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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is to collaborate with telecommunications and technology company HKT to establish the territory’s first 5G private network-enabled terminal.
It says the high-speed 5G network will transform terminal efficiency and pave the way for the future adoption of advanced technologies.
The system will enable autonomous electric tractor operations, giving them real time coordination and dynamic adaptation to traffic and safety protocols, reducing the need for human ...
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Brittany Ferries has completed its largest-ever fleet renewal programme - five ships in five years – with the arrival of its second hybrid ship.
Guillaume de Normandie is due to make her first commercial voyage on 18 April 2025 and will serve the company’s busiest ...
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MSC has launched a service between Gothenburg, the north-west Continent and ports in China, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. It operates weekly with 15,000teu vessels. , MSC also offers two transhipment services via Bremerhaven or Antwerp to North and South America, the Mediterranean, and Africa, ...
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DHL Group is to invest €2 billion (US$2.2bn) over the next five years in the life sciences and healthcare sector as part of its Strategy 2030.
Some 50% of the investment allocated to the Americas, 25% to Asia Pacific, and 25% to the EMEA region and ...
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New carrier Skyway Airlines of the Philippines has appointed Hactl as handling agent for its new freighter services to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong independent handler will provide terminal handling, ramp handling and documentation. Skyway is due to start flights on 20 March, using its ...
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German-owned supply chain company Arvato has opened a new central logistics centre in China, consolidating multiple smaller sites into a single, modern facility. The 20,000sq m distribution building is in Shanghai’s Jinshan District and is designed to meet needs of clients in the high-tech and ...
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Jeroen Eijsink is to step down as chief executive of Girteka Group, one of Europe’s largest road transport and logistics companies headquartered in Lithuania, due to personal reasons, and his place will be taken by current board member, Edvardas Liachovičius. Jeroen Eijsink will stay on ...
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Emirates Skycargo has launched an Emirates Courier Express end-to-end delivery service. It aims to break away from traditional hub-and-spoke models, with packages making multiple stops before arriving at destination and instead travelling from origin to destination directly, like passengers. The carrier says that this significantly ...
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Yesterday, we ran a story about parcel delivery firm Evri, the UK’s largest parcel delivery firm’s robot delivery dogs.
Now, we can reveal that, despite the 1 April dateline, it wasn’t an April Fool.
In a UK first, the robot version of man’s best friend will work ...
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Stena Line has developed a new concept vessel, the Futuro, which it says could reduce energy usage by 20% or more.
The 240-meter-long ro ro ship would carry semi-trailers and cars and would have an optimised hull and superstructure design to achieve the most efficient use ...
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