November 2022
JuiSea Shipping is to operate a regular service from Ghent importing bulk orange juice to the UK through Portland Port.
It follows the completion of successful trials at Portland’s 50 Tonne Crane Berth, recently refurbished to bring it back into working order.
There will be over 30 shipments a year by the MV Marilie and the product will be taken onward by road to Refresco’s Bridgwater plant. Previously, the product was imported ...
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UPS has completed acquisition of healthcare logistics provider Bomi Group. UPS Healthcare will add temperature-controlled facilities in 14 countries, and 3,000 highly-skilled employees to its team in Latin America and Europe.
The company will operate as Bomi Group, a UPS Company. Chief executive Marco Ruini will join UPS Healthcare, whose customers ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has introduced a weekly A321 freighter flight to Evenes Airport (EVE) in northern Norway under a joint project between salmon producer Salmosped and exporter Nordlaks.
Evenes Airport near Narvik is the gateway to the Lofoten Islands, a major sourvce of fish and seafood. The new connection allows fresh produce ...
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Many logistics companies are involved in the movement of fashion goods but not every operator has initiated its own clothing label. However, DHL and Chinese fashion brand FMACM, have launched an exclusive ‘One Planet’ clothing collection.
It advocates sustainable fashion and includes eye-catching sweatshirts, hoodies and T-shirts that feature DHL’s distinctive ...
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Italian-owned private rail operator TX Logistik AG - part of the Mercitalia Logistics (FS Italiane Group) – has been operating a service between Istanbul and Cologne since June 2022.
It has launched a connection between the cities between the Halkali Terminal in Istanbul and Curtici in Romania three times a week, ...
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Shipping and logistics provider GAC Group is to open an office in Taiwan’s second-largest port, Taichung. The port has constructed several tailor-made wharves to serve the offshore wind energy industry as the country looks to become the leading provider of offshore wind power in the Asia-Pacific region. GAC already has ...
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FedEx Express Europe is now using renewable diesel made from organic matter or waste materials for some of its trucks in the Netherlands. From the beginning of November, FedEx Express instructed drivers of heavyweight, long-distance vehicles to refuel using renewable diesel as an environmentally favourable alternative to fossil-fuel diesel. FedEx ...
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Cathay Pacific has opened a 1,250sq m fully temperature-controlled pharma area at its Hong Kong cargo terminal, making it the largest facility of its kind at the airport and doubling the carrier’s existing cold storage capacity there.
Features include web-based real time monitoring with over 60 temperature sensors to ensure all ...
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Industry groups have given a guarded welcome to the publication of the European Commission’s proposed Euro 7 standards for vehicle emissions.
Logistics UK head of engineering policy, Phil Lloyd, commented: “Logistics UK welcomes all progressive technological improvements that benefit health and the environment, but these changes must be sustainable and economically ...
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The UK’s Competition and markets Authority has found that a proposed merger between Korean Air and Asiana Airlines could lead to higher cargo rates. It said that the two carriers are the two main suppliers of direct cargo services between the UK and South Korea and, even taking into account ...
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