August 2023

ABP tops the table for steel and agri exports

Associated British Ports (ABP) says that Newport has maintained its position as the leading steel port in the UK and Wales for the seventh consecutive year. According to Department for Transport’s statistics for 2022 it exported nearly 600,000 tonnes more steel than all other 14 major steel-handling UK ports combined, reaching 955,000 tonnes, or 72% of total UK exported iron and steel products from UK major ports. ABP’s Port of Ipswich ... [+]

Evergreen opens new Taiwan terminal

Evergreen officially opened its new Terminal 7 at Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan on 14 August. Considered to be the most important project in Taiwan’s shipping industry in recent yearsit has five berths with a draft of 18 meters, a quay length of 2,415 meters, and 24 STS gantry cranes. Among ... [+]

MSC to serve Saudi’s NEOM from September

Container line MSC will include the port of NEOM in Saudi Arabia from September. As well as offering ocean freight services, it will offer inland transport solutions provided by its logistics arm, MEDLOG from the port, located at Oxagon on the Red Sea. [+]

DSV puts all-electric truck through its paces

DSV is evaluating a 16-tonne all-electric medium-duty Volta Zero truck at its southern hub at Purfleet, east London. The Volta Zero will be operating last-mile groupage deliveries in London and the Southeast. It returns a real-world pure electric range of 95–125 miles on a single charge and is anticipated to be ... [+]

Clock is ticking for CDS switch, warns Rhenus

With three months to go before the UK's CHIEF customs platform, CHIEF is replaced by the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), freight forwarder Rhenus UK is encouraging exporters to take prompt steps to transition to the new system. While import declarations shifted to CDS on 1 October 2022, the switchover for export ... [+]

XPO offers two weeks’ pay to parents-to-be

XPO has enhanced paid paternity leave in the UK and Ireland to up to two weeks of full pay. The policy applies to new parents, either by birth or through adoption and will apply to all colleagues in any relationship. It is one of a range of policies being brought in ... [+]

We have lift-off, says ACS Houston

Air Charter Service has moved its Houston office to larger premises to accommodate growth plans in Texas.ACS Houston chief executive, Dustin Roades, commented: “Last year was ACS Houston’s best, in terms of both charter numbers and revenue. On the back of what we achieved in 2022, we started looking to ... [+]

Rhenus expands car space as Germany turns importer

Rhenus Cuxport is expanding its area at the deep-sea port of Cuxhaven by about a third and has opened another terminal to increase trade car capacity. The additional import space of about 11 hectares offers 4,500 car spaces, and will also be offered to industries such as onshore and offshore wind. Cuxport ... [+]

Europa offers space at under £1.50 a pallet

Europa Warehouse is offering a storage rate of £1.49 for customers looking for over 3,000 pallet spaces at its Corby site in the Midlands. It is also offering special rates for manual and automated fulfilment services at the 715,000sq ft warehouse. Chief operating officer, Dionne Redpath said: “It is a ... [+]

Geodis adds Singapore-China road route

Geodis has expanded its road network from Southeast Asia (SEA) to the Singapore/China route. The service, which also connects Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam will operate to Shenzhen from 23 August and will subsequently be extended to Hong Kong, and in the near future to Indonesia. It includes dedicated customs brokerage ... [+]

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