October 2023
Maastricht Aachen Airport hosted a ceremonial electric flight to Germany to celebrate the partnership between the countries’ aerospace centres on 12 October.
Pilots from the Netherlands Aerospace Centre and the German Aerospace Center flew the Pipistrel Velis Electro out of the Dutch gateway to Merzbruck Airport near Aachen, a distance of about 30 miles.
It follows Maastricht’s recent signing of a memorandum of understanding committing to the development of electric Regional Air ...
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The budget announced by Minister for Finance Michael McGrath on 10 October offers very little for the freight distribution and logistics sector, says FTA Ireland (FTAI).
Chief executive Aidan Flynn, said: “In Ireland a large percentage of fuel price is made up of taxes and excise duty. To alleviate some the ...
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North-east operator LV Logistics has opened a new 16,000sq ft warehousing and distribution hub at Infinity Park in Hebburn, east Newcastle. The new base will give the company enough space and vehicles to launch its own dedicated transport service and will create six jobs.
Since opening its Newcastle branch 20 years ...
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The Port of Dover set out its future at the Conservative and Labour autumn party conferences, hosting a ‘Great British Trade Reception’.
It was attended by policymakers, industry colleagues and ministers alike, including Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper and Trade & Economic Security Minister Nusrat Ghani MP at the ...
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Intermodal logistics operator Modalis Group has finalised the acquisition of CCFC, an Italian manufacturer of road-rail semitrailers, swap bodies and containers. Modalis, which specialises in leasing, container, swap body and intermodal wagon sales, intermodal terminal management, combined transport operations now owns 100% of Bergamo-based CCFC. It specialises in the construction ...
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FourKites said that medical firm Teva has reduced its incident rate to just 0.005% thanks to its carrier visibility solution, NIC-Place. Teva has a portfolio of over 3,500 products and moves half a million pallets throughout Europe, delivering and collecting from wholesalers, pharmacies, hospitals and suppliers. As well as providing ...
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Scotland’s deepest container terminal has handled its largest-ever container vessel.
Greenockhosted the 300m long, 6750teu MSC Magnum VII on Saturday 7 October.
The 75,000-tonne container vessel arrived via Peel Ports Clydeport’s sister facility at the Port of Liverpool, before departing for Bristol the following day.
The Clydeport team loaded containers of spirits, destined ...
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The CMA CGM Group has unveiled the investment and business strategy for its recently acquired Global Container Terminals operation in the ports of Bayonne and New York Mew Jersey.
Effective immediately, the terminals will be named Port Liberty New York and nearby Port Liberty Bayonne, and CMA CGM will embark on ...
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Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss’s ‘Cycling around the World’ campaign has ended with an impressive 612,246km (380,432 miles) covered by 650 participants – more than 15 times around the globe, far surpassing their original goal to circle the earth seven times.
The participants used a cycling app to record the distances they ...
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Saudia Cargo has gained IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification. CEIV Pharma is designed to ensure that facilities, equipment, operations, and personnel meet the standards, regulations and guidelines that pharmaceutical manufacturers require.
Saudia Cargo chief executive, Teddy Zebitz, stated: "Since we've seen a significant increase in pharmaceutical ...
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