June 2022
Le Shuttle Freight transported 137,313 trucks in May, an increase of 22% compared to May 2021. Since 1 January, more than 641,000 trucks have crossed the Channel aboard the Shuttles. Passenger traffic meanwhile surged by over 200%, to 170,332 vehicles.
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The IFLN Global Projects and LARGO+ networks have joined hands in a new alliance. Project Logistics brings together over 100 forwarders and they will collaborate on joint projects, share references and expand their combined geographical coverage into new markets. While both networks will also continue to exist independently, the alliance ...
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Etihad Cargo is adding more capacity to key destinations in the summer months across Asia, Africa and Europe. From July, there will be additional passenger flights on its Boeing 787 and Airbus 350 passenger services including 35 direct flights from its Abh Dhabi hub to London Heathrow, along with daily ...
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Sussex trucker Richard Topping has continued his mercy mission to Ukraine after embarking on two more trips to deliver vital aid.
Mr Topping, founder and managing director of Pallet-Track member E&R Freight in Crawley, delivered much-needed supplies to an area south of Lviv, before returning to the Moldovan/Romanian border with aid ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has awarded a long-term lease to Maritime Transport to operate its Hams Hall rail terminal in the Midlands, one of the UK's busiest.
Maritime Transport, an ABP customer at the terminal, has been pursuing a wider strategy to transport more cargo by rail and the purpose-built site ...
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A public private partnership is planning to bid to for one of the Scottish government’s two Green Freeport locations.
AGS Airports’ Glasgow Airport, Peel Ports’ Clydeport, Mossend International Railfreight Park in North Lanarkshire and a partnership of the Glasgow City Region councils is proposing the Clyde Green Freeport, an air, ...
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Chris Woodroofe has been appointed managing director of Manchester Airport. He was chief operating officer at London Gatwick Airport from 2016 to 2020 and prior to that held a number of senior roles there, including in customer service, security and engineering. He joins from Chevron Traffic Management, where he had ...
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Owen O’Brien (left) was presented with an honorary fellowship of Irish International Freight Association by president Terry Sweeney (right) at its meeting on 2 June – the first face-to-face event since the start of the Covid outbreak.
The award recognised Owen O’Brien’s many years of service and contribution to the Irish ...
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Online road freight relay platform Trucksters is to launch its first routes to the UK. The Spanish-owned company, which uses artificial intelligence to operate truck relay systems to reduce transit times, run vehicles more continuously and reduce the number of overnight stops for drivers will operate routes from Barcelona and ...
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The Rail Freight Group (RFG) is urging Government, Network Rail and the RMT to swiftly resolve their differences ahead of the planned rail strikes in June. Yesterday, RMT announced that strikes would take place on t21, 23 and 25 June, affecting key Network Rail staff including signallers.
Rail freight operators, customers ...
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