May 2021
Hutchison Ports’ BEST terminal in Barcelona has taken delivery of two new super post panamax gantry cranes, adding to the 11 already in operation. The new cranes, with their 24-row outreach, will increase BEST's capacity to operate large ships and will go into operation in June.
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IKEA France is to set up a logistics warehouse on a Haropa (ports of Normandy)-owned 16 hectare site at the Seine river port of Limay-Porcheville, on the western outskirts of Paris. The retailer will develop a 72,000 sq. m distribution centre to restock Paris city centre shops and deliver online ...
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Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed John O’Connor as executive vice president, strategic development. He brings 28 years of experience in the logistics industry to Crane which offers supply chain solutions at 120 locations across 30 countries and with particular expertise in trade compliance, foreign trade zones and strategic consultative services.
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Europa Worldwide Group is to make a second intake of applications this year for its Rapid Career Development Programme
It follows the 2021 re-launch of the programme, which gives candidates the chance to become part of its Europa Road sales team and become a trainee road account manager. This year, Europa ...
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Hutchison Ports Netherlands is to acquire APM Terminals Rotterdam (APMTR) from APMT.
APMTR is next to Hutchison Ports’ existing ECT Delta terminal in the Maasvlakte area of the port. It has 1,600 metres of deep-water quay serviced by 13 ship-to-shore gantry cranes.
Managing director of Hutchison Ports Europe Clemence Cheng, said: “We already handle the majority of ...
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Because the Republic of Ireland remains inside the EU, it is still a part of their customs union. This has implications for all UK businesses outside of Northern Ireland because part of the Brexit arrangements that were made between Britain and the EU meant that Great Britain withdrew from the ...
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The port of Rotterdam said on 7 May that it had process almost all the vessels caught up in the Suez Canal after the grounding of the Ever Given on 23 March. The port authority said that 54 vessels had now been processed, with two ongoing, three cancelled, one is ...
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Hauliers and drivers who are unwitting victims of people-smuggling gangs should not be penalised if all precautions have been taken to protect their vehicles, said Logistics UK in response to the government’s consultation, New Plan for Immigration, that closed on 6 May.
Government plans would see changes to the penalties under the Clandestine Entrant ...
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DSV Panalpina has completed acquisition of South African-based courier Globeflight after competition authorities approved the deal, which was initially announced in December 2020. The acquisition includes all Globeflight’s operations in South Africa and Swaziland. The combined business will have about 4,000 employees serving around 12,000 customers across Southern Africa. The ...
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CMA-CGM’s short sea Containerships arm has introduced a feeder service between Dunkerque and Bristol’s Royal Portbury Dock with connections to and from the Far East. Containerships already operates between Bilbao and Bristol.
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