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“New Silk Road” rail freight service
Hong Kong-based transport and supply chain solutions group Tigers has launched a new Asia-Europe rail freight service, Tiger Rail, offering customers a 16-day transit time both east and westbound, between Duisburg, Germany, and Hefei, Chongqing, and Chengdu, China. Tiger Rail customers can charter a train, or book Full Container Load (FCL) or Less than Container…
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Felixstowe rail freight upgrade
Campaigners including Freight on Rail and the Campaign for Better Transport have welcomed increased capacity for freight trains to and from the UK container port of Felixstowe that will cater for the immediate, suppressed demand for rail freight services on this key intermodal route. Network Rail recently announced that the upgrades to the branch line…
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Sharks flown from the US to Brazil
American Airlines Cargo recently flew two sand tiger sharks from New York Airport and three bonnethead sharks from Miami International Airport, all to Rio de Janeiro. All five sharks were headed to their new home at an aquarium in Nova Iguazu, Brazil via two different Boeing 777-200s. American Airlines worked with Four Star Cargo to…
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Unmanned container ships
Nippon Yusen KK will remotely pilot one of its large container ships from a Japanese port to North America, although a crew will be aboard as a precautionary measure for the initial test voyage, Bloomber reported. The voyage is being planned by the Monohakobi Technology Institute, which is a division of the shipping firm, and…
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HMM exploring Arctic Sea route option
Hyundai Merchant Marine is looking at the possibility of reducing voyage times between Asia and Europe via the Arctic Sea as the polar region becomes more accessible to vessels amid global warning. According to media reports, South Korea’s carrier is considering a trial sailing of the polar passage route from 2020 onwards with either a…
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Food exports reach a record high £10.2bn
UK food and drink exports reached a record-high of £10.2bn in the first half of 2017 which meant an 8.5% increase compared with the same period last year. Higher export growth was recorder to EU countries than non-EU countries with the total value of EU exports reaching £6.3bn. Ireland, France and the US remained the…
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Iran sets out port expansion plans
Iran is aiming to triple container port capacity to 14m teu (equivalent of 14 million 20′ containers) by the end of the decade following the easing of trade sanctions more than a year ago. Bandar Abbas can currently handle 3m teu, which represents about 84% or Iran’s container traffic, with ambitions to grow to 9.8m…
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Launch of innovative cable logistics system in China
Chinese firm Guangdong iBosst has launched a project to develop Intelligent Logistics Express (ILE) cable rail system covering urban and rural areas of China. The aim is to offer same-day delivery of goods nationwide and one-hour citywide delivery at half the cost of traditional transport modes. The first 15km long ILE was completed in Guangdong…
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Underground warehousing plan at Heathrow approved
Plans for a pioneering (1.9 million sq ft) underground warehouse near Heathrow Airport were approved early this month. This ambitious project will potentially serve as a blueprint for other underground warehousing and logistics developments in high-value urban land areas. Hounslow Borough Council’s planning committee approved the proposals submitted by the landowner, Formal Investments, to create…
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Expanded Panama Canal
26th June marks one year anniversary since the expanded Panama Canal began commercial operation. More than 1000 Neo-Panamax ships have undertaken the journey since then. The project has opened up a new shipping lane for larger vessels. Increasing the size of the vessels able to pass through, from a max length of 294 metres and…