March 2023
German forwarder Deugro has set up a DHP Heavylift Solutions arm in Mumbai to operate its own barges and specialized trailer equipment in India. The initial investment is in two barges and four heavy duty modular trailer combinations. The new equipment will allow it to handle complex shipments along the coast while the smaller of the two barges will allow it to reach into the inland waterway network.
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Lufthansa Cargo board chair Dorothea von Boxberg is set to move on to a new post as chief executive of the Lufthansa Group’s Brussels Airlines from 15 April. Lufthansa Cargo said a long-term successor would be announced as soon as possible.
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Peel Ports Group has announced plans for a new £10million Green Automotive Hub at Queen Elizabeth II Dock at Eastham at the entrance to the Manchester Ship Canal.
From September, the hub will service a twice-weekly shipping route from Vigo in Spain to Eastham, supplying Stellantis’ nearby Ellesmere Port vehicle manufacturing ...
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The Welsh government has revealed the Celtic Freeport in the south-west and Anglesey Freeport on as the country’s first freezones, following a competitive bidding process.The Celtic Freeport will be based around Port Talbot and Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire. The Celtic Freeport’s consortium plans focus on low carbon technologies, such as ...
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Danish-owned forwarding company DSV is to acquire two US-based logistics firms to boost its semiconductor service offerings - S&M Moving Systems West and Global Diversity Logistics, for an undisclosed sum.
DSV added that the move would also align with its new Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport operations and support cross-border services to Latin ...
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UPS has appointed Francisco (Paco) Conejo as country manager for Italy, taking over from Britta Weber. He will oversee UPS’s operations, business development, and strategy in the country whose exports accounts for more than 30% of the GDP, more than half of which is generated by small and medium-sized firms, ...
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Short-sea operator Samskip has commissioned two hydrogen-fuelled vessels for its west European routes from Indian shipyard Cochin Shipyard. Once commissioned, they will be among the first zero emission short sea container vessels in the world using green hydrogen as fuel. Each is expected to achieve around 25,000 tons of CO2 ...
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The Thames Freeport has been cleared to start full operations and constitute its board, after getting Government approval of its final business case.
A partnership between Ford, Forth Ports Limited and DP World, Thames Freeport says it will bring in over £4.6 billion in new public and private investment, and create ...
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Dublin Port Company has started formal public consultation on the 3FM Project, the third and final Masterplan project to bring the gateway to its ultimate and final capacity by 2040 and will include the country’s largest container terminal .
The 3FM project is focused on Dublin Port lands on the Poolbeg ...
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The Scottish government is consulting on incentives for businesses to invest in Scotland’s two new green freeports are proposed in a new consultation. It follows the selection in January of the Forth Green Freeport and Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport as the locations for the country’s first freeports and ...
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