September 2020

Cargo groups publish quick guide to container packing – updated

The Cargo Integrity Group of five international freight transport and cargo handling organisations have published a ‘Quick Guide’ to the United Nations sponsored Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (the CTU Code), together with a checklist of actions and responsibilities for those involved. It is part of a range of activities to further the adoption and implementation of crucial safety practices by the Container Owners Association, the Global ... [+]

Qatar Airways to triple network by mid-October

Qatar Airways said its global network more than triple in size by mid-October. Its programme includes increased frequencies from its Doha hub to Manchester to 17 a week from 2 October, along with the resumption of services to Amman, Entebbe, Hanoi, Seychelles, Windhoek and Yerevan and the launch of new ... [+]

Felixstowe in crisis warn freight operators – updated

Container groupage operator Globelink Fallow is warning that operational problems at the port of Felixstowe had reached crisis point. The port had already been affected by the Covid crisis as the need to deep clean equipment after shift restricted capacity and lengthened turnaround times. Now, however, the port appears to have ... [+]

Tesco launches railfreight drive

Tesco has launched a new £5m investment programme to move more freight by rail, particularly between the Midlands and North-east England, reports the BusinessGreen website. The investment includes 500 new rail boxes and two new stacking recently unveiled at Tesco's Daventry site. The increased rail service could replace 40 truckloads ... [+]

Big ships star on the small screen

Heavylift operator AAL Shipping is to be included in the latest series of the Discovery Channel’s ‘Mega Shippers’ programme.  The show tracks a small number of impressive operations worldwide. The two episodes follow AAL’s shipment in early 2020 of six giant Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes (RTGs) from Shanghai, China, to ... [+]

Verdion appoints investment guru

Pan-European logistics specialist Verdion has appointed Oliver Kemper as senior investment manager. Based in Frankfurt, he will identify, negotiate and execute acquisitions and disposals for Verdion European Logistics Fund 1, focussing on urban logistics assets in edge-of-town or infill locations in strategic locations in Northern Europe. He joins from KanAm ... [+]

Gothenburg adds weekly Oslo rail link

A new weekly container rail shuttle service has been introduced between the port of Gothenburg and Oslo. It is operated by Norwegian rail operator Cargonet and will initially run once a week in each direction. Port of Gothenburg vice president, Claes Sundmark: said: “Somewhat boastfully we usually say that we are ... [+]

New chief for Port of Cork

The Port of Cork Company has appointed Eoin McGettigan as chief executive, replacing Brendan Keating who has retired after 18 years. He takes up the position on 1 October 2020 for a term of five years. McGettigan has spent the last decade providing strategic advice to a wide variety of companies ... [+]

Grayling to become Hutchison Ports advisor

Former Transport Secretary and current Conservative MP for Epsom and Ewell Chris Grayling has been appointed by Hutchison Ports as a part-time advisor, reports the BBC. He will be paid around £100,000 a year for a seven-hour week, it says. Under Whitehall rules, he will be limited to advising the ... [+]

Port of Middlesbrough is reborn

Teesside logisitics business AV Dawson has named its port facility Port of Middlesbrough – reviving a name from over 100 years ago AV Dawson has amalgamated several parts of its Middlesbrough-based port and logistics operations to form one, integrated facility. The new name honours a port that was on  the same stretch ... [+]

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