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.
United Kingdom
20 May 2013
BG Freight Line, the short sea specialist based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, will increase the frequency of its services to Liverpool, England, in June.
15 May 2013
Samskip Multimodal has increased capacity on short sea services connecting Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to Hull, U.K.
14 May 2013
Bob Goldfield, CEO of the Port of Dover’s harbor board, will step down on May 31, 2013, after 11 years in the post.
07 May 2013
St. Peter Port Harbour in Guernsey, U.K., has received delivery of a Terex Gottwald HMK 170 E mobile harbor crane from Terex Port Solutions.
01 May 2013
UPS is experiencing “significant” growth in its expedited less-than-containerload service from four northern European ports to delivery destinations in the U.S.
01 May 2013
The U.K. said it expects to hire banks to advise on an initial public offering for Royal Mail Group, the 363-year-old state postal company, by the end of May.
24 Apr 2013
TITAN Salvage has refloated the 262-foot cargo ship Danio, after the vessel ran aground at Farne islands, on England’s Northumberland coast, while it was carrying a load of timber from Scotland to Belgium.
19 Apr 2013
Work has started on the first phase a £250 million (about US$380.8 million) program to improve performance and capacity on the Stafford, U.K., section of Europe’s West Coast Main Line.
19 Apr 2013
CMA CGM’s Alexander von Humboldt container ship today began its maiden voyage in Busan, South Korea.
16 Apr 2013
IAG Cargo will offer additional freight capacity on three new passenger flights between London and Seattle, beginning Oct. 27, 2013.
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