June 2020
German-owned forwarder Rhenus Group aims to deliver up to 200 million essential medical supplies to support Covid-19 relief efforts in several countries including France, Italy, Djibouti and Canada.
It says that as governments around the world rapidly evolve their policies and measures to curb the pandemic, Rhenus has had to demonstrate fluidity and adaptability to overcome unprecedented logistics challenges, such as arranging dedicated charter aircraft. It has also thoroughly sanitised all ...
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Automotive logistics specialist Gefco has moved 500 tons of key automotive parts from Wuhan, China to France on one of the first block trains to travel from the city since the COVID-19 global crisis. The 41 containers arrived at the Lille Dourges terminal (pictured) in northern France 19 days after ...
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Agility Spain has moved into a new 11,000sq m warehouse and office at ZAL Port (Prat) in the Port of Barcelona. Features of the warehouse include free height of 11 meters in the storage area and a deck roof. The facility was built by CILSA, the company that manages the ...
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Europa Warehouse has moved into its new £60m third party logistics site at in Corby on schedule, despite the Covid-19 crisis.
Located on a 25-acre site at Midlands Logistics Park, the ground floor of the new Corby warehouse is equivalent to seven football pitches with 715,000sq ft dedicated to logistics and ...
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BG Freight Line has added an additional weekly container service between Liverpool and Dublin. The Peel Ports-owned short sea operator now operates three times a week between the two ports.
BG Freight Line chief executive Koert Luitwieler said: “We are always looking for new growth opportunities and adding another service to ...
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One month before the deadline for a ministerial decision on the Development Consent Order for the A303 improvement scheme, Freight Transport Association policy manager Chris Yarsley is urging the government to decide in favour. He said: “This initiative is vital to solving the reliability, congestion and safety issues along this ...
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The world’s biggest container ship, HMM Algeciras, has arrived at DP World London Gateway port at the end of her maiden voyage to the UK. At 24,000teu and 400 metres long, her arrival on the Thames on 14 June concluded a voyage from China, via South Korea and north-west Europe.
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French rail operators have set up a new alliance, Fret Ferroviaire Français du Futur (4F) to promote the freight industry throughout the country. It aims to double freight on the network by 2030 and medium and long-term plans to this end are now being prepared.
Rail freight in France has stagnated ...
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FTA Ireland (FTAI) has welcomed the imminent formation of a new Irish government following the indecisive election result several months ago, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and the Green Party confirmed they had agreed to set up an alliance.
However, FTAI general manager Aidan Flynn said there are many urgent questions to ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) said that it hopes the package of measures unveiled by HMRC recently to accelerate growth of the UK’s customs intermediary sector is successful.
Director general, Robert Keen explained: “Whilst we welcome the additional funding, as we did when the first two rounds of funding were ...
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