October 2022
Haropa Port and Seafrigo Group have started construction of a new 13,000 sq m cool chain facility located in Le Havre's port area.
The new building will be dedicated to frozen foods for retailers and agrifood manufacturers. It will be capable of handling 35,000 pallets and equipped with Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) trucks to optimise productivity.
Environmental testing has been completed and building work will begin before the end of the second ...
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IAG Cargo is testing a new biodegradable reduced-thickness polyethylene film with manufacturer Verpa Folie and US based BioNatur Plastics. The new sustainable material is 15 micron thick, 100% recyclable and biodegradable by landfill. The UK-based carrier says it will save up to 15 tonnes of virgin polyethylene a year. Not ...
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AP Moller–Maersk’s Safmarine Cameroun made her first call at the Cote d’Ivoire container terminal (CIT), a new joint venture facility between APM Terminals and Bolloré Ports in the Port of Abidjan, which is scheduled to become operational at the beginning of November. Covering an area of 37.5 hectares, CIT will ...
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Nippon Express Logistics has launched a daily ‘Covid-proof’ cross-border transport service between Zhuhai in mainland China and Hong Kong via the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge. It follows a number of restrictions imposed by China in response to the spread of infections.
Severe traffic restrictions are still in place between Shenzhen and Hong ...
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Home delivery expert ParcelHero warns that there will be significant international supply chain disruptions this year as Chinese President Xi Jinping continues his zero-Covid policy.
Another wave of strict lockdowns are disrupting global shipments and the manufacture of many popular goods. Lockdowns in key Chinese port cities Ningbo, Shanghai and Tianjin ...
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Danish-owned forwarding, logistics and transport group DSV reported strong results in the third quarter of 2022,. In the first nine months of the year, gross profit grew by 50%, while earnings before interest and tax before special items grew 75%. Its Air & Sea forwarding arm achieved an 81% increase ...
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United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) chief executive Clare Bottle officially opened Scottish-based logistics company Bullet Expres’s new 67,000sq ft storage centre at Westway Park on 10 October.
Bullet Express Westway Storage Centre has storage space for 12,500 pallets and easy access to both the M8 and Glasgow Airport.
It will boost the ...
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Rotterdam-based intermodal operator Samskip has acquired a “significant shareholding” in UK haulier Humber Port Logistics (HPL).
HPL principally serves ports on the River Humber. While making use of synergies and resources under its new ownership structure to grow and add services to its portfolio, HPL will continue to operate independently, said ...
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The British International Freight Association says that 26 forwarding companies have been shortlisted as finalists for the nine service categories of the 34th Freight Service Awards, with 12 individuals making the finalist shortlists in the Apprentice of the Year and Young Freight Forwarder categories.
They are:
Air Cargo Services Award, sponsored by ...
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Intermodal transport company Samskip estimates that it will make 45,000 tonnes of additional CO2 emissions savings before the year is out following its agreement with GoodFuels
The company has signed a new agreement with the fuel supplier commiting four of its container ships to run on marine grade bio-residual fuels.
The ‘drop-in’ ...
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