Unite the Union has confirmed strike action is to take place at the Port of Liverpool between 06:00 Monday 19 September and 06:00 Monday 3 October. 

 

The move is designed to disrupt operations at the UK container port after a pay package of 8.3% was rejected by the union, and following demands for greater pay increases. 

 

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https://www.peelports.com/news-articles/unite-the-union-confirms-september-strike-action-at-port-of-liverpool-containers-division 

 

Hutchison Ports and Terminal Investment Limited Sàrl (TIL), the terminal investment company of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), have announced a collaboration to develop a new container terminal in the Europahaven, where the north side of the Hutchison Ports ECT Delta terminal and Hutchison Ports Delta II (the former APMT-R site) are located. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/hutchison-ports-and-til-announce-new-development?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-09-02-2022&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlehutchisonportsandtilannouncenewdevelopment 

 

P&O Ferries has unveiled a suite of new tools and service enhancements for customers in the UK designed to speed up and simplify customs formalities, mitigate border delays and assist clients looking to digitise their processes. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/innovation-po-ferries-transforming-process-importing-and-exporting-goods-uk?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-08-19-2022&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticleinnovationpoferriestransformingprocessimportingandexportinggoodsuk 

 

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Road Freight and Logistics has today called on the Government to introduce an immediate ‘essential user rebate’ of at least 15 pence per litre for road freight, coaches, and logistics operators in light of sky-high fuel prices and growing inflation. 

 

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https://www.rha.uk.net/news/news-blogs-and-press-releases/news-updates/detail/mps-back-rha-call-for-a-15ppl-essential-user-rebate 

 

P&O Ferries has doubled its capacity to load and unload cargo at its Zeebrugge hub with the arrival of a second specialist lift-on, lift-off crane this month. 

 

The expansion in P&O Ferries’ operations at the port is set to streamline the transportation of freight, boosting productivity and enhancing capacity to service vitally important trade routes for UK exporters and trading partners. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/po-ferries-doubles-lo-lo-capacity-zeebrugge?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-07-29-2022&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlepoferriesdoubleslolocapacityzeebrugge 

 

DP World has, for the first time, handled more than one million TEU in six months at London Gateway, a record for the port as the leading provider of smart logistics solutions continues to make major investments in the UK’s infrastructure. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/dp-world-breaks-record?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-07-29-2022&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticledpworldbreaksrecord 

 

Asian forwarders are reporting a large drop in airfreight rates, but don’t believe this is the end of elevated prices, nor a significant fall-off in demand. 

 

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https://theloadstar.com/airfreight-rates-out-of-asia-take-a-dive-as-demand-from-the-west-is-subdued/ 

 

CMA CGM is to introduce even bigger discounts in ocean freight rates and broadened its scope, in response to the sharp rise in inflation hitting the purchasing power of French households. 

 

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https://theloadstar.com/cma-cgm-increases-ocean-freight-rate-discounts-after-government-pressure/ 

 

Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe has launched OCEAN (Online Container Enquiry Analytics Notifications), a new online platform to provide fast and accurate real-time information for customers. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/port-felixstowe-launches-ocean?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-07-22-2022&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticleportfelixstowelaunchesocean 

 

The new Chief Executive of one of the UK’s largest logistics firms has urged the government to embrace a partnership with port and maritime companies to help meet its objectives on levelling-up, net zero and economic growth. 

 

Claudio Veritiero, who took over at Peel Ports Group in April, says that businesses in the sector are ideally placed to provide benefits and opportunities across these three national priorities, especially in the wake of Covid-19 and Brexit. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/call-government-recognise-maritime-sector-best-hope-levelling?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-07-22-2022&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlecallgovernmentrecognisemaritimesectorbesthopelevelling