November 2020
Eurotunnel says its Le Shuttle Freight service reached pre-Covid levels in October with 142,542 trucks carried. While this was down 7% compared on the record month of October 2019 figures then were boosted by stockpiling effect ahead of expected Brexit. Since 1 January 2020, almost 1.2 million trucks have crossed the Channel on Eurotunnel shuttles.
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DP World Southampton has welcomed the Jacques Saade, the world’s first 23,000teu containership powered fully by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
LNG is considered to be the least polluting type of marine fuel currently available. It reduces greenhouse gas emissions and improves air quality and enables a 99% reduction in sulphur dioxide ...
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PD Ports will launch a week of initiatives to improve the wellbeing of its people on 9 November. This will include pausing operations for a short period to encourage conversation, to raise awareness of mental health issues and reduce the stigma that stops so many people from seeking help as ...
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The global air cargo market maintained its slow, six-month road to recovery in October, according to October data from analysts CLIVE Data Services. However, the industry will be waiting cautiously to see if a sudden fall in demand in the last week of the month signals a new hiatus in ...
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Containerships has appointed Eduard Backer as chief commercial officer. He joins from parent company CMA CGM where he was managing director for Netherlands operations and will be based in Rotterdam for the immediate future.
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Agility has become the first logistics company in Abu Dhabi to operate double-trailer trucks, to reduce emissions by cutting the number of trips made.
About 50 of Agility’s fleet in the Emirate are now double-trailer trucks. In the first six months of operation, fleet management data showed that the double trailers ...
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Samskip Logistics has launched a mySamskipLogistics global forwarding customer portal aimed particularly at reefer and other specialised cargo shippers. It allows customers to make freight bookings online and access track and trace information with shipment status, references and comments available at any time, together with documents and invoices.
Samskip Logistics director ...
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Former DFDS employee Coreen Penheiro Wharton has gone into business for herself, offering a ‘Cloud Based Assistant’ service that could be music to the ears of hard-pressed company management. Wharton, whose roles included personal assistant, safety systems and communications officer is combining her experience to provide a single point of ...
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Containerships has added a Balt VI service between Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Teesport, Operated by the MV A2B Leader, it offers 280teu capacity a week with a transit time of four days. Departures from Klaipeda are on Friday with arrival in Teesport on Monday. Geoff Lippitt, chief commercial officer at Teesport’s ...
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IAG Cargo has partnered with IATA’s air cargo rates distribution platform, IATA Net Rates.It will give the carrier’s customers instant access to rates and availability and facilitate real-time bookings to hundreds of destinations. Recently launched for the South Africa market and rolling out globally shortly, the IATA platform offers freight ...
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