United Kingdom

 
10 Jun 2013
DP World’s London Gateway container port has signed up the U.K.’s biggest food and apparel retailer, Marks & Spencer,
Fireworks announce start of dredging for Liverpool2.
 
10 Jun 2013
Peel Ports has launched dredging operations for its new post-Panamax container terminal at the Port of Liverpool in the U.K.
 
07 Jun 2013
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, NBIM, and the European arm of U.S. commercial property group Prologis have acquired a $385 million portfolio of warehouses in the U.K.
The new North Rail Terminal at the Port of Felixstowe.
 
07 Jun 2013
The Port of Felixstowe has opened a new rail terminal, doubling rail capacity at the U.K. container port.
 
06 Jun 2013
The U.K. Competition Commission said Eurotunnel, the operator of the subsea rail link to France, must abandon its roll-on, roll-off shipping service between the two countries.
 
06 Jun 2013
International Airlines Group reported cargo traffic of 461 million metric-ton-kilometers in May, down 10.8 percent from 517 million metric-ton-kilometers of cargo in May 2012.
 
04 Jun 2013
The British government’s Regional Growth Fund has assigned a grant of £35 million (about US$53.5 million) to dredge the approach channel in Mersey Estuary, which will improve access to Seaforth Dock...
 
03 Jun 2013
Hapag-Lloyd will increase rates for dry, refrigerated, flat rack and open top containers on its trade from the Indian subcontinent to the U.S. and Canada, effective July 1.
 
28 May 2013
UPS has appointed George Willis as the new managing director for UPS U.K., Ireland and the Nordics.
 
24 May 2013
Hapag-Lloyd will raise rates for all dry, refrigerated, flat rack and open top containers on its trade from East Asia to the U.S. and Canada, effective July 1...
 
21 May 2013
Royal Mail’s profit more than doubled, driven by surging parcel deliveries, in a major boost to the forthcoming privatization of the UK’s 363-year-old state-owned postal company.