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Project heavy lift carrier AAL Shipping took delivery of the third Super B-Class vessel in its eight-vessel-strong programme. The AAL Houston is a 32,000dwt dual fuel multipurpose heavy lift vessel prepares for her maiden voyage and was named at a ceremony in Guangzhou, China. She can transport up to 90,000 freight tons of project and breakbulk cargo, as anc comes with three port side cranes with a maximum lifting capacity ...
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XPO has introduced a new system, Connect Europe, to simplify the management of shipments to 25 European countries, from single pallets to full loads.
It offers international shippers a single point of contact, reducing intermediaries and complexity with streamlined processes and an integrated network of more ...
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The Port of Liverpool welcomed the UK’s largest shipment of feed maize in mid-September when the bulk carrier Lowlands Future arrived from the US East Coast with a 55,000-tonne cargo.
The import was managed by ADM Agriculture and will be stored in ADM's dedicated facilities at ...
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Nuneaton-based forwarder Independent Freight Solutions (IFS) has given a timely assist to a girls’ football team making the step up to 11-a-side matches. IFS is now the main shirt sponsor of Coventry United FC’s Under-13s for the 2024/25 season.
Clearly, the partnership is working as the ...
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Parcel delivery company DPD has partnered with Army Cycling to encourage more service people to get on their bikes – whether to get around the base or to enter elite competitions.
The Army Cycling Union (ACU) was created in 1950 to encourage and promote all branches ...
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Federal Express is to move its line haul trucks at three UK sites to biofuels from September.
More than 170 trucks – all tractor-trailer combinations – will use hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in Parkhouse (80 tractors), Marston Gate (54 tractors), and Atherstone (38 tractors). FedEx has ...
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UK cargo airline One Air has added a third Boeing 747 freighter to its fleet to meet to serve the Asia/Europe route.
The Boeing 747-400ERF joins One Air on a five-year lease from AeroTransCargo FZE and completed its first flight for the airline Hong Kong to ...
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This year’s Scottish Transaid Dinner raised £100,681 for the transport and logistics-development agency. Hheld on 12 September at the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel near Grangemouth, it was attended by more than 300 executives and friends representing businesses across Scotland, led by Lynsey Craik from John Mitchell ...
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Scandinavian spare parts distribution company Danx is now using Duo trailers, in its Swedish operations following a change in legislation. The new rules allow trucks with two or three trailers up to 34.5 metres in length to operate on around 590km of the country’s road ...
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Hutchison Ports’ BEST terminal in the Port of Barcelona has put the first electric reach stacker in southern Europe into service as part of a plan to reduce emissions by 80% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2040.
It marks the start of a programme ...
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