December 2020

Priority offers Brexit airbridge lifeline

Time-critical logistics specialist Priority Freight and charter airline company Jota Aviation are to set up an ‘air bridge’ between mainland Europe and the UK from January. It says it will offer clients some peace-of-mind, by guaranteeing on-time delivery of critical goods.The air bridge will offer return flights twice daily, using a BAe146 between Ostend and Birmingham. The service is available for Priority Freight clients to book immediately, with any remaining ... [+]

Kazakhstan gains World Logistics Passport

The Republic of Kazakhstan has joined the World Logistics Passport (WLP) initiative to boost trading opportunities between developing markets. The memorandum of understanding was signed between Kazakhstan Minister of Trade and Integration, Bakhyt Sultanov and, Chairman of Dubai's Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem. The WLP ... [+]

We’re ready for Brexit says Cuxhaven

The port of Cuxhaven says that it is well-prepared for the end of Brexit transition on 31 December. The Germany gateway, around 70% of whose traffic is to and from Great Britain says that its unaccompanied traffic should not be affected by the need for customs clearance. Port businesses, customs ... [+]

Rhenus opens Mexico City branch

The Rhenus Group has expanded its Air & Ocean Division for the Americas to include Mexico City. The new branch will offer cross border services to facilitate trade between the US and Mexico. The new branch is close to Benito Juarez International Airport. Rhenus Mexico is also present in the ... [+]

MPs join call for action over port chaos

The Chairs of two Commons select committees, International Trade and Transport, have written to their Secretaries of State calling for government intervention to tackle substantial disruption at UK container ports. Angus Brendan MacNeil MP and Huw Merriman MP called on the departments to examine the situation and intervene. In the letter, they ... [+]

Transport workers still lack access to toilets, says union

Many transport people still lack access to decent sanitation, says the International Transport Workers' Federation. It adds that the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated longstanding problems. Workers who prior to 2020 relied on the facilities at cafés and restaurants suddenly found those facilities closed during national lockdowns, and were forced to ... [+]

Longer trains take the strain

Trains of up to half a mile long have helped deliver more critical goods such as food and medicines during the Covid pandemic in moving critical goods, says national rail infrastructure operator, Network Rail. Since the start of 2020, Network Rail and rail freight operators have collaborated to allow freight trains ... [+]

Maersk signs pharma deal

AP Moller-Maersk has signed a logistics agreement with pharma firm Novo Nordisk from April 2021. The three-year agreement on cold chain logistics covers transportation including ocean services and inland logistics. [+]

Hapag-Lloyd offers faster Middle East and Indian sub links

Hapag-Lloyd has revised its services to the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent with a direction connection between North Europe and the Middle East via its new Indian Ocean Service 3 and has reconfigured its Indian Ocean Service, the Gulf East Mediterranean (GM) Service and the Indian Subcontinent Mediterranean Express. It ... [+]

DFDS readies Rosslare vessels

DFDS says that its Visby, Kerry, and Optima Seaways freight ferries are ready to start operations on the new Rosslare/Dunkerque freight route from 2 January. Visby and Kerry are chartered ships, including crews, and Optima Seaways ia a DFDS owned vessel currently operating between Sweden and Lithuania. Each has capacity ... [+]

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