September 2020
Hapag-Lloyd has unveiled a Customer Dashboard allowing users to access performance information based on their business with the shipping line. Booking Response, bills of lading, ”, “Timely and invoicing and loading can easily be checked, which will display how well Hapag-Lloyd is delivering on its promises. Another six quality promises will be introduced on a quarterly basis until the end of 2021, all of them also fully trackable via the ...
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Brittany Ferries has made further cutbacks to its services in the face of a slump in passenger business, including the closure of the Cherbourg-Portsmouth and Le Havre-Portsmouth routes. The Connemara, currently serving the two routes, will be taken out of service entirely from 7 September.
It follows previously announced closure of ...
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DSV has extended its participation in the Plug and Play innovation programme, one the largest of its kind in the world. The programme matches start-ups with corporates to accelerate innovation for both. The Danish-owned forwarder DSV is concentrating on warehouse automation, end-to-end visibility, e-commerce logistics, supply chain digitisation and sustainability.
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APM Terminals Pipavav in Gujarat, north-west India has approved an Rs. 7 billion (€80 million) plan to upgrade the port's facilities to handle bigger ships and increase annual container capacity from 1.35 to 1.6 million teu. Implementation of a Western Dedicated Freight Corridor is expected to increase cargo volume.
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Geodis is launching a new, guaranteed 4-to-6-day business to consumer delivery service from the US to 27 European countries. MyParcel aims to offer an alternative for the many online buyers that abandon purchases due to high shipping costs, long delivery times, customs fees and taxes that are not revealed until after ...
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Freight forwarder Rhenus has created a direct UK-Turkey route, allowing goods to remain in one network door to door.It bypasses the existing stopover in Germany, and offers multiple weekly departures to Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa and Izmir.Headquartered in Istanbul, Rhenus Intermodal Systems has offices in Ankara, Bursa, G.Antep, Izmir and Mersin, ...
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HMM’s latest 24,000teu vessel, the HMM Hamburg, is due to make her maiden call at its namesake port on 3 September. She is one of 12 new container ships being put into service by the South Korean shipping line since April.With a slot capacity of 23,964teu, the HMM Hamburg and ...
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EV Cargo says that its Technology arm’s Packaging Compliance software module has helped Marks & Spencer increase shipping container fill levels for clothing by more than 15% to a market-leading 95%. Since implementing the system a year ago, the retailer has been able to rationalise 3,800 carton types to ten ...
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AP Moller-Maersk is to carry out a restructuring of its shipping and forwarding activities, with the Safmarine and Damco brands set to disappear by the end of the year.
The Safmarine southern African shipping brand will be integrated into Maersk while forwarding arm Damco air and less than container load offering ...
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Air cargo demand is stable but at lower levels than 2019, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its July data. Global demand, in cargo tonne-kilometers, fell by 13.5% in July (-15.5% for international operations) compared to the previous year. That is a modest improvement from the 16.6% year-on-year ...
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