February 2021
DP World London Gateway has added two new liner services. It has replaced Felixstowe as the UK call for Maersk’s service which calls at East Mediterranean including Limassol, Ashdod, Alexandria, Haifa, Mersin, and Port Said East. In January, it became the UK port of call for Unifeeder’s new St Petersburg service after the short-sea operator introduced an additional loop connecting the Benelux and Russian markets with Britain. The new service ...
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Associated British Ports has launched its graduate training scheme for 2021. Applications are now open for five roles in specialisms including port management, human resources, property and finance at locations including ABP’s head office in London and ports on the Humber and Southampton. The scheme will commence in September 2021 ...
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Global shipping line CMA CGM is to set up its own airfreight arm, including the acquisition of four Airbus A330-200F freighter aircraft. CMA CGM Air Cargo will operate as a specialised air freight division for the French-based company, which also includes the forwarding and logistics arm Ceva in its stable.
The ...
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Shoreham Port and partner H2evolution have started work on a hydrogen hub. A planning application will shortly be developed to establish a 20- megawatt electrolysis plant to the south of the Port’s lock gates to produce the green fuel, which should start to become available from 2024. Demand for hydrogen ...
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DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has been contracted to handle Covid vaccine distribution to Japan, with the first delivery in mid-February. Further shipments will be delivered by air from the DHL Global Forwarding hub in Belgium to Japan throughout the year. DHL ...
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Hands up who let the significance of yesterday’s date (14 February) pass them by? Let’s hope she’s let you out of the doghouse now.
But there was no chance of the folk at IAG Cargo being unaware of the approach of Valentine’s Day as it transported nearly 450 tonnes of cut ...
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Freight forwarding technology company E-Gistics has received a government £131,000 cash injection for its new online distribution platform for vendors and independent hauliers, with the help of R&D tax consultancy Catax.
It allows independent hauliers, pallet members and forwarders to digitise deliveries by combinations of independent firms, priced and booked online, ...
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The ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge have announced a merger that will create Europe’s largest container port by tonnage, handling 157 million tonnes a year - Port of Antwerp-Bruges. It will be the 13th largest port in the world in TEU terms, one of the largest break bulk ports and ...
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Agility and its digital innovation arm, Shipa, have launched a bonded, express road freight network across the Arabian Gulf region. It offers less-than-truckload and full truckload service with daily departures and scheduled pickups in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain. It draws on Agility’s warehousing network and road ...
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Air Atlanta Icelandic has introduced weekly 747-400 freighter flights between Liege, Belgium and Miami International Airport. It is the fourth freighter operator to launch services between Belgium and the Florida gateway in the past 12 months. Air Atlanta Icelandic is using Boeing B747-400F aircraft with a maximum payload of 127 ...
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