September 2021
Freight forwarder Geodis says it will expand its ad hoc chartering of vessels to move containers from the Far East to Europe into a semi-regular operation.
Senior vice president global ocean freight, Matthias Hansen, said that, with no sign that the market disruption that has plagued liner services throughout the year would ease before Chinese New Year, it had chartered several multipurpose vessels from Shanghai to Hamburg and to multiple ports ...
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The container shipping market is “rapidly disintegrating” as capacity fails to keep pace with returning demand and rates escalate beyond reach for many, says the latest MDS Transmodal and Global Shippers Forum Market Review.
GSF director James Hookham, said that importers and exporters are facing “a meltdown of the container shipping ...
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The British Ports Association (BPA) has welcomed HMRC ‘s publication of guidance for operators on operating Freeport customs sites for England but warns that this is in stark contrast to the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales. It says it raises new calls for parity of the Freeports process for ...
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ICHCA International has opened the 2021 TT Club Innovation in Safety Award. It highlights the importance of safety at a time of increased operational demands on cargo handling infrastructure and operations worldwide and champions the many companies and individuals around the world who are 100% dedicated to ‘making it safe’ ...
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Resilient international demand for air cargo capacity in August versus a shortfall in supply pushed global rates up 112% of their pre-Covid level as a local lockdown in Vietnam and the closure of cargo terminals at Shanghai, said analyst Clive Data services.
Volumes were up 1% compared to the same month ...
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Climate-controlled airfreight equipment firm DoKaSch Temperature Solutions has opened a new Indian service station at GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo terminal. Hyderabad city’s ‘Genome Valley’ is a hub for research and development as well as manufacturing for pharma and lifesaving medicines. and a vast amount of generic medicine and bulk active ...
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Registration is now open for a virtual event on the future of Welsh ports, organised by ABP.
Future ports: Wales vision will take place on 13 October with politicians, industry experts, business groups and academics debating the strategic role that ports could play in the future, as Wales looks to tackle ...
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Ferry company Stena Line has joined with the 5asideCHESS Battling Suicide Bus initiative on the Northern Ireland leg of its UK tour, including the Breaker Breaker Truck Show.The Show, which took place at Nutts Corner on 28 August, is a fundraising Event in aid of men’s mental health, particularly lorry ...
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XPO Logistics has appointed Arron Kendall as sales and marketing director – Europe. He will also serve on the executive board of the European business. He has more than two decades of management experience in business development, including more than 11 years with XPO, most recently as commercial director for ...
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Italian state railway subsidiary TX Logistik is increasing the number of round trip trains on the Duisburg – Segrate (Milan) route from five to six per week from 6 September, adding a Saturday departure to the existing Monday to Friday schedule. Since the expansion of the Gotthard tunnel, 4m high ...
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