September 2023

APM launches Lagos rail route

APM Terminals has launched the first service the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail corridor. The service is expected to move 90 containers a day. APMT first restored rail service in the port in 2013 to Kano and Kaduna on the existing narrow gauge rail line. [+]

B&H opens in Brisbane

Aerospace logistics operator B&H Worldwide has opened an office in Brisbane, Australia. The Queensland state is a key growth area for aviation and its airport which is the largest in Australia by land size, is one of the main import and export points for the region. [+]

South America route for London Gateway

DP World London Gateway is to be the UK port for a new service from Europe to east coast South America operated by Chines line COSCO, Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), and Ocean Network Express (ONE). Port rotation is Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Lisbon, Algeciras, Santos, Paranaguá, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Itapoá, ... [+]

Loay Mashabi to be Saudia Cargo MD

Saudia Cargo has appointed Loay Mashabi as managing director. A former deputy minister for logistics services at the Ministry of Transportation and Logistics , he has worked in both the private and government sectors as well as a board member of Saudia Cargo. [+]

Freightliner adds Daventry and Cardiff routes – updated

Genesee & Wyoming’s UK rail arm Freightliner, is launching a new route between Felixstowe to Daventry from 2 October,. It will be the first rail freight service on the competitive short-haul route, it said. Managing director – intermodal logistics, Chris Lawrenson, said: the new Daventry route would support modal shift “and ... [+]

Aberdeen opens South Harbour extension

The Princess Royal officially opened the Port of Aberdeen’s South Harbour £420 million expansion project on 22 September. The new facility, next to the Energy Transition Zone, can accommodate vessels up to 300m long, and offers an additional 1.5km of deepwater berths, to a maximum depth of 15m, 125,000sqm of flexible ... [+]

East Midlands testbed for autonomous freight truck

UPS and automotive firm Aurrigo are collaborating in a project to deploy an autonomous electric vehicle designed to move heavy cargo loads to and from aircraft at the UPS hub at East Midlands Airport. The Auto-Cargo,will be able transport a standard full-size cargo pallet or two half-size aviation industry standard containers ... [+]

Baltimore breaks tonnage record

The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore achieved a new cargo volume record, handling 11.6 million during the 2023 fiscal year (ending 30 June). It surpasses the previous record of 11 million tons set during 2019, before the Covid pandemic. So far this calendar year, ro ro farm and construction ... [+]

Samskip joins forces with Boluda to offer Spain-Ireland-Liverpool link

Samskip and Boluda Lines are to launch weekly shortsea container services between Santander, Dublin and Liverpool. They say that the new service, which starts on 30 September, will provide a cost competitive alternative to road and ferry routes and will substantially reduce CO2 emissions. The 803teu Lucia B will depart Santander on ... [+]

Haropa to develop trimodal platform for Paris

Haropa, the port authority for Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, is developing is developing the port of Bruyères-sur-Oise as a multimodal platform, 40km from Paris. Haropa says that it is anticipating the opening of the Seine-North Europe Canal. Following a call for projects launched in 2022 for the allocation of this site ... [+]

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