October 2023
The cities of Rotterdam and have signed a memorandum of understanding for a Green Corridor, anticipating the launch of Samskip’s zero-emission short sea container ships.
The cities’ two ports have also committed to accelerate green transition in shortsea shipping.
Both have invested in decarbonisation initiatives as part of their commitments to the advancement of the maritime industry.
Samskip has major terminals in both cities.
Two Samskip next generation SeaShuttles will serve the new green ...
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Logistics company U-Freight has expanded its robot fleet at its Hong Kong e-commerce fulfilment centre. Some 12,000sq ft of the company’s 20,000sq ft facility in Kwai Chung has been equipped with an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) and intelligent racking system, provided by Geek+.
It has added 30 of its P-series AMR ...
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FedEx Express Europe is to build a new logistics facility in Dublin. The new hub at the Horizon Business Park south of Dublin Airport will be FedEx’s headquarters in Ireland and will include a 14,560sq m warehouse, 30 truck loading bays and 137 van bays, a pickup and delivery station, ...
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Rhenus Group has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Uzbekistan Railway to jointly operate and expand combined terminals in Andijan and Samarkand. Two joint ventures will be established between Rhenus and Uztemiryulkonteyner, a subsidiary of Uzbek Railways. Uzbekistan is an essential bridge between China, Turkey and Europe and the Rhenus ...
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Freight industry representatives broadly welcomed the European Commission’s announcement on 9 October that It would not extend the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) that has hitherto allowed liner shipping consortia to operate.It said that it had concluded that the CBER no longer promotes competition in the shipping sector and that ...
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The FIATA international freight forwarders association confirmed Turgut Erkeskin from the Turkish UTIKAD association as its new president at its general meeting in Brussels on 6 October. Robert Keen, the former BIFA director general in the UK was also confirmed as FIATA’s secretary general.
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Freight forwarder Unsworth has integrated Pledge’s carbon emissions measurement platform with its Pathway, freight management app, Pathway, to add accredited carbon accounting functionality to its service portfolio. It enables Unsworth and its customers to measure, understand, and report their carbon emissions to allow them to make informed decisions to minimise ...
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Peel Ports Clydeport won the Green Champion award at the 25th annual Glasgow Business Awards.
The awards, held on 5 October and hosted by the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce celebrates businesses with a dedication to driving forward environmental initiatives.
Clydeport has been investing to become a net-zero port operator by 2040, five ...
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Air Charter Service was called into action by non-profit conservation organisation African Parks to help relocate 16 Southern White Rhino from South Africa to Garamba National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The last Northern White Rhino was poached in the DRC in 2006 but Garamba is now ...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is essential to making US customs brokerage more efficient and transparent, founder of the Raft intelligent logistics platform Nisarg Mehta told the Northern Border Customs Brokers Association (NBCBA) Fall Conference.
Brokers needed to shift from manual data entry to AI-driven solutions that automate the work and help them ...
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