September 2020
Associated British Ports has started work to repair Swansea West Pier to help prevent coastal erosion. Located near to the Tawe Barrage in Swansea Bay and owned by ABP, the pier was damaged during recent storms. The inner section of the pier provides wave protection to the navigation channel and the Tawe Barrage. It also holds the beach area to the west of the pier in its current position.
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Transport business groups and associations from across Europe have written to Brexit negotiators Michel Barnier and David Frost to reach a deal on trucking after the UK leaves the European Union. The letter was coordinated by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and was signed by 33 organisations, including Logistics ...
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Worldwide Flight Services’ team in Toulouse, France provided ground and cargo handling services for a special humanitarian flight organised by the Airbus Foundation to help victims of the devastating explosion in Beirut on 4 August.
In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, Airbus provided satellite imagery to analyse the damage in ...
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International Airline Group (IAG)’s Cargo division has loaded a record 50,026kg of cargo on a B777-300ER from Mumbai to London. The cargo included fruits and vegetables, pharma and courier but it was the large amount of high density engineering goods that made the weight difference. Since the start of the pandemic, ...
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DHL’s Global Forwarding arm says it will be neutralizing the carbon emissions of all its less-than-container load (LCL) ocean freight shipments from 1 January as part of its Mission 2050 – Zero Emissions scheme. Heavy marine oil will be replaced by sustainable biofuel on a preselected container vessel. The biofuel ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines flew essential supplies on a dedicated An-124-100 charter flight for Moria camp refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos, a week after the fire destroyed their camp. The flight from Vienna to Athens was organized in cooperation with Chapman Freeborn Airmarketing.
Commercial director Ekaterina Andreeva, said: “It is heartbreaking ...
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Containerships is expanding its service between Poland and the UK with dedicated shuttle services between Gdynia and Teesport and Gdynia and Tilbury, in addition to existing services. Port calls in the UK are on Tuesday and in Poland on Saturday.
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Hellmann Worldwide has appointed Monika Thielemann-Hald as Global Head of Automotive Logistics, succeeding Martin Wehner, who becomes Chief Commercial Officer Europe. She spent almost 20 years at Schenker in various management positions in the automotive sector before moving to Panalpina in 2014, where she established the Automotive Logistics Solutions division ...
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Seaborne Freight, the ‘ferryless ferry company’ that won a £13.8million government contract in 2018 to run extra Channel crossings in the run-up to Brexit despite having no vessels, has appointed a voluntary liquidator and will go out of business, owing almost £2 million, reports the Isle of Thanet News. Despite ...
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Freight operators are reporting long delays on roads leading to Dover after the port of Calais was by a 24-hour strike by French unions. Services have been suspended and operators are diverting to alternative ports with the port of Dover remaining operational.
Woodland Group says that there are delays on the ...
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