March 2021

£20m for green shipping

The government is to set up a £20m fund for green innovations in the UK’s maritime industry, reports BDaily. It will support the development of prototype ships and port infrastructure, such as hydrogen-powered vessels and charging points at ports. If trials supported through the fund are successful, the aims if for the technologies to be developed commercially. [+]

New sea-rail link to Turkey

Move Intermodal (formerly Ewals CargoCare) and Hupac have launched a rail and sea service from the Uk and Benelux to Istanbul’s Halkali terminal on the eastern bank of the Bosphorus . It uses a train service from Moerdijk  via Geleen and Vienna, with sea connections from London Thamesport, Immingham, Teesport ... [+]

Time running out for Scots and Welsh freeports, warns BPA

The British Ports Association has called for a four-nation approach to freeports ahead of the Welsh and Scottish elections on 6 May, warning that time is running out to agree criteria. It says that it is important to ensure ports in the devolved administrations are not disadvantaged by delays to ... [+]

Brittany Ferries plots recovery after worst year in decades

Freight fared relatively well at Brittany Ferries in what was otherwise some of the most disappointing figures in its history it said following its annual general meeting in St Pol de Leon, France on 19 March. In a year dominated by the Covid crisis and amid on-going Brexit concerns, freight ... [+]

€1 billion for EU customs tech

The European Parliament and EU Member States have reached provisional agreement on a €1 billion fund for member states to buy, upgrade and maintain customs control equipment such as X-ray scanners, automated number plate detection systems and other non-intrusive detectors for border crossing points as well as a variety of ... [+]

Containerships links southern Spain with Liverpool and Dublin

Containerships has added a new service between the southern coast of Spain, the west coast of the UK, and Ireland, calling at Liverpool, Dublin, Cadiz, Cartagena and Valencia. It will be operated by four530teu  vessels in two weekly loops. There is capacity for 45-foot containers giving truck-equivalent capacity. Loop 1 calls ... [+]

Joint honours for Maritime and DB Cargo

Maritime Intermodal and DB Cargo UK have been named joint winners of the Rail Freight and Logistics Excellence category at this year’s Rail Business Awards. The award, sponsored by the Institution of Railway Operators, recognised the innovative intermodal partnership between two of the of the UK’s leading road and rail operators.  This ... [+]

American to relaunch transatlantic flights

American Airlines is restarting ten routes to the US from airports across the UK and Europe including Dublin and Heathrow during March as part of its summer schedule.  It will launch a new 777-200 service from Heathrow to Seattle from 30 March, initially three times weekly, increasing to daily from ... [+]

Red is the new green for dShip

Deugro Group heavylift shipping operator dShip Carriers has added a new F-500 vessel to its fleet. It comes with two cranes capable of lifting 250 tonnes each, and has a deadweight of 12,385 MT. It says its latest fleet member is its next step toward environmentally friendlier shipping solutions. smart [+]

It’s snow joke, delivering to the Antarctic

Oversized airfreight carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed its sixth program for the Dromlan international Antarctic project in Dronning Maud Land. It operated five IL76 charter flights from Cape Town to Novolazarevskaya delivering over 200 tons of cargo 4,200km, landing and taking-off on an ice runway, testing crews’ skills to the ... [+]

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