November 2020
ABP’s Port of Ipswich has signed a new lease with Express Freight Services for vehicle storage and office space. It covers a 1.34 acre compound located at the West Bank Terminal. ABP has re-surfaced the yard and installed new security fencing.
Express Freight Services managing director Andrew Baxter said the improved site would allow the company to invest in office and welfare facilities and give scope to expand the business in ...
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Maersk is increasing the frequency of its AE19 rail-sea service between Asia and North Europe to twice-weekly, adding that it plans to scale it up to daily if demand continues at its current rate.
AE19 is a combination of a short-sea and intercontinental rail between ports in Korea, China and Japan ...
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Swire Shipping has deployed its first 2,750teu newbuild vessel on its newly upgraded North Asia Express (NAX) service. The fixed-day fortnightly NAX schedule operates between Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Hong Kong, Lae, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and Townsville (northern Australia). The vessel is fitted with three 45-tonne cranes for breakbulk, ...
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German-owned logistics and terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) recorded a positive operating result in the first nine months of 2020 but one that was 38.9 % below the prior-year figure. Revenue also declined (- 8.1 %). Container throughput and container transport recorded declines, due to the loss ...
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Yusen Logistics has started operations at a new site in Bradville, Milton Keynes to store and distribute white and brown goods. White Goods and consumer electronics require specific types of space, with a good mix between racked and non-racked. The site is a recently refurbished single-story warehouse with enclosed yard ...
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Portsmouth-based handler Portico has moved its first empty containers for a global shipping line - a shipment of CMA CGM boxes loaded onto BG Freight vessel, MV Elbstrom, bound for Europe.
With the UK currently awash with empty containers due to problems at Felixstowe and other deepsea ports, Portico is working ...
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UPS is relaxing its ban on facial hair in its latest employee guidelines, reports the BBC. The parcels giant now allows public facing employees to sport facial hair like beards and moustaches as long as they are worn in a business-like manner and do not create safety concerns.
It said the ...
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Logistics UK policy director Elizabeth de Jong addressed the House of Commons Select Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union on 11 November, calling on the government to provide the clarity and systems its members require to prepare for the end of Brexit transition on 31 December. Without ...
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Customs clearance software firm Agency Sector Management (ASM) says it will not support HMRC’s CHIEF replacement CDS for shipments in and out of Northern Ireland, citing an unacceptable level of risk, no workable contingency plan and a lack of user support.
In a letter to HMRC chief executive and first permanent ...
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Port of Hamburg operators have come up with a novel solution to the problem of imbalanced rail freight flows. A new system developed by ILG Innovative Logistics Group on behalf of Logistik Service GmbH (LogServ) allows 20-foot export containers to be loaded into bulk wagons that have been used to ...
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