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AV Dawson, owner and operator of Port of Middlesbrough, handled its first international shipment of renewable energy pellets on 8 January.
The 7,000 tonnes of recyclable fuel pellets made from recycled industrial plastic were processed by Waste Knot Energy (WKE) at its newly commissioned processing plant and storage facilities in the port.
AV Dawson group managing director, Charlie Nettle, said: “Securing this exciting new project at Port of Middlesbrough is a big ...
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TX Logistik, a subsidiary of the Italian Railways’ Mercitalia Logistics arm, has finalised acquisition of Exploris Deutschland Holding Hamburg, becoming the second largest rail freight operator in Germany. After the preliminary contract was signed last July, the transaction was finalised following clearance by antitrust authorities. ...
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The UK subsidiary of Medlog, part of the MSC Group of companies, has agreed terms with logistics specialist Verdion to operate its iPort Rail terminal in Doncaster. IPort Rail’s current 27-strong team will remain in place.
Verdion will also start work on phase 2 of iPort ...
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Maritime Transport has won a new three-year contract to manage all rail operations at Tesco’s central distribution hubs at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT). The new agreement builds on Maritime’s 13-year history with the retailer, providing road distribution to Tesco sites nationwide.
Under the new ...
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Transport operators, DFDS and VIIA and the French ports of Sète and Calais signed a memorandum of understanding at the Logitrans exhibition in Istanbul on 16 November to improve connections between the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.
The aim of the agreement between the four partners is ...
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The port of Antwerp is to reorganise wagonload rail freight traffic from 1 January 2024, with a neutral operational model. It has also published the results of a tendering process, with rail operators allocated to specific areas. At present, says the port, deliveries of rail ...
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DP World said it had taken major steps towards greening its operations in its Sustainability Update, published on 15 November.
Highlights included the launch of a £250m class of new hybrid super ferries, P&O Pioneer and P&O Liberté, the greenest ships ever to sail on the ...
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Regional transport body Midlands Connect is holding a Freight Week on 13-17 November to highlight some of the case studies and results of its research. It is sharing case studies, there will be a blog by Matt Spry, Principal Transport Planner, a webinar on the ...
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The European Commission adopted a new proposal on combined transport on 7 November. It updates the current Combined Transport Directive and completes the Greening Freight Package, the bulk of which was adopted in July 2023.
The new version of the directive – last revised in 1992 ...
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Turkey is an important market for Italian-owned rail operator TX Logistik, despite the current generally difficult geopolitical and economic conditions.
The company, which is part of Mercitalia Logistics (and in turn the Italian state railway, FS Italiane Group) currently operates an intermodal connection between Istanbul and ...
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