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State of the art screens boost learning at the Dublin dockers’ school

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Paschal Donohoe visited St Joseph’s Co-Ed School in East Wall, Dublin to announce the completion of a €140,000 IT refurbishment, courtesy of Dublin Port Company. It includes the installation of interactive digital screens and three Special Education Classrooms throughout the school. The principal can make announcements through instant messaging and the screens can be used by any teacher. Students can interact with ... [+]

Dutch heavylift lines come together

Netherlands-based maritime and offshore logistics services provider ForestWave is to join fellow Dutch operator the Spliethoff Group from 30 September. It will increase the number of vessels operated by Spliethoff to over 140. Group members Spliethoff and Sevenstar Yacht Transport and ForestWave have already been ... [+]

Weerts builds in Leipzig

The Belgian Weerts Group is constructing a new logistics park with 37,500sq m of warehouse space measuring on the south side of Leipzig/Halle Airport. Warehouse area A is set to be completed by the end of April 2025 and the construction for area B is ... [+]

F1 and DHL find a green formula for motorsports airfreight

Formula 1 and its logistics partner DHL are to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for their airfreight movements, they announced at a press conference in Singapore on 20 September.  From March of this year, starting with the Australian Grand Prix, Formula 1 has been working with DHL ... [+]

Super-B number three for AAL

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 ... [+]

Revenues, margins down at FedEx

FedEx has reported first quarter revenue figures (ending August 31) marginally lower at $21.6 billion compared with $21.7m in same period of 2024 while operating margin was down from 7.3% to 5.6% It said results were negatively affected by reduced demand for priority services, increased ... [+]

Promotion and a departure at Forth Ports

Forth Ports has appointed current Tilbury asset and site director Paul Dale as chief operating officer. In addition to his existing responsibilities at the Port of Tilbury, he will lead the transformation of its infrastructure and technology and oversee its Marine, Engineering and Safety functions. ... [+]

Northern Ireland checks postponed

The government has delayed introduction of customs checks on traffic from Great Britain to Northern Ireland that were set to come into effect from 30 September under the Windsor Framework, reports Logistics UK. Head of trade at the business group, Nichola Mallon, said the industry was ... [+]

Northlink deal helps Cathay combat Alaskan winter

Cathay Cargo has signed an agreement to use NorthLink Aviation’s cargo terminal  at Alaska’s Ted Stevens Airport Cathay Cargo, giving it freighter parking and more winter weather resilience from October 2025. The airport is a technical stop for Cathay’s Transpacific Boeing 747 freighters. The new deal ... [+]

Fast logistics firm to use Cargo.one platform

Lufthansa Group’s Time:matters high-speed freight arm has signed a partnership with the Cargo.one procurement platform for quotes and bookings on 60 airlines. It will be implemented at Time:matters’ offices in the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Singapore and China and the company says that Cargo.one’s ... [+]

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