October 2020
DHL Express is expecting unprecedented online shopping and shipping volumes this Christmas. With growing numbers of merchants selling globally and online coupled with the uncertainty created by the Covid pandemic, consumers are shifting their shopping activities to the online world like never before. This will apply to ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’ as well as to the whole Christmas shopping season and DHL Express is expecting an all-time high in ...
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CH Robinson’s Nick Ghia is urging businesses across the country to learn lessons from the national lockdown in March as the country braces itself for more restrictions in local areas over the coming months to stem the tide of the coronavirus.
Ghia, who is general manager, North-West Europe at the multi-modal ...
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Maritime Transport has added a new rail service between DP World London Gateway and its terminal at East Midlands Gateway.
Its tenth rail service to date runs five days a week from Monday to Friday with a weekly capacity of up to 320 containers. There are already twice-daily services between East ...
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Some shipping lines will not be allowed to put empty containers on the quay at Felixstowe from Monday 26 October, reports Essex freight forwarder Woodland Group.
This will affect deliveries the following week with a possibility that some may not be carried out. Woodland says it is working with the carriers ...
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The Port of Tilbury carried out successful trials of the rail connection to its new Tilbury2 terminal on 14 October. When fully operational next year, the site – which will handle primarily building materials and containers – will be central to the low-carbon aspirations of customers such as Tarmac and ...
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France-Germany freight operator Heppner has appointed Frank Burkert as sales director Germany. He brings almost 30 years' experience in the transport and logistics industry including a number of management posts at DB Schenker. He will also be responsible for the sales teams working in the group's other organisations in Germany, ...
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IAG Cargo has restarted year-round, three times per week direct flights from London Heathrow to Tokyo paused due to coronavirus. Tokyo is particularly significant for the export of pharmaceutical goods, on the carrier’s Constant Climate service.
Area commercial manager for Japan and Korea, Alec Rayner, said: “Japan is an important ...
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Photographers throughout the country are invited to capture the beauty of the British Coastline in a competition organised by the British Ports Association.The competition is open to anyone, including members of the public and workers anywhere coastal in the UK, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and ...
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The government is encouraging hauliers to apply for ECMT (European Conference of Ministers of Transport) permits “as a precautionary measure” in case current negotiations fail to eliminate the need for them.
The announcement set alarm bells ringing in the trade, with Logistics UK saying that in a call with government the ...
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Emirates SkyCargo says it will set up the world’s largest GDP- compliant air cargo hub in Dubai for global distribution of the Covid vaccine.
It will be the world’s first dedicated airside cargo hub for the vaccine and will be created by reopening the Emirates SkyCentral DWC cargo terminal in Dubai ...
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