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Operations at Canada’s ports, including Montreal, are set to resume after recent strikes, following a directive from Labour Minister, Stephen MacKinnon, to the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) ordering a mandated dispute resolution. The long running recent strikes were over working conditions, including wages and concerns over automation.
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The IRU-accredited TIR Logistics Hub in Zhengzhou in inland China has opened a new route to Kazakhstan. The first truck set off after completing its export customs declaration and TIR procedures at the hub, before exiting China through the Khorgos border crossing and arriving in ...
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MSC has inaugurated a weekly Eastern Cape Express Service from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and Walvis Bay to Rotterdam, London Gateway, and Antwerp. The service avoids Cape Town, cutting transit time to London Gateway to 22 days. It has been launched at the beginning of the ...
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Maersk has completed the world’s first conversion of a large containership to dual-configuration, able to operate on methanol or conventional fuel. The retrofit operation on the Maersk Halifax was carried out by Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard in China in 88 days and with the engine conversion ...
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Vienna Airport handled of 216,360 tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2024, an increase of over 20% over the same period last year.
There were increases in both flown and trucked airfreight. Belly cargo on passenger aircraft increased by 45% to 90,692 tons ...
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French-owned Seafrigo Group recently opened a new headquarters and base in Le Havre but it is also expanding rapidly in the UK.
In July 2023, the French food logistics specialist acquired UK-headquartered forwarder Perishables Movements Ltd (PML) which operates at Heathrow, and Kent in air, ocean ...
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Davies Turner Air Cargo has upgraded handling equipment at its Heathrow hub.It has replaced its fleet with seven electric forklift trucks, three reach trucks and one battery changing truck. The 11 Bobcat vehicles have been procured on a lease contract from Rushlift, the forwarder’s partner ...
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DP World says its Modal Shift Programme in Southampton to encourage container shippers to switch from road to rail has removed 64,300 truck journeys from UK roads and cut carbon emissions by more than 17,000 tonnes in its first year.
Under the programme, launched in Septmeber ...
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The Move to -15°C initiative, which aims to cut carbon emissions in the frozen food supply chain by increasing temperature standards from -18°C to -15°C, has recruited UK supermarket Iceland, Emirates SkyCargo, and Latin American cold storage operator, Emergent Cold LatAm.
It has also secured support ...
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China’s Cosco Shipping has inaugurated a green port at Chancay, 50 miles north of Lima, Peru. The natural deep-water port offers 1,500 meters of quayside and four berths, two container and two multi-purpose and can accommodate the world’s largest box ships. It is designed for ...
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