May 2022
Welsh Ministers have agreed to support a freeport policy for Wales following the Westminster Government’s agreement to meet the Welsh Government’s demands that they provide at least £26 million of non-repayable starter funding. They say this would equal the deals offered to English freeports.
The UK Government has also agreed to meet a number of other demands – including that both governments will act on the basis of a ‘partnership of ...
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DB Schenker is to operate a fully-electric coastal container feeder vessel in Norway, the first of its kind in the world.
The forwarder has signed a pre-study agreement with furniture giant Ekornes and the vessel designer Naval Dynamics, along with energy tech firm Kongsberg and autonomous vessel company Massterly.
The 50m long ...
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Finnish-based Nurminen Logistics has operated the first full-length container train on the new southern Trans-Caspian route from Chongqing, China. via Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Romania to Central Europe, avoiding Russia.
Nurminen Logistics says it created the route in two months from scratch together with the Kazakh railways. The Trans-Caspian route combines ...
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Hapag-Lloyd, Eurogate and Contship have set up a joint venture to develop and operate a new terminal 2 in the port of Damietta in Egypt. It is expected to start operations by 2024 and will have an ultimate capacity of 3.3m TEU. It will serve as Hapag-Lloyd´s dedicated transhipment hub ...
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DFDS has acquired German rail operator primeRail. It also marks the launch of a new Rail business area in DFDS. Founded in 2019 by Patrick Zilles, primeRail organises continental and maritime transportation of trailers, swap bodies, and containers in multimodal traffic. It will operate within the new Rail business area ...
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Digital cargo booking platform Freightos is releasing a free carbon calculator that forwarders and shippers can use to estimate and lower their emissions before booking. It allows them to calculate and compare emissions across shipping routes, both in order to support reporting requirements as well as to help proactively reduce ...
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Etihad Cargo has appointed Tim Isik as vice president – commercial, based in Abu Dhabi. He joins Etihad Cargo from American Airlines, where he gained over a decade of experience working within the aviation and air cargo sectors. In his new role with Etihad Cargo, Isik will oversee the development ...
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Import volume into Russia continues to decline, says visibility specialist FourKites. The four-week average Russian import volume across all modes was down 10% week-over-week and down 81% since before the invasion began.
Import volume into Ukraine has though seen a slight recovery over the past few weeks, with the four-week average ...
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DP World in Antwerp says it continues to be one of the greenest container terminals in the port in its latest sustainability report.
The terminal has reduced its CO2 emissions by 28% since 2019, which represents an overall 51% reduction since 2013. Much of this has been due to investment in ...
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The first in a series of major road improvements to the A47 in the East of England was officially opened today (Friday 13 May).
The A47 Guyhirn junction, near Wisbech, marks the beginning of six significant schemes and almost half a billion pounds of investment National Highways is making along ...
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