October 2023
Throughput at the port of Rotterdam was 6% less In the first nine months of 2023, at 329.9 million tonnes compared to 351.0 million tonnes in the same period in 2022. The decline was mainly due to a decline in containers and coal. Throughput of iron ore and scrap, agricultural bulk and LNG increased. The port attributed the to limited growth in the global economy and geopolitical tensions.
The container segment ...
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DSV has appointed Vanessa Readhead as business development director for its UK and Ireland Healthcare division. She brings over 20 years of public and private health sector experience, and was a senior responsible officer for innovation at the NHS. She has previously worked for Unipart, DHL and AAH Pharmaceuticals.
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UPS has opened three new logistics centers in Puglia, Southern Italy in the provinces of Bari, Taranto and Lecce. Exports from Puglia region saw an increase of 14.8% in 2022 compared to the previous year, in particular 21.9% towards non-EU countries, exceeding €10 billion for the first time since 2000, ...
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As part of its ‘Decade of Growth’ celebrations Europa Worldwide Group has launched a short animation celebrating its achievements over the past 10 years, since its acquisition by transport entrepreneur, Andrew Baxter.
Andrew acquired Europa in August 2013, when the company employed just 400 people across nine UK branches and one ...
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Emirates SkyCargo capacity is now available on Kuehne+Nagel’s internal booking engine, the first time the carrier has made its services available via a freight forwarder’s own portal. It streamlines the booking process for Kuehne+Nagel agents, providing access to the airline’s schedules, rates and available capacity in real-time. The facility has ...
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DP World has announced the first tenants for its London Gateway Logistics Park, part of the Thames Freeport.
Ranson, a Belgian food and catering products business, and Destiny Entertainments, which imports and modifies audio and video products, will move to the Freeport in the first quarter of 2024.
As well as having ...
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Aerospace logistics company B&H Worldwide has planted 102,276 mangrove trees and removed 1,273 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere while supporting 1,515,200sq m of forest through its partnership with Earthly, an organisation that empowers companies to protect and regenerate the planet. B&H said the work was a significant strides towards ...
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Supply chain visibility provider FourKites is offering new capabilities within its AI-enabled Slot Manager solution.They include automated rescheduling whereby FourKites’ AI-powered Dynamic ETAs Slot Manager automatically rearranges early or late slots as potential exceptions are encountered.For hauliers, automated rescheduling eliminates the need to continuously and manually monitor freight for exceptions, ...
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Express logistics firm Danx Carousel Group has selected the Malala Fund as the first cause to be supported by its new foundation. It will raise money through employee-led projects for the international non-profit organisation that advocates for girls' education, co-founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.
The Foundation will select ...
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Ceva Logistics has moved equipment for Scuderia Ferrari’s F1 Formula 1 team by rail in North America in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.
Packed in six 53-foot containers, it moved 2,000 miles from Montreal, Canada, to Austin, Texas, and will travel another nearly 2,000 miles from Austin to Las Vegas, ...
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