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Members of ‘C’ Shift has won the Port of Felixstowe's John Bubb Safety Trophy, the second year in a row it has gone to an operational shift. The shift, which includes berth operators, crane drivers, internal movement vehicle drivers, and terminal managers, reduced the number of reportable accidents on the shift by 64% during the year, one of the largest reductions ever seen at the port. The port as a ...
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INTTRA has signed an alliance with secure online electronic invoice network, Tradeshift.
The partners say it will allow enable ocean carriers and their customers to manage ocean freight invoices, disputes and payments on a common platform with a single connection. They add that benefits include automated matching of carrier invoices to ...
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The Unite trade union has strongly criticised government plans to scrap the Docks Regulations that govern health and safety in ports in favour of self-regulation, as part of its 'Red Tape Challenge. It adds that since it downgraded health and safety in docks to ‘low risk’ in October last year, ...
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At the bail hearing started last Tuesday, of UK freight forwarder Christopher Tappin, US prosecutors alleged that was heavily involved in trading with Iran. According to the Mail Online, A senior investigator for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement service told a Texas court that the retired director of Orpington-based Brooklands Freight ...
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The House of Commons Transport Select Committee has added its voice to industry calls for a rethink on planned EU ship emission limits. MPs have called on the UK government to negotiate to ensure the EU Directive goes no further than the revised MARPOL agreed in 2008, in a report ...
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The port of Dover has replaced its Clearway Community System Provider (CSP) with the Pentant CusLink Inventory System for clearance of all third country freight.
Pentant was formed by former CNS executives Phil Waldron, Derek Dubber and freight industry IT sepecialist Martin Goodwin. It describes its flagship Culink product as “a ...
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Forwarder Kuehne & Nagel is all set to open its new super-hub at Bad Hertzfeld in the centre of Germany on 1 June, a senior vice-president told FBJ on 5 March. Jim Hedderwick, in charge of road logistics for north-west Europe said that around 50 direct lines would operate to ...
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Peel Ports said on 5 March that it had started the procurement phase for the construction of its new deep-water container terminal at the Port of Liverpool. The landmark terminal, which will handled two ships of up to 13,500teu, will be branded Liverpool 2 – echoing the Liverpool One retail ...
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Shipping lines are losing their shirts and shippers must expect to pay more if they are to enjoy quality services in the future, was as gist of the message from Maersk Line's new boss on 5 March. Chief executive officer , in his first major announcement to the press since ...
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The Port of Felixstowe celebrated the first call of The New World Alliance's revamped (AEE) service on 3 March. It offers shippers westbound transit times of eight days between Felixstowe and New York.
TNWA (APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL)), has deployed high-reefer-capacity ships on the weekly ...
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