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CMA CGM Group is to make a $20 billion investment in its US and Americas network over the next four years. The Group, which has had a presence in the US for 35 years and is owner of the US-flagged carrier American President Lines (APL), says it will further increase its US-flagged fleet, expand the capacity of container ports on east and west coasts, develop warehousing across the country and ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has submitted a planning application for the UK’s largest floating solar project in Barrow, Cumbria.
The Barrow EnergyDock project will produce green energy mainly for the region’s advanced engineering sector, as well as better controlling the cost of electricity at the port. ...
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Logistics UK has welcomed reports that a ferry service between Scotland and France could be restarted, possibly as early as 2025. Head of trade and devolved policy, Nichola Mallon said a new direct sailing would increase freight connectivity and expand route options for exports to ...
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Milence, a joint venture between Daimler Truck, Traton Group, and Volvo Group has opened its first charging hub in the UK at Able Humber Port, Immingham.
It says that currently, the UK’s charging infrastructure for electric trucks is limited, with few public charge points that cater ...
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The UK world’s first dual-fuelled ammonia-powered vessel made a tour of British ports in early March.
The Singapore-flagged vessel Fortescue Green Pioneer arrived in Southampton to demonstrate the viability of ammonia as a sustainable, zero-emission marine fuel. The vessel is the first of its kind, powered ...
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The CMA CGM Iron, the first in a series of 12 first dual-fuel methanol 13,000TEU container vessels being introduced by the French-based shipping and logistics group, made its maiden call in Singapore on 4 March. She will join the CIMEX1 service between Asia and the ...
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A consortium comprising shipping line MSC’s Terminal Investment Limited (Til) arm and US investment fund BlackRock-TiL is to acquire an 80% stake in a clutch of 43 ports worldwide from Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison, including Felixstowe, the UK’s main container hub. The $22.8 billion deal ...
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DP World says it has now moved 100,000 containers moved by rail from its Southampton hub since launching its carbon emission reducing Modal Shift Programme trial.The share of rail freight for onward journeys by containers arriving by sea at DP World Southampton has risen from ...
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The Port of Liverpool has opened its first deep water bulk berth in 40 years is located at Peel Ports Group’s Alexandra Complex. The £2 million facility handled its inaugural vessel, the Andesborg, on 28 February.
It will accommodate vessels up to handymax sizes and, combined ...
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The Port of Antwerp-Bruges is inviting companies in the distribution, warehousing, and fast-moving goods sectors to tender for the next stage of expansion of its Maritime Logistics Zone. The port is developing of an 8.5-hectare site. It says that for cold chain operators, its strategic ...
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