September 2021
World’s largest Worldwide Flight Services air cargo handler has acquired US operator Pinnacle Logistics for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, Pinnacle focuses on specialist express cargo handling for e-commerce customers, a sector that WFS is keen to develop.
WFS executive vice-president Americas, Michael Simpson (pictured, below), commented:“The acquisition of Pinnacle Logistics enhances our core cargo and express cargo handling value proposition to customers, and Pinnacle’s established trucking logistics ...
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Climate change activitists are reported by media to have blocked the port Dover of port, leading queues of vehicles attempting to board ferries.
A group from the Insulate Britain, gathered on the A20, disrupting traffic, with two protesters reported to have glued themselves to the top of a tanker. Queues were ...
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APMT’s Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) in Jordan has received new equipment including four empty container handlers and one reach stacker. The new machines have been customised to meet ACT’s unique requirements and specifications, and feature state-of-the-art technological innovations, including spacious, modern operator cabs that offer exceptional visibility in all directions.
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European transport group Samskip has acquired shortsea specialist Sea Connect. The Klaipeda-based shipping company, which will be renamed Samskip Sea Connect, offers shortsea services to Russia, Lithuania, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. Sea Connect operates three 1A Ice Class container vessels calling twice a week at St Petersburg and Rotterdam, ...
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Family firm Ace Express Freight, based at Blakes Cross in North County Dublin, has the Deloitte Best Managed Company Award, for the 13th year in a row – and one of only 139 companies in the whole of Ireland to do so this year.
ACE is one of the biggest employers ...
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Ship namings are ten a penny but it’s not every day a port is asked to christen its infrastructure. Portsmouth though was recently charged with the task of coming up with a ceremonial name for its recently extended berth and opted to honour engineer, mathematician, physicist, suffragette and inventor Hertha ...
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The Crosby Group is offering a Straightpoint ChainSafe device to protect cargo during transport. The ChainSafe, with a 4t capacity, is a smart dynamic Bluetooth solution that measures the load on lashing, load securement, tie-downs and chain sling legs, and is designed in particular for the transportation and construction industries ...
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Baltic courier company Venipak, which recently launched its own freighter aircraft between Hong Kong and Riga, has also created a new visual identity, Marketing manager Asta Raudonienė, says it reflects the company’s strategic international growth which includes an expanding parcel locker network in the Baltics and a self-service platform, as ...
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The port of Dover’s general cargo terminal handled its largest ever steel vessel when the MV Almar - 197 metres long and 32.2 metres wide - discharged 7,200 tonnes of plate and beams for ParkerSteel.
Dover’s commercial and divisional manager, Karen Hayes, said: “Since our new cargo terminal opened just over ...
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Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (Aiput) says it has almost doubled its ownership of land around Heathrow Airport with the completion of the freehold acquisition of a 75-acre site next to Poyle Trading Estate. It is the largest strategic land transaction in the area for over 20 ...
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