March 2021
United Seaways is to launch a ‘Brexit buster’ route direct from Tangier, Morocco to Poole.
The operator says that the new line, which has been in planning for over two years will help bypass post-Brexit congestion and additional import procedures compared with transiting via Europe and will also significantly reduce emissions.
The route will run once per week and cut journey times to under three days, compared to more than six days ...
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The first container to be moved by Maersk by rail from Japan to the UK has arrived in Felixstowe. The 40’ box on 2 March from Yokohama travelled by sea and then on the logistics operator’s AE19 service between the ports of Vostochniy and St. Petersburg. Transit shipments from Japan ...
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DFDS will introduce a fourth freight ferry to its service between Rosslare and Dunkerque in Northern France. The Ark Dania has a capacity of 188 trucks including 12 driver accompanied units and 176 unaccompanied. It will also free up capacity on the three other ferries for more driver accompanied traffic. ...
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Lufthansa Cargo says it achieved the best result in its 26-year history in the 2020 financial year. Revenue rose by 11% to €2.76 billion euros, while adjusted earnings before interest and tax rocketed almost out of sight, from €1m to €772 million. Average load factor improved by 7.8% to 69.1% ...
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Just a day after the Budget and the unveiling of the first eight freeports in England, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak visited Teesport, one of the successful bidders, on 4 March.
Frans Calje, chief executive of operator PD Ports, thanked the Government for the opportunity to create ...
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European parcels giant DPD says its revenue grew 42% during the Covid crisis. Publishing its 2020 results, it said its takings hit £11 billion, with 1.9 billion parcels delivered worldwide, or 7.5 million a day. Profits doubled to €800 million. DPD Group said that Covid 19 led to an unexpected ...
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Netherlands-based Wholesale by Vels has signed a partnership with fellow wholesaler Consol Alliance to develop trade air cargo business on the Europe-Australia route. It will initially operate weekly, trade-only unitised airfreight consolidations from Amsterdam Schiphol to major Australian airports on premium carriers. Frequency is expected to increase over the coming ...
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Logistics UK’s policy manager for Northern Ireland, Seamus Leheny has welcomed the government’s announcement that it would extend the grace periods relating to border checks on SPS agri-food goods, originally set to expire after 31 March.
He said: “We are pleased the government listened to the advice we shared with Rt Hon Michael Gove MP and European Commission vice president Maroš Šefčovič at ...
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The Chancellor has chosen eight locations for the first freeports in England in today’s Budget.They are: East Midlands Airport, Felixstowe/Harwich, Liverpool, Humber, Plymouth, Solent, Thames and Teesside.
However the British Ports Association said more designations could be needed elsewhere to prevent regions losing out. BPA chief executive Richard Ballantyne, described them ...
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The Multimodal freight conference and exhibition has been postponed again – to 19-21 October.
The event at Birmingham NEC was originally planned for June 2020 but has been repeatedly postponed, due to the Covid-129 crisis.
However, it says that it is now “committed” to the new dates for the free-to-attend networking and ...
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