Inland waterway
Maersk has operated its first barge between India and Bangladesh. A total of 50 containers for Coca-Cola Bangladesh Beverages moved from Kolkata to a river port near Dhaka under the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route. The Danish-owned line says that cargo movement on inland waterways or rivers is much more reliable, especially in monsoons, when the turbulent weather can cause delays to ocean movements. It also addresses the bottleneck at the land ...
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DP World’s Imperial Logistics arm has marked 50 years of operations at the port of Fürth in Germany. The port is a handling centre for construction materials and agricultural goods for the region.
The inland port handled its first goods via the Main-Danube canal on 15 ...
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A Thames Estuary Growth Board and Port of London Authority (PLA) a report has suggested changes to the government grant s that could unlock the potential for freight movements to switch from road to water.
The ‘Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) – Light Freight Analysis Report’, ...
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German logistics company Rhenus’s PartnerShip arm is investing in hybrid alternative fuelled articulated push barge units for its inland waterway services.
The Rhenus Mannheim I+II and Rhenus Wörth I+II are being built at the Den Breejen shipyard in the Netherlands and are due to be completed ...
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Clarion Events, organisers of the Multimodal 2022 show say that the event attracted record attendee numbers over the three days of the show.In total, 9,759 people filled Hall 1 at the NEC, up 30% on 2021 and up 7% on 2019 attendance.Highlights included a Ministerial ...
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Clarion Events, organisers of the Multimodal 2022 show say that the event attracted record attendee numbers over the three days of the show.In total, 9,759 people filled Hall 1 at the NEC, up 30% on 2021 and up 7% on 2019 attendance.Highlights included a Ministerial ...
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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 ...
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The project44 visibility platform has acquired Synfioo, a Potsdam-based provider of rail freight and barge data in Europe. It offers comprehensive visibility of over 99% of all cargo rail movements across European countries and IoT-enabled rail tracking. It also offers accurate visibility of vital inland ...
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The River Thames has untapped potential for handling light freight, says a new report commissioned by the Thames Estuary Growth Board and the Port of London Authority.
This report finds that the River could be used for deliveries of parcels, food, beverages, and retail goods. It ...
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Construction work to return two East London wharves to operation in 2022 is underway, in a £2.6 million programme of improvement works for the Port of London Authority (PLA). One hundred steel piles, each 22.5 metres long and weighing five tonnes are being driven into ...
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