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Xstaff is to be renamed shiftX, delegates to the shippers’ group were told at its seventh BCO Conference in Hamburg on 14 November. Managing partners and organizers Antonios Rigalos and Stephan Schiller said the new name would position the organization as a ‘creator of synergy, competitive conditions and reliable capacities for BCO (beneficial cargo owners) in an increasingly complex transport market.
Delegates to the conference called for better data for better ...
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AAL Shipping has named its AAL Antwerp, the fourth vessel in its eight-strong Super B-Class fleet. The 32,000 dwt methanol-ready ship was officially named on November 15 at the CSSC Huangpu-Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, China in.
Capable of transporting over 90,000 freight tons of cargo and ...
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A consortium led by Belfast Harbour has been awarded funding for a feasibility study into autonomous technology
It will partner with digital solutions provider Aidrivers and container port operator BCT to trial the use of automatic terminal tractors (TTs) to transport containers between quay cranes and ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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