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Brittany Ferries launch Bilbao service
Brittany Ferries has chartered a freight vessel between Poole in Dorset, and Bilbao in northern Spain. The ro-ro ship, named Pelican, and has the capacity for about 100 unaccompanied trailers and 12...
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Maersk sails to DP World London Gateway Port
Maersk Line has switched the UK call of its Samba service from Tilbury to the DP World London Gateway Port. The change has been influenced by the port’s ability to ‘efficiently handle and inspect high...
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WEC Lines to call at Port of Liverpool
Dutch company WEC Lines will be making weekly calls at the Port of Liverpool from 10th February 2016. The service will connect the northern city with Lisbon, Setubal, Leixoes and Sines and vice versa,...
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GEFCO starts bringing cars into Ramsgate
GEFCO has started to import and store cars at the Port of Ramsgate for onward distribution across the UK, in a partnership with Thanet District Council. Its first shipment took place this week – which...
View ArticleLondon Gateway boosts DP World traffic growth
The ramp up of traffic at London Gateway contributed to a three per cent growth in container volumes for DP World last year. In total, the ports group handled 61.7 million TEU across its container...
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Felixstowe to offer container weighing service
The Port of Felixstowe will offer a container weighing service for UK shippers in accordance with new international regulations from 1st July. The regulations relate to an amendment to the SOLAS...
View ArticleDP World to offer container weighing service
DP World is going to offer a container weighing service at its UK facilities in compliance with new legislation compulsory from 1st July 2016. The legislation will state that export containers carrying...
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Eurogate and Transmec in European partnership
Eurogate Logistics and Transmec have formed a partnership to combine their road and rail networks to expand their European coverage stretching from Malaga to Moscow. Essex-based Eurogate specialises in...
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Lines offer to publish more detail on container rates
The major container shipping lines have offered to improve the transparency of freight prices in response to concerns raised by the European Commission. Future price announcements would include five...
View ArticleDHL to offer greener service for ocean freight
DHL Global Forwarding is launching a service that will give its customers the option of more carbon efficient ocean freight. The service will enable customers to select a carrier for full container...
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Peel Ports calls for switch to northern ports
Peel Ports’ has called for a switch from current delivery of ocean freight from southeast ports to the centrally located Port of Liverpool. At a reception at the House of Commons on Tuesday, it argued...
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Lewis becomes managing director of DP World UK
Chris Lewis, managing director of DP World Southampton, has been appointed MD for the UK from 1st April. DP World took 100 per cent ownership of Southampton last year. He will be succeeded at...
View ArticleGSF calls for international forum to address challenges
The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has called for the establishment of a maritime industries supply chain forum on a international scale to ‘address the full range of challenges facing the [shipping]...
View ArticleIsis becomes Portcare International
Isis Communications is rebranding to ‘Portcare International’ to ‘avoid unintentionally extending visibility of a terrorist organisation.’ The media communications consultancy, specialising in...
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Profits rise at Kuehne + Nagel
Profits rose at Kuehne + Nagel last year mainly driven by a strong performance in the Seafreight division. Group EBITDA was up 3.6 per cent to CHF1,041m (£742m) for the year to 31st December. Turnover...
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Maersk subsidiary SEAGO launches Liverpool service
SEAGO, Maersk’s intra-European shipping line, is to launch a cargo route between Algeciras-Liverpool-Dublin, from 13th April. The service will offer six-day transit time between Algeciras and...
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Port of Tilbury to expand
Forth Ports is purchasing 152 acres of land, including a deep-water jetty, on the east side of the Port of Tilbury. The purchase price is not being disclosed – but the port operator has said it expects...
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Port of London cargo up 2 pc in 2015
Bigger ships visiting The Port of London last year resulted in Thames terminals handling 45.4 million tonnes of cargo – an increase of 2 per cent, or 0.9 million tonnes year-on-year. According to the...
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David Cameron returns to Felixstowe
Prime minister David Cameron has visited the Port of Felixstowe for the second time in a little over 12 months to address employees about the benefits of the UK’s EU membership. Prime Minister visit to...
View ArticleESC calls on EU to abolish carrier price sharing
The European Shippers’ Council has asked European Commissioner Vestager for Competition to abolish the system of price arrangements by maritime container carriers. The Commission recently reached an...
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