August 2020
Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested nearly £4 million in new equipment at Newport, South Wales during the last nine months.
The most recent investments are a new Liebherr mobile crane (pictured) and a Sany 32-tonne heavy duty forklift truck, a combined investment of £2.3 million. The truck will assist in the handling steel coils and slabs at Newport and will allow ABP’s team to load heavier cargo in a single ...
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Improved access to the Port of Liverpool and a new road and tunnel under the Thames between Essex and Kent to speed up journeys to and from the Channel ports are included in a £14 billion programme of major road improvements announced by Highways England on 21 August. It also ...
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FedEx has delivered more than 60 tons of aid to medical personnel in Beirut, Lebanon on a dedicated charter flight. The carrier picked up $11 million worth of medicines, medical supplies and PPE from Santa Barbara, California and trucked the load to Memphis. For loading onto a FedEx Express Boeing ...
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Brittany Ferries has made a number of changes to its scheduled services from the end of August following the UK government’s imposition of quarantine on travellers returning from France.
The Armorique, formerly on the Plymouth to Roscoff route, was laid up from 31 August and will be replaced by the Pont-Aven ...
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APM Terminals’ Meridian Port Services in Tema, Ghana achieved an all-time productivity record of 139.91 moves/hour in August.
The MSC Livorno, deployed on MSC’s Africa Express weekly service into Ghana, achieved 145.86 moves/hour after adjusting the permissible deductible times, far exceeding the previous record of 112 moves/hour which was achieved on ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Andy Reay to its commercial team to lead the development of its offshore wind solutions.
ABP’s centres include the £310 million offshore wind facility at Green Port Hull (a joint investment with Siemens Gamesa) and operations and maintenance facilities in Grimsby, Barrow and Lowestoft. His ...
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Freight forwarder cargo-partner is offering less-than-containerload services from Asia to Europe via the port of Koper in Slovenia, including shipments from India, Thailand and Vietnam. It says that transport via the Mediterranean port gives significant time savings for shipments to Southern Europe compared to north European ports. Port-to-port transit times ...
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Gollcher Group has joined forwarding network The WACO System as new member for Malta. It offers services including airfreight, ocean freight, trucking, warehousing, hazardous cargo, project cargo, perishables, pharmaceuticals, live animals from a warehouse at Hal Far between Malta Freeport and Malta International Airport. Gollcher holds Authorised Economic Operator status, ...
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The British Ports Association is calling for evidence for a new Autonomous Shipping in Ports Network on what ports should consider to prepare for receiving autonomous vessels in future. It will feed into the BPA’s own analysis as well as its discussion with industry partners through bodies such as the ...
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A survey of 170 users of Agency Sector Management’s (ASM) Sequoia Customs clearance platform moving freight between Northern Ireland and Great Britain found that many believe that the new measures outlined will have a negative impact on trade.
ASM chairman, Peter MacSwiney, said he was concerned that many of the proposed ...
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