June 2024
The port of Greenock has taken delivery of the second of two ship-to-shore crane. They will help accommodate increased demand from cargo owners and support growth in transatlantic trade. Their capabilities have already been key in securing new routes, include a new weekly deep sea container service connecting Scotland to the Mediterranean market of Turkey. Port operator Peel Ports Clydeport spent £25m on the two cranes, the largest single investment ...
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DHL eCommerce has opened a £7m facility in Camberley which it says is the first operationally carbon-neutral site in its network, powered almost entirely by solar energy. The building has obtained the highest Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating, A+, thanks both to the onsite renewable energy generation as well as ...
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Freeport East’s Hydrogen Zero Emission Maritime (HyZEM) project is to receive £1.44 million from Innovate UK and a similar sum from Australia's Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
HyZEM focuses on developing low-carbon green hydrogen technology for high powered workboats. The partnership was facilitated by Freeport East and ...
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Worldwide Flight Services has won an IATA award for training. It has gained the International Air Transport Association’s IATA Competency-Based Training & Assessment (CBTA) Center ‘Best Performance Award’ for its global employee training program. IATA’s CBTA Center program is a global certification initiative that recognises organisations for meeting aviation training ...
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DP World says that its SeaRates partnership with Singapore-based CP World Group has led to a 39% increase in month-on-month bookings and shipment tracking for small cargo owners since last year. The digital freight forwarder platform offers streamlined logistics processes and real-time information.
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MSC has launched a direct service from China, Vietnam and Singapore to Liverpool, the first regular link to the North-west port for many years.
The Britannia route will operate on a rotation: Shanghai-Ningbo-Yantian-Vung Tau (Vietnam)-Liverpool-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Hamburg-London gateway-Singapore-Shanghai
The first sailing will be on 1 July.
MSC said: “This sought after customer service connecting Asia ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo and Malaysia’s MASkargo have memorandum of understanding for joint cargo business operations. The two carriers will offer enhanced connectivity via their hubs at Hamad International Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It follows the expanded codeshare agreement signed in 2022 to offer more passenger connections. Qatar Airways ...
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Japanese forwarder Kintetsu World Express has signed an agreement with IAG Cargo to expand the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Kintetsu will purchase 640,000 litres of SAF, produced from used cooking oil and food waste, reducing lifecycle emissions by over 90% compared to conventional jet fuel.
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Supply chain solutions provider Oakland International has secured a new site at Knottingley, near Pontefract in West Yorkshire. Completed in March 2024, the 161,578sq ft building has a solar array across the entire roof producing.600kva of renewable energy. The building is due to open in the autumn.
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Mindaugas Paulauskas, chief executive of Europe’s largest trucker, Girteka Transport, recently drove a truck 7,600 km across the continent to highlight the problem of inadequate driver facilities.
His journey revealed significant disparities in the quality of sites, from secure and well-managed facilities in Sweden to severe overcrowding in Germany.
In Sweden, truck ...
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