April 2024
Peel Ports Group’s Queen Elizabeth II Dock at Eastham near Ellesmere is to use hydropower as part of its drive to become net-zero across its network and operations by 2040.
The port operator has partnered with Czech renewable energy specialist Hydropol to install a twin Archimedean screw generator, at the site's 30 foot lock. Now connected to the Dock's electricity network, it will generate up to 1.5 million kWh per year ...
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DP World has taken delivery of eight fully electric straddle carriers for its soon-to-be-opened £350m new fourth berth at London Gateway. Theyy will be part of the first all-electric fleet at any port in the world servicing the first ever all-electric berth.
The £12m Kalmar straddle carriers weigh approximately 62 tonnes ...
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Maritime Transport has ordered 18 battery-electric, 42-tonne tractor units, the first of a consignment of 48 battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell trucks that the intermodal operator plans to deploy across its network.
Maritime, which is a participant in the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) will intregrate the electric trucks, ...
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Three koala bears are settling into their new custom-built, dedicated ‘Koalia’ home in the Netherlands at Rhenen’s Ouwehands Zoo, thanks to Air France KLM Martinair Cargo.
A keeper from Ouwehands travelled to California’s San Diego Zoo to pick up the koalas, arriving back from Los Angeles on 20 April with her ...
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GB Railfreight (GBRf) has started an intermodal service between Southampton’s Solent Rail Terminal and Hams Hall Rail in the West Midlands, the rail operator’s first between the two locations.
It will operate five times a week with an option to connect Southampton with Mossend International Rail Freight Terminal in Scotland.
GBRf is ...
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The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has issued a statement denying press reports that checks on imports from the EU were to be delayed and would start as planned from 30 April.
It said the UK government has full confidence that the facilities, infrastructure and systems at the ...
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Maersk is adding Felixstowe, Rotterdam and Bremerhaven to its ME2 service between Europe, the Middle East and India. The service calls at Port Tangier, Salalah, Jebel Ali, Mundra and Nhava Sheva. Transit times between Mumbai and North Europe will be shortened by five to seven days, says the operator. Maersk ...
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German forwarder Rhenus’ PartnerShip inland waterways arm is extending its operations to Antwerp by increasing its shareholding in Belgian-based operator DGA Shipping from 45 to 100%, buying the balance of the company from Germany’s HGK Shipping. DGA Shipping offers across the country and in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp region. It ...
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Norse Atlantic Airways is to launch a service between London Gatwick and Cape Town International on 28 October. It will fly three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays using Boeing 787 aircraft. The Scaninavian low-cost carrier already operates services from Gatwick to Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK ...
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ABP said on 16 April that staff and facilities are in place ready for the opening of the Border Control Posts (BCPs) at Immingham and Hull, serving both banks of the Humber.
Both BCPs are equipped to handle a range of products and have successfully completed Government pre-opening test exercises. There ...
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