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President Macron opens CMA CGM centre of excellence

French President, Emmanuel Macron, and CMA CGM chairman and chief executive, Rodolphe Saadé officially opened Tangram, a global center dedicated to innovation and training for the logistics and shipping group's employees on 8 May. Designed by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, it will train over 3,000 people  each and will serve as a centre for studying major contemporary trends and a space for envisioning the future of sustainable transportation and logistics. Located in ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd signs Ikea green deal

Hapag-Lloyd has signed a cooperation agreement with IKEA Supply Chain Operations to decarbonise container shipments originating from Asia. From March 2024 to February 2025, both companies have agreed to use Hapag-Lloyd’s Ship Green 100 option, which relies on waste- and residue-based biofuel instead of conventional ... [+]

John Good buys DAN Shipping

John Good Group’s DAN Shipping & Chartering arm has acquired shipping services provider Arthur Smith (Grimsby). John Good Groups said the purchase paves the way for its Maritime division's entry into the offshore sector. The acquisition will include five team members from Arthur Smith, including ... [+]

XPO helps give drinks firm a Rude awakening

XPO has shipped a Rude Boy party bus to the Caribbean. It advertises the Rude Boy drink which, since its launch in 2017 has since become the fastest growing ready-to-drink product in the Caribbean, selling over 50 million bottles in 2023. (‘Rude Boy’ in this ... [+]

ACL partners with Peel companies to cut North America-Ireland timings

Grimaldi-owned ro ro carrier Atlantic Container line AB (ACL) has teamed up with short-sea operator BG Freight Line (BGFL) and Peel Ports in Liverpool and Dublin to improve transit times and reliability between Ireland and North America. This new service will be one to two weeks ... [+]

Warm welcome from Greenland for Olympic flame

CMA CGM’s LNG-powered Greenland will take part in the grand nautical parade to mark the arrival of the Olympic Flame in Marseille on 8 May. Entering service in September 2022 under the French flag, and homeported in Marseille-Fos, she is one of five 15,000teu deployed between ... [+]

Two at a time for the first time in Southampton

DP World Southampton handled two of the world's largest container vessels simultaneously for the first time on 30 April. Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested in widening the channel within the Western Docks, which has enabled ABP Marine Pilots to manoeuvre ultra-large vessels to other ... [+]

ABP appoints IT director

Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Sean Kelly as group IT director. He has extensive experience leading IT teams in different businesses including Microsoft, BT, EY, RBS and was most recently the chief information officer of Business Platforms at marketing and advertising agency network, Dentsu. [+]

AAL Limassol goes into service

AAL Shipping’s (christened its new vessel the AAL Limassol at the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong yard in Quanzhou, China on 26 April. The ship is set to carry a full weather deck of project heavy lift cargo, including two 135-metre-long barges, weighing 1,650 tonnes and fifteen 80.5-metre-long ... [+]

It’s (almost) the real thing: Port of Middlesbrough on your laptop

AV Dawson, owner and operator of Port of Middlesbrough, has worked with a local college to create a 3D virtual reality version of the facility for prospective customers. Students at The Northern School of Art worked in teams to design one of two locations at the ... [+]

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