April 2021
JD Sports is to open a 65,000 sq ft warehouse near Dublin to handle its Irish business in the wake of Brexit, reports the BBC.
The retailed says that goods imported from Asia now incur tariffs when they are distributed on from the UK to its stores across Europe.
To deal with this it has already opened a warehouse in Belgium but JDS says it needs a specific facility for Ireland.
The facility ...
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With delayed ships now on their way following the Suez Canal incident, cumulative delays are at 1,017 days, threatening to swamp ports with bottlenecked cargo for weeks to come, says visibility platform Project44. Some 1.9 million teu of capacity is involved in the incident.
In Rotterdam, 15 ships representing 196,600 teu ...
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Hutchison Ports has completed strengthening and dredging works to Berth 7 at its Felixstowe Trinity Terminal.
Berth 7 – one of nine container berths - has been dredged from 15.0m to 16.5 metres below Chart Datum and the berth box widened from 55m to 70m.
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe chief executive, ...
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Cathay Pacific Cargo has flown 15 million Covid-19 vaccines around the world. As well as those imported for use in Cathay Pacific’s home hub of Hong Kong, the figure includes supplies to countries including Mexico, Malaysia and Indonesia. Most of the vaccine delivery flights have been to online ports, but ...
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Some 43% of businesses said they have been impacted negatively by Brexit in 2021 – but 19% of businesses are thriving in a post-Brexit world, particularly electronics and computer firms, according to a report by logistics software group Descartes. The report adds that 90% of businesses have faced disruption since ...
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Logistics UK said it was encouraged by the latest ONS figures published on 13 April, showing an improvement in trade between the UK and EU. General manager of public policy, Alex Veitch, said: “We expect this trend will continue as many of the factors which may have caused friction to ...
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Geodis has opened a multi-user facility in Icheon, South Korea in response to a surge in e-commerce channels demand. The new premises provide a variable ambient environment with temperatures ranging from 5°C to 34°C and maintain a maximum humidity of 87%. The location brings the forwarder’s footprint in South Korea ...
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MSC has launched an intermodal service between Asia and Europe. It will combine sea and rail service from China, Korea and Japan to Europe, via Vladivostok and Vostochniy with further sea feeder connections from St Petersburg to major European hubs such as Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam and Le Havre.
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Seatrade Group and Jamaica Producers Group Limited are to jointly acquire fellow Caribbean shipping operator Geest Line. The latter will continue to operate independently and look for further opportunities to extend its trade. Geest Line said the acquisition was a positive development.
Seatrade, headquartered in Curacao, specialises in reefer shipping services. JP, headquartered ...
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Europa Worldwide Group is to support the Royal Logistic Corps Foundation in promoting professional excellence and creating strong professional relationships with organisations from the wider logistics community.The RLC is the Army’s professional logistics organisation and is the largest corps in the Army, with 11,000 regular and 5,000 reserve officers and ...
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