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Commission acts to make transport more crisis-resilient

The European Commission adopted a Contingency Plan for Transport on 23 May to strengthen resilience in times of crisis. It draws lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic as well as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, both of which severely affected the transport of goods and people, it said. The plan proposes a toolbox of 10 actions to guide the EU and its Member States when introducing emergency response measures. It stresses the relevance ... [+]

Virgin to restart Cape Town flights in November

Virgin Atlantic is to resume flights between London Heathrow and Cape Town in South Africa in November, reports the Routes Online website. The route will be operated daily with a Boeing 787-9 aircraft. [+]

Third ship for DFDS Dunkerque/Rosslare route

DFDS has added a third vessel to its Dunkerque-Rosslare service. The new vessel is the Optima Seaways which has capacity for 2,200 lane metres of freight and will start with one round-trip a week, from Dunkerque on Wednesday at 20:00 and from Rosslare on Saturday at 14:00. She joins Regina ... [+]

Freight is key to Plymouth plans

Plymouth City Council, Associated British Ports and Brittany Ferries have signed an agreement to expand Millbay Docks, including to develop freight traffic. The organisations are working on a funding strategy likely to consider strategic Government funding available for freight, net zero and ports as well as private investment. The partners say ... [+]

Rhenus opens in Bogota

The Rhenus Group has opened its own office branch in central Bogotá, Colombia. It will offer air and ocean freight forwarding and project logistics solutions. The German-owned forwarder was previously represented through local network partnerships. Rhenus Colombia is also present in the country’s main seaports at Cartagena, Barranquilla, Santa Marta ... [+]

WFS takes sustainable airfreight to the next level

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has launched an ‘Our Sustainable Flight Path’ plan to steer the next level of its Environmental, Social & Government (ESG) strategy and support the responsible growth of its global airport and aviation services.  The strategy has been created with the support of PwC’s Sustainability team and aims ... [+]

Rail or barge now available at most DP World terminals

Terminal and ports operator DP World says it can now offer rail or barge services at 95% of its European locations. DP World, which operates 20 terminals in 12 countries across the continent, recently invested in rail infrastructure in Turkey and the UK and has upgraded services in Rotterdam and Antwerp. It ... [+]

Geodis to  be Rugby World Cup carrier

Geodis has been appointed as official freight carrier for the Rugby World Cup France 2023. The forwarder will be responsible for the efficient management of some 80 tons of equipment for the 20 participating nations and meet the logistical needs of the thousands of volunteers involved in the tournament, which ... [+]

XPO to double Irish rail service

XPO Logistics is to launch a second weekly container train between Ballina in the west of Ireland and Waterford port from June 2021, reports Tim Casterton. While loadings on the service when it was introduced in May 2021 were initially a little sporadic due to reduced output from the anchor customer and the ... [+]

Jota Aviation in liquidation

Joshua Dwyer and David Pike from Interpath Advisory have been appointed joint liquidators of Jota Aviation. The company was a former charter airline specialising in non-scheduled freight and passenger charters based at London Biggin Hill Airport and flying to destinations throughout Europe.  The Company’s passenger business was significantly impacted by the onset ... [+]

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