August 2024
Forth Ports is to name its new deep water riverside berth at the Port of Leith – designed to host the world’s largest offshore wind construction vessels – the Charles Hammond Berth, in honour of the company’s former chief executive who stepped down from the role in June, after 23 years at the helm. The Leith Renewables Hub will be part of the Forth Green Freeport’s strategically located tax sites, ...
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Insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh - part of Marsh McLennan – has launched a port blockage insurance facility, covering shipping ports and terminals around the world. It can be purchased independently or used to supplement existing cover and is designed to provide clients with cover for loss of revenue ...
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Thames Freeport has gained £1.2 million of funding to support its Skills Fund. The Thames Freeport Community Skills Fund, established as part of Thames Freeport’s ongoing commitment to economic regeneration, aims to create a workforce capable of seizing new opportunities within the Freeport zone. It will support training programs, apprenticeships, ...
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The Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community says its efforts have helped drive an 8% increase in life sciences exports from the island in 2024 and attracted new commercial air cargo capacity, up 7% year-on-year, according to figures from Rotate. The data specialist partners with the Community to provide ...
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The Freightos online booking platform has acquired online freight-tender procurement specialist Shipsta, used by companies to procure freight from forwarders and carriers. Freightos said the move would add tender procurement to its existing spot pricing, quoting, and booking capabilities.
Shipsta, headquartered in Luxembourg, offers tender management and procurement for air, ocean, ...
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DHL Express has opened a new service centre near Cambridge. It features a £2m automation system and is powered by 100% renewable energy. Covering 125,000 sq ft, the site is projected to handle over 50,000 items per week and can sort 4,000 items per hour.
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Federal Express has launched FedEx Surround, offering customers enhanced control and visibility of shipments en route using advanced sensor. The system is based on a lightweight sensor able to transmit precise location every two seconds via Bluetooth Low Energy to WiFi access points or gateway devices throughout its network, allowing ...
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Heavylift carrier AAL Shipping has added a scheduled monthly fast-track service between Europe and Asia to its Europe-Middle East/India - Asia (EUMEIA) route, along with a monthly Mediterranean – Middle East-India pendulum service. While all three services utilise AAL’s global fleet of heavy lift multipurpose vessels, the Europe - Asia ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Andrew Dawes as regional director, Humber succeeding Simon Bird when he leaves ABP at the end of October. Andrew Dawes began work at Southampton Container Terminal and has worked for companies including DP World, APM Terminals and ICTSI. He will join ABP on 1 ...
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Road hauliers raised concerns with the port of Felixstowe over its new Container Booking System (CBS.) at a meeting in mid-August.
They told the Felixstowe Port Users’ Association and representatives of Hutchison Ports that operators had faced challenges when delivering and picking up goods from the port since the start of ...
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