February 2023
FedEx Corp says it has committed more than $1m worth of in-kind shipping so far to the earthquake relief effort in southern Turkey and Syria. To date, it has chartered five freighter aircraft between February 17 to 21 delivering approximately 230 tonnes of relief supplies including tents, blankets and baby items, household supplies and hygiene kits from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
It has also made ...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) is to develop a smart container solution across its fleet in collaboration with Sony Network Communications Europe using the latter’s sensing and connectivity technologies. The technology-enabled containers will give ONE greater insights into its fleet with better visibility, faster and proactive decision making and more efficient ...
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ABP Humber has completed an extension to its Humber Container Terminal at the Port of Hull. The £4.8m investment of adds another 17,600sq m of heavy-duty paving to storage capacity at the terminal which handles around 12 vessels per week from Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Ghent operated by Samskip, iMotion and ...
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OOCL is adding a fifth ship to its Gateway Express 1 (GEX1) service between North Europe and Canada from 3 March. Calls on the service include Liverpool and Montreal.
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Stena Line and Peel Ports have signed a deal to operate the 12 Quays port and ferry terminal in Birkenhead until the beginning of the 22nd Century. The Swedish company has operated twice daily ferry services to Belfast since 2011 and the agreement will see them continue to operate there ...
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Speculation is rising that a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol could soon be struck, reports the BBC. It says that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is meeting Northern Ireland's political parties with some sources suggesting that a deal could be reached as early as next week on post-Brexit trading arrangements. ...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) has launched a weekly Israel Express shuttle service between the hub port of Damietta, Egypt and Ashdod and Haifa. It also offers connections to its global network.
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Grimaldi-owned Finnlines has added a second ro ro vessel to its route between Rosslare and Zeebrugge. The MS Finnpulp joins MS Finnwave, with a first departure from Zeebrugge on 23 February.
The additional ship has a capacity of 3,259 lane metres of cargo, or around 225 trailers compared with MS Finnwave’s ...
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Logistics property firm Prologis UK has teamed up with the country’s coolest trainspotter, Francis Bourgeois, to shine a spotlight on the sector.
Francis Bourgeois shot to fame for his quirky videos about trains and first hit the freight industry headlines in early 2022, when he became brand ambassador for rail operator ...
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Shippers urged to make peace with “arrogant” container lines to restore order to supply chains
Relations between container lines and shippers must be repaired if supply chain efficiency is to be restored after the chaos of Covid years, industry experts told Freight Buyers’ Club podcast.
Bjorn Vang Jensen, executive director, international transport ...
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