March 2021
Air cargo demand returned to pre-Covid levels in January 2019 for the first time since the onset of the crisis, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its latest figures. January demand also showed strong month-to-month growth over December 2020 levels, it added. Global demand was up 1.1.% compared to January 2019 and +3% compared to December 2020. All regions saw month-on-month improvement in air cargo demand, and North ...
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Antwerp was visited by its deepest draught vessel ever when the MSC Regulus, drawing 15.7 metres entered the port on Sunday 28 February. The trial was part of a programme that will see the draught incrementally increased from 15.5 metres to 16 metres – part of a plan to ensure ...
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MSC’s European logistics arm Medlog is offering a rail and sea link between Turkey and the UK. It uses a train service from Omerli in Istanbul’s industrial zone to Tekirdağ, about 100 miles west of the city on the Sea of Marmara, with an eight-day sea leg thereafter to Felixstowe, ...
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DP World’s shortsea arm Unifeeder has added a weekly service from Gdynia, Poland to its London Gateway/St Petersburg service. Departure from Gdynia is on Monday with arrival in London the following Friday.
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Glasgow-based international logistics company Bullet Express has acquired a new, 30,000sq ft storage facility 300 yards from the M74 motorway, adding a further 5,000 pallets to its capacity to 26,000 pallets. It follows a surge in demand from both existing and new customers for storage including a 40% rise in ...
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Vehicle logistics specialist Freight Forwardings Ltd was wound up in the High Court on 12 January and the Official Receiver appointed as liquidator, said the Government Insolvency Service. The company came to its attention following complaints from customers that funds had not been properly distributed as agreed. Customers had also ...
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DP World is to fast-track the delivery of a speculative 146,000sq ft warehouse at its London Logistics Park before the end of 2021 to meet demand space from online retailers in the South East of England. It follows the letting upon completion of LG231, a 230,000sq ft warehouse facility, to ...
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UK food logistics and distribution specialist Gate Ventures Group (GV Group) has developed a new fleet of vehicles to transport clinical goods requiring extreme temperature control for its Transpharma Logistics business.The vehicle can transport various medications that requires heat or room temperature, and drugs or vaccines that require chilled or ...
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FTA Ireland (FTAI) has called for truck drivers and international transport workers to be offered Covid-19 vaccinations as a matter of urgency. The association’s general manager Aidan Flynn urged health minister Stephen Donnelly to confirm when vital workers will receive their jabs.
He said that while many countries require proof of ...
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Passenger flights and their bellyhold cargo capacity must be quickly restored once it is safe to do so, said Logistics UK at a webinar on 24 February. Attendees were told that air cargo has played a vital role in supporting the UK throughout the pandemic, but its long-term value to the economy is dependent on capacity recovery ...
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