December 2021
Bahrain-headquartered air cargo agent carrier Sky Bridge Cargo has adopted Awery’s latest software platform for its complete operating system, following a two week implementation programme. It streamlines sales, operations, and finance functions, as well as supporting bookings, artificial intelligence to automate previously manual tasks.
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Global supply chain company CH Robinson says that supply chains need to move from relying on ‘historical’ information to artificial intelligence and internet of things to manage fast-moving global trade.
Describing itself as “the world’s most connected logistics platform provider”, CH Robinson, says it currently works with more than 1,000 data ...
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PD Ports has opened a £0.5 million warehouse unveiled at its Groveport site near Scunthorpe on the River Trent. The 10,000sq.ft. transit building is an interim storage location for cargo that improve the turnaround time on vessels carrying weather-sensitive cargo, including fertiliser and steel hollow sections, allowing for temporary, covered ...
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DP World is introducing a range of technology to help customers cope with post-Brexit import and export challenges.
The port operator says that the border requirements introduced in January 2021 led to confusion over what documentation was required for each journey and how to generate it, which resulted in incorrect paperwork ...
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Turkish Cargo recently transported Ukraine’s Sich-2-30 Earth Observation Satellite to Miami for its launch via its hub at Istanbul.
The satellite, which has been developed as part of the National Targeted Scientific and Technical Space Program of Ukraine, will blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in January. Once it has ...
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UK port freight volumes are forecast to bounce back from the Covid pandemic to 2026, according to a five-year outlook for the sector by independent maritime research consultancy Drewry for the UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG).
At the same time, it says, decarbonisation of the UK economy has been accelerated and ...
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The government has approved the business case for the Freeport East scheme for three tax sites in Felixstowe, Harwich and at Gateway 14 near Stowmarket. Tax reliefs that will be available in the designated sites are Stamp Duty Land Tax Relief, Enhanced Capital Allowances, Enhanced Structures and Buildings Allowance, National ...
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Associated British Ports has signed a long-term stevedoring agreement with building firm Tarmac in Port Talbot, South Wales. ABP has worked with Tarmac in its ports of Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Garston (Liverpool), Southampton, Ipswich, and the Hams Hall Rail Terminal in the West Midlands. The Port Talbot deal is for ...
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Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris officially opened the new Werrington Tunnel on 9 December. It will carry freight trains underneath the East Coast Main Line north of Peterborough and, as well as increasing capacity for freight services to and from Felixstowe, it will also reduce conflicts with passenger services.
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Finnish-based Nurminen Logistics has signed a letter of intent with forwarder NTEX and ferry operator Stena to offer container block train services between Asia and Northern-Europe. The three companies, who already have an existing cooperation, will use Nurminen’s Nordic hubs in the ports of Helsinki and Kotka during the first ...
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