September 2020
Shortsea and intermodal operator WEC Lines is to launch a new weekly service linking Bilbao and north-central Spain with Thamesport, Immingham, Teesport and Blyth. A regular ship shuttle service operated by the MV Freya departs Bilbao on Wednesdays at 17.00 with arrival into the four UK ports, with transhipment at the Dutch port of Moerdijk, the following Saturday. Departures in the return direction from the UK are at midnight on ...
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Forth Ports has appointed Ian Wilson as intermodal and logistics development manager to focus on the rail offering in Tilbury and Grangemouth.
He previously worked for Eddie Stobart for 20 years in a number of roles, latterly as business development manager in the rail freight division. Forth Ports chief operating officer ...
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Turkish Cargo has integrated robotic process automation into its business processes to minimise error and reduce costs while improving employee productivity and speed of operation.
The system will initially be used to control spot rate approvals, mail rates, and cargo booking. It will also check that the different ‘robots’ are working ...
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The Thames Estuary Growth Board says that the needs of residents should be put first in its guiding principles for freeport proposals in the region, published on 24 September.Freeports have different customs rules to the rest of the country and offer wider benefits for businesses such as planning reforms, funding ...
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Geodis has confirmed a schedule of return flights between China and Europe and back, through to early 2021, as part of its own controlled AirDirect service. The forwarder originally instigated full aircraft charter arrangements on this route in March with ad hoc flights and introduced a weekly timetable in June ...
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s Pharma Cargo Community has set up a readiness group to ensure the temperature-controlled supply chain is ready for the safe and efficient transportation of Covid vaccines.
A taskforce led by Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN), Schiphol Cargo and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, including shippers, pharma producers, forwarders, airlines, ...
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The government is insisting that the Smart Freight portal will be operating in time for Brexit at the end of the year, despite doubts expressed over its readiness by the industry.
In a letter to traders and hauliers about plans for potential disruption to freight travelling between Great Britain and the ...
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Logistics UK’s (formerly FTA)’s annual Scottish conference will be held virtually on 3 December. The Logistics Scotland one-day event will include presentations on all modes of transport and will focus on the key issues affecting the industry, including future workforce challenges, environmental sustainability, EU-Exit, and modal shifts for goods between ...
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CEVA Logistics in Thailand has set up a new ocean branch in Laem Chabang, the country’s main deep sea port. Positioned in the Eastern Economic Corridor, it will help to address the evolving supply chain needs of the country’s industrial powerhouse of industrial production, says managing director, Thailand and Emerging ...
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Freight forwarder DSV has added an extra weekly inbound 747 freighter departure from Shanghai and a new Hong Kong-Luxembourg route as part of its Air Charter Network. Flights now operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from Shanghai to Luxembourg and on Wednesdays: from Hong Kong to Luxembourg.
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