africa has paid off with significant increases in time- and temperature-sensitive volumes in the first five months of 2020. They will also provide vital support to airlines, freight forwarders and ...
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Davies Turner has postponed its 150th anniversary staff birthday party, due to be held on 20 June, until next year. It says that the UK's largest independent freight forwarding company (which is still in the same family ownership as it was in 1870) believes that the innovative thinking that has ...
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The Multimodal 2020 show and conference has been postponed again, to 23-25 March, 2021, at the Birmingham NEC. The move follows advice from Public Health England and the UK government.
The event was originally planned for June 2020 and was then postponed to November 2020, due to the Covid-129 crisis.
However, organisers ...
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Chapman Freeborn has signed an agreement to acquire Arcus Air Logistics and Arcus Air OBC from the Arcus Air Group. Offering ad-hoc air cargo charter and on board courier services primarily to the automotive industry, Arcus Air Logistics provides cargo charter services with its own fleet of two Dornier 228-212 ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) has signed up European digital booking platform Bosch Secure Truck Parking as a partner. It has contributed to a 42.9% growth in the Association’s database of secure parking places in the last 12 months.
TAPA’s Parking Security requirement (PSR) industry standard was launched in 2019 ...
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Guernsey-based cyber insurance and risk management specialists Astaara has published a white paper in partnership with the British Ports Association to promote cyber security in ports.
The recent rapidexpansion in remote working and reliance on technology in maritime business continuity throughout the covid-19 crisis has boosted interest in cyber security and ...
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