May 2021
Rhenus has opened a fourth site on Magna Park in Lutterworth. It will be used as a dedicated solution for new business in machinery manufacturing.Rhenus Warehousing Solutions Lutterworth, formerly CML, has been operating on Magna Park for 22 years and already occupies three warehouses on the park. The latest building gives Rhenus a total of just over 650,000 square feet (60,300 square metres) of space or 70,000 pallet locations.
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SCA, Europe’s largest private forest owner and producer of wood products, packaging paper, pulp and renewable energy, is to return to the Port of Tilbury from Sheerness. The Swedish owned company has signed a long term deal with the UK Paper Hub at the Forth Ports-owned gateway. The 50-acre facility ...
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The German army is transporting equipment back from its mission in Afghanistan through Leipzig/Halle Airport, starting on 18 May with two helicopters on board an Antonov Airlines 124 cargo plane. The aircraft were being unloaded by handler PortGround, a subsidiary of Mitteldeutsche Flughafen. The Ukrainian airline has had two 124-100s ...
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Carriers are canceling sailings well into the summer, indicating that under capacity will remain a headache for the foreseeable future, says shipping analyst Project44.
It adds that among the three major alliances, there is a significant variance in blank sailing rates, with certain carriers like HMM skipping ports more often than ...
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Parcel delivery company DPD UK has appointed Elaine Kerr as chief executive, reporting to Yves Delmas, chief operating officer DPDgroup Europe. She has worked for DPD for over 28 years, lately as executive director, sales, customer relationships management and customer services.
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Stena Line is bringing its new Stena Estrid vessel back to the Holyhead – Dublin route with the expectation that travel restrictions between Ireland and Britain will be removed
She will replace the Stena Horizon who returns to the Rosslare – Cherbourg route.
Stena had swapped the ships due to increased freight ...
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It may not look much, but the Port of Lowestoft's Kittiwake Wall is a haven for the local seabird population. Associated British Ports (ABP) is carrying out vital works to the Wall to maintain an important breeding site.
Dating from the late 1980s, ABP’s bespoke kittiwake wall on the North Pier ...
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GB Railfreight has called for a ‘Freight Evangelist’ to be appointed to steer the sector’s future growth following the Covid crisis.
It says that the new position, which will oversee all rail freight operations, is expected to be unveiled with the publication of the long-awaited Rail White Paper this week, in ...
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DP WORLD has signed an agreement with Swain Group for a 2.25 acre distribution facility at its London Gateway freight and logistics hub.
Under the three year agreement, Swain Group will use the quayside site for the temporary storage of imported construction materials such as stone and offsite manufacturing before onward ...
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Frankfurt Airport is to reopen its northwest runway from 1 June in anticipation of a rise in aircraft movements this summer. There has already been a increase in recent weeks and if numbers continue to rise, the runway will be required to ensure operations continue to run smoothly and to ...
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