Rail
Cargo handler, Solent Stevedores has appointed Mark Hooper as director of rail and containers for the ports of Southampton and London Gateway. He was previously business development director for DP World and brings 35-year port experience including 15 years at Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and two years on the Rail Freight Group board.
In his new role he will accelerate growth of the newly expanded rail offering at the Port of ...
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France’s Modalis Group has developed a lightweight swap-body with greater interior volume rail-road freight:
Designed in collaboration with the Belgian engineering firm Agesia, the unit is made from special steels and an innovative composite material that will be previewed at the JEC World 2024 trade fair ...
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is reviewing the Rail, Road and Inland Waterway Transport Block Exemption Regulation ahead of a recommendation to government on whether to vary or revoke it. It is one of the EU block exemption regulations that were in force ...
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The Join the Move to –15°C Coalition, which campaigns to reset frozen food temperature standards to reduce greenhouse gases has appointed refrigerated cargo expert, Thomas Eskesen, as chair.
The Coalition, which was initiated by DP World in 2023, is an industry-wide alliance that aims to redefine ...
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Clarion Events, Organisers of the Multimodal supply chain event say that they have seen a surge in visitor registrations for the show at Birmingham’s NEC on 11-13 June.
Multimodal 2024 already has over 230 exhibitors signed up, including Amazon, CEVA Logistics, DP World, Hapag-Lloyd, Kuehne+Nagel, Maersk, ...
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The Government has approved a freeport tax site in Goole, East Yorkshire, one of three in the Humber Freeport alongside Hull East and the Able Humber Port at Immingham.
The tax site spans almost 500 acres of prime development land across two plots, separated by the ...
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The Haropa port authority has started construction work of the (Port Seine Métropole Ouest / Western Metropolitan Seine Port (PSMO) 60km from Paris. Located at the confluence of the Seine and the Oise rivers, the multimodal facility is expected to host activities in the construction ...
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The Contargo logistics network recorded a slight increase in the numbers of containers transported in the river basin areas of northern France, despite a generally subdued market. In the Port of Valenciennes Contargo North France consolidated its position as leading inland port for sea freight ...
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Intermodal carrier CargoBeamer is launching new services between Bari in southern Italy will to Domodossola and Kaldenkirchen, operating three times per week. It is also increasing the frequency on its existing Kaldenkirchen - Domodossola route from 17 to 20 weekly roundtrips. Services are available for craneable ...
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GB Railfreight has started a new five days a week intermodal service between London Gateway and iPort Doncaster. It will use new FEA-G intermodal wagons, each able to carry six teu , significantly increasing the volume of cargo that can be transported on each journey.
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