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Grimaldi’s Finnlines arm is to launch a freight ro ro service from Finland to the port of Sheerness London Medway.
The service will be operated by three Finneco-class hybrid ro-ro vessels, each with a cargo capacity of 5,800 lane metres, equivalent to around 400 trailers. They can load cargo up to a height of 7 metres.
The vessels are equipped with air lubrication, a high-powered battery bank and solar panels.
The southbound route ...
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TX Logistik, part of the Italian railways’ Mercitalia Logistics arm, has signed an agreement with rail wagon rental company Wascosa, including a cooperation to market the NiKRASA rail-road handling system. The NiKRASA platform allows non-craneable semi-trailers, which currently make up around 90% of European truck ...
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DHL Express is investing over €100 million in transport and handling capacity in the fourth quarter in anticipation of increased demand for express services during the traditional end-of-year peak season.
The company is investing in eight new Boeing 777 freight aircraft on trans-Pacific and intercontinental routes ...
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If someone at Heathrow Cargo Centre asked if you fancied a brew, you wouldn’t expect more than a cup of tea. But at Munich they could well be offering you a beer. The airport has its own brewery and, moreover, it has been in existence ...
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Middle East-owned freight forwarder Aramex UK has opened a branch in Aberdeen, as part of its strategy to deepen its footprint across the UK.
Aramex UK will also invest in a new warehousing facility at the port, a major gateway for the North Sea oil and ...
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UK forwarding and logistics company Uniserve has acquired Portuguese intermodal specialist KLOG. The company operates a rail service between Portugal and Poland, via hubs in Spain and France. The service is currently based on two block train departures a week to and from Portugal to ...
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Ukraine-owned, Germany-based heavylift carrier Antonov Airlines has moved 95 tons critical oil and gas equipment Stavanger, Norway to Changi, Singapore in partnership with Golden Aviation.
An oil company chartered the Antonov-124-100 for the complex 7,700-mile mission, which required specialized loading equipment at both the departure and ...
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The Lord-Lieutenant of Kent has presented Priority Freight with The King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade at the company’s head office in Dover.
The award recognises the company’s good business practices and significant, sustained growth in overseas sales.
The Lord-Lieutenant, Lady Colgrain, presented the award to ...
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Intermodal carrier CargoBeamer is to double services on its Calais-Perpignan route from 7 October, from two to four round trips per week. This 1,400 km route, which runs the length of the country from north to south, carries craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers, as well as ...
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Musician turned painter Udo Lindenberg has presented a vast panoramic painting of the port of Hamburg to shipping line Hapag-Lloyd.
Lindenburg, whose half century musical career encompassed hits such as Sonderzug nach Pankow (Special train to Pankow) and Hoch im Norden (High in the North) also ...
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