June 2022
Logistics company DSV and Danish energy company Ørsted are to test long-distance drone transport of spare parts and tools for offshore wind farms in the Kattegat Sea.
Technicians bring their tools and the components most often needed for the wind turbines, but if special spare parts are needed, they must go back onshore to get them.
The drones are powered by renewable electricity and will fly autonomously to the offshore substation, but ...
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German logistics company Rhenus’s PartnerShip arm is investing in hybrid alternative fuelled articulated push barge units for its inland waterway services.
The Rhenus Mannheim I+II and Rhenus Wörth I+II are being built at the Den Breejen shipyard in the Netherlands and are due to be completed in September 2023 and the ...
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APM Terminals Apapa says it is close to gaining a connection with the new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line. On a visit to the port, Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, said that arrangements had been made to remove a Customs building housing a radiation scanner, which had ...
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Channel Tunnel operator Getlink says that its unaccompanied freight service, launched in September 2021, has seen “a marked acceleration since March 2022”, with more than 1000 trailers carried. Trailers are placed on the shuttle trains by a contracted operator whose tractor units accompany the trailers on the train journey and ...
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Current measures to create competition in liner shipping fail to take full account of the degree of co-operation between carriers according to the latest Container Shipping Market Quarterly Review by MDS Transmodal and the Global Shippers Forum (GSF).
The report suggests that a modified measure is used that better reflects the ...
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Transport Minister Robert Courts visited the Port of Tilbury on 27 June for a briefing and tour.
He was treated to a boat tour accompanied by the port ‘s asset and site director, Paul Dale, and commercial director, Peter Ward along with local politicians.
The Minister also met company apprentices and was ...
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Clarion Events, organisers of the Multimodal 2022 show say that the event attracted record attendee numbers over the three days of the show.In total, 9,759 people filled Hall 1 at the NEC, up 30% on 2021 and up 7% on 2019 attendance.Highlights included a Ministerial policy launch, a BIFA Young ...
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Entries are now open for the British International Freight Association (BIFA) - www.bifa.org - annual Freight Service Awards competition.Now in their 34th year, BIFA’s Freight Service Awards are open to full Members of the trade association. As well as encouraging and rewarding high standards and professionalism, these awards, which are ...
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DP World has taken delivery of the first ever all-electric terminal tractor at a British port.
The Terberg YT203-EV is entering service at London Gateway will primarily be used for transporting goods the two mile distance from the quayside to a distribution facility at the adjacent logistics park. DP World plans ...
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FedEx Express has delivered 52 tons of medical aid for Ukrainian refugees from the US to Poland on behalf of Direct Relief.
The Boeing 777 cargo aircraft’s load included health kits, trauma and wound care items, chronic disease and chemical exposure medications, and antibiotics. Direct Relief team members were on site ...
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