June 2020
The Freight Transport Association has written to Michael Gove asking for sufficient time allowed at the end of the negotiations to enable the logsitics industry to adapt to new arrangements, whatever is agreed.
Policy director Elizabeth de Jong said on 10 June that it looked looks more and more likely that consensus will not be reached between the two sides until the eleventh hour, at the end of the UK’s transition period for leaving the ...
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GB Railfreight has signed a new contract to lease 52 more Ecofret2 Intermodal wagons from VTG Rail UK. The operator has already signed deals with the leasing company for 32 similar wagons which will enter service in 2020 and 2021. The wagons allow for more containers to be carried per ...
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Ashley Nicholson, senior harbour master at Forth Ports' Grangemouth and president elect of the UK Harbour Masters Association has been appointed permanently to the latter role. She will serve for two years, succeeding Shoreham Port’s Julian Seaman.
[caption id="attachment_30339" align="alignleft" width="200"] Picture: Peter Devlin[/caption]
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DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Gisele Bambara as country manager in Burkina Faso, Lamine Junior Cisse in Senegal (retaining the role of industrial projects commercial manager) and his predecessor, Elhadji Galaye Ndaw, in Cote d’Ivoire. All three will report directly to DHL Global Forwarding, West Africa, chief executive, Serigne Ndanck ...
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Maersk Line has increased the frequency of its AE19 Asia/Northern Europe ocean-rail service, from monthly and west-bound only to fortnightly in both directions. It uses a sea leg between Busan to Vostochy with rail for the Vostochy/St Petersburg section and with transit times from 16 days.
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The EU Humanitarian Air Bridge is operating three flights to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), carrying workers and essential supplies to help the country tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The flights are fully EU funded, and are part of a joint effort between the European Union, Belgium, France, and humanitarian ...
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British Airways and the oneworld alliance said they would fly from Heathrow to over 20 long-haul destinations in July in its provisional flying program published in early June. Services will include Atlanta, San Francisco, Mexico City, Dubai, Johannesburg, and Seoul. BA’s IAG Cargo arm said in May that 21 flights ...
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Multipurpose and project heavy lift line AAL Shipping has moved 38 private yachts up to 32m long on deck in a single sailing from Fort Lauderdale, US, to Southampton, UK and Antwerp. The cargo covered 2,500sq m – about half a soccer pitch – and was carried aboard the 31,000dwt ...
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Linde Material Handling is to supply materials handling equipment for Europa Warehouse new £60m warehouse in Corby, Northants. The new site at Midlands Logistics Park will double Europa Warehouse’s logistics portfolio and is being built 18 metres high with three mezzanine floors. Racking is on nine levels and utilises the latest handling ...
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Six European shortsea and feeder ship operators have filed an official complaint with the European Commission, claiming that International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) attempts to force ships to use dockers for container lashing violate EU competition law.
In a letter to the Directorate-General for Competition on 19 May, the operators called ...
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