August 2021
New DFDS ferry Côte d’Opale made its maiden voyage on the Dover-Calais route on 4 August. She can carry 3,100 lane metres of freight, the longest ferry on the Channel, and replaces Calais Seaways. With two engines instead of four, she will offer improvements in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions and give a service speed of 20-22 knots.
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AP Moller - Maersk has bought US-based business-to-consumer (B2C) logistics company Visible Supply Chain Management and B2C Europe Holding, a parcel delivery services based in the Netherlands. Maersk customers are seeing strong e-commerce sales growth and the two acquisitions will address this trend.
Maersk says that Visible SCM’s nine-centre network places ...
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Two years after the opening of its office in Melbourne in July 2019, Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner has acquired local logistics company Associated Customs & Forwarding (ACF). The move adds locations in Sydney and Brisbane and increases the Australian team to 35. ACF is a global, IATA-accredited service provider for air ...
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Silk Way West Airlines has signed an interline agreement with Kenya’s Astral Aviation to move shipments to its Dubai hub where it will hand over to its partner’s flight to Nairobifor connection to its network – and vice-versa.
The agreement will allow Silk Way West Airlines to broaden its network in ...
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PD Ports has taken delivery of a Liebherr materials handling crane for its Groveport site on Humberside. Built to a bespoke specification for PD Ports, it will reduce turnaround times by up to three times for certain cargoes.
Staff at Groveport, the largest site in PD Ports’ Humber cluster which also ...
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Peel Ports has invested in two new Liehberr ship-to-shore container cranes to support growth in intra-European trade and North America con ro carrier Atlantic Container Line (ACL) in Liverpool.
They will increase the number of cranes at the Seaforth terminal and berth productivity while increasing height and reach capabilities.
ACL is Liverpool’s ...
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The Cargo One airfreight online booking system has gone live in North America, allowing US and Canadian freight forwarders to view and book real-time capacity from all major airports. It offers real-time visibility of capacity on 18 airlines, including Air Canada, ANA, Etihad, Finnair, Lufthansa and TAP. Cargo.one is free ...
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Associated British Ports King’s Lynn handled its first shipment of granite in July, on behalf of Witherley Services, part of Aggregate Industries. The 3,542 tonnes of granite came from Aggregate Industries’ super quarry, Glensanda, Scotland, the largest granite quarry in Europe.
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Recent enhancements to the FedEx transpacific network include new twice-weekly Boeing 777 flights from Guangzhou, China, and three times a week from Osaka, Japan to the FedEx Charles de Gaulle hub in Paris. It has also added new flights from Asia to its hub in Memphis, US. The new flights ...
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The UK arm of European parcel network DPD Group is to acquire same-day specialist CitySprint, subject to regulatory clearance. Once completed, DPD UK’s customers will be able to access CitySprint’s same day and specialist delivery services in the UK, while CitySprint will be able to offer its customers access to ...
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