One of the largest Irish Sea ferry operators says freight traffic is on the up between its ports in Wales and Ireland, following a dip after Brexit. It was down by half for much of the first three months of 2021 at Holyhead and Fishguard. Ferry operators said this was partly because lorries from Ireland…
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IAG Cargo has continued its efforts to transport Covid-19 vaccines across the world. The business has now delivered 2.5 million doses into Latin America and the Caribbean since January. The shipments were transported using IAG Cargo’s specialist Constant Climate service via its airside hubs at London Heathrow and Madrid Barajas, two of its three specialist…
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The government has launched a service to carry out further visits on people who have a duty to quarantine following international travel. It is still illegal to holiday overseas and those entering the country following international travel must quarantine for a period of 10 days at a managed quarantine site or the address listed on…
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Hutchinson Ports Port of Felixstowe has further enhanced its deep-water berth capacity following the successful completion of strengthening and dredging works to Berth 7 on Trinity Terminal. Berth 7 – one of the Port of Felixstowe’s nine container berths – has been dredged from 15.0m to 16.5 metres below Chart Datum and the berth box…
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Train operator Abellio ScotRail has blamed the early impact of the pandemic on widening losses in its latest annual accounts. The Dutch-owned company, which runs the Scotland rail franchise, posted a pre-tax loss of £64.5m in the 12 months to 31 March 2020. In the previous 15-month accounting period, its losses were just over £11m.…
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A Review into the Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated schemes) related to Greensill Capital in Government, led by Nigel Boardman, has been announced by the Government. The Prime Minister has asked Mr Boardman to conduct a review that will look into the decisions taken around the development and use of supply…
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Cars will continue to be the preferred mode of transport for around half of journeys post-Covid, a survey of travel plans has revealed, putting climate targets and a fair economic recovery at risk according to leading sustainable transport charity Campaign for Better Transport. The survey, which was carried at last month, asked people what modes…
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In an expansion of its support for global healthcare and pharmaceutical customers, CEVA Logistics announced, on World Health Day, a new sub-brand to support better patient outcomes through the company’s broad range of healthcare logistics services. CEVA FORPATIENTS now offers healthcare and pharmaceutical companies end-to-end logistics solutions that place the patient at the centre of…
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Transport for London (TfL) has permanently halted its heritage service of 10 iconic Routemaster buses on the number 15 route. The buses were the last of the city’s famous open-backed vehicles in operation, after the other heritage route, the 9H, was retired seven years ago. The news comes more than a year after the UK…
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Menzies Aviation, the global aviation logistics specialist, has announced its commitment to making 100% of its operations carbon neutral by the Company’s 200-year anniversary in 2033. Menzies believes it is the first aviation services company to make this ground breaking commitment to carbon neutrality. Menzies Aviation will formalise this industry-leading carbon neutrality commitment by becoming…
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