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Freight transport and logistics provider achieves the highest corporate social responsibility result since the group’s first assessment in 2009. Freight transport and logistics provider Geodis has received its 6th ‘Gold’ rating from EcoVadis, a multi-industry corporate social responsibility (CSR) platform that evaluates companies’ CSR performance on 21 topics grouped into four themes: environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. ...

Sealand inaugurated its new office in Santiago, Chile on May 31st on the 7th floor of the same building that houses the overall Cluster Maersk organization. The building is located in a prime business area of Santiago and is close to the subway line, allowing easy access by collaborators and customers. The new location is 415 square meters and houses ...

The Government of India (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) has prohibited the import of solid plastic waste into India. This was notified via a circular to the trade on March 7, 2019 and to be implemented with immediate effect. As per the information provided, complete prohibition has been imposed on import of solid plastic waste into the country ...

Two tankers were damaged in a suspected attack in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on June 13. zoomllustration; Source: Pixabay under CC0 Creative Commons license The product carrier Kokuka Courageous, operated by BSM Ship Management (Singapore), suffered damage to the starboard side. The company said that a full-scale emergency response was launched after the incident and ...

Egypt’s Damietta Port Authority has inaugurated a new multipurpose terminal at an investment cost of EGP 1.36 billion (USD 81.3 million). zoomImage Courtesy: Damietta Port Authority The terminal includes a 630-meter-long, 17-meter-deep berth and is equipped with a backyard area of 50,000 square meters with anticipated capacity of about 4 million tons per year. It has been established under the ...

Algoma Shipping, a subsidiary of Canadian shipping company Algoma Central Corporation, has finalized the acquisition of the interest held by Oldendorff Carriers in the CSL International Pool. zoomIllustration; Image Courtesy: Algoma   As a result of the transaction, Algoma’s interest in the pool, that included three vessels owned by Oldendorff, has increased to around 40%. The Handy-sized Algoma Verity (formerly the Alice ...

Freight digitalisation specialist gives agents access to rates from more than 370 airlines, and real-time e-booking on select airline groups via WebCargo Sky platform. In a move it describes as “digital air cargo goes mainstream”, freight digitalisation specialist Freightos is giving all freight forwarding agents free access to digital rates from more than 370 airlines and real-time e-booking on select ...

FTA says government research and consultation on 10-year tyre ban unlikely to affect most logistics operators. The UK’s Department for Transport published research last night into aging tyres to support a consultation on banning 10-year-old tyres from use on heavy goods vehicles, as well as on buses, coaches, and mini-buses.  In response, James Firth, head of road freight regulation at the Freight Transport ...

Weak pre-peak intra-Asian movements reinforce expectation that protectionism and high US inventory levels will limit east-west ocean freight. Early indications point to a sluggish peak container shipping season on the key East-West trades from Asia to Europe and North America, according to shipping association Bimco. “Overall, Bimco has low expectations for demand growth in 2019,” noted chief shipping analyst Peter ...

Move to facility near London Container Terminal frees up an area of the port that will become part of the Tilbury2 development area. UK multimodal logistics specialist Maritime Transport has opened a new rail-connected distribution terminal at the Port of Tilbury to the east of London.  Maritime has been on site at Tilbury for 15 years and has relocated to ...