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Doncaster opens UK’s first inland rail freight hub in ten years
Doncaster’s iPort Rail has handled the first train at the UK’s newest intermodal inland rail freight hub. Located on a 30-acre site within
the 337-acre iPort logistics hub, iPort Rail can accommodate the UK’s longest trains up to six times a day. It has storage capacity for 1,500teu and a reach stacker with a 115-tonne front axle load. The site is on the East Coast
Main Line and next to the M18. It has been developed by pan-
European logistics specialist Verdion, which will also operate the site. Chief executive, Michael Hughes, said: “Rail terminals need to be properly integrated into logistics hubs for greatest efficiency. But with strains on the road network and questions over customs arrangements over the
next three years, the certainty that rail freight and inland ports offer should make them important factors in corporate decision- making.” iPort itself also offers up
to 6 million sq ſt of logistics warehousing, with
Amazon,
CEVA, Fellowes and Lidl already taking space. Amazon’s 1.1 million shed was completed last year.
sales@vixsoft.com French port triumphs at the Oscars
The Port of Dunkerque triumphed at the Oscars on 3 March, with Christopher Nolan’s film ‘Dunkirk’ winning the awards for best editing, best sound mixing and best sound editing. The film was shot in the port in
2015-16. While the actual honours went to film industry people, the staff of the port’s commercial, operations and development
divisions, and the harbour master’s office all worked tirelessly to ensure that the film was a success. The Mole in the eastern port, the historical site of the embarkations in 1940, was completely rebuilt and restored to its original appearance and a large fleet of historic vessels managed in the oſten complex environment of a port in operation day and night.
Dunkerque-Port chief executive Stéphane Raison,
said: “These
awards also stress the high level of professionalism displayed by the staff of Dunkerque Port who supported the director and his team at each stage of the shooting. This film will change forever people’s view of Dunkirk, the first port in the world to feature in Oscar nominations and awards.”
Transport set to retain posted workers exemption
Negotiators in Brussels say they plan to retain existing exemptions for the transport sector in the new Posted Workers directive, details of which were revealed on 1 March. The European Council, European Parliament and
the European Commission said that they had reached an understanding on a possible agreement to revise the current 1996-vintage directive, including higher pay for people working in other EU countries.
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However a lex specialis for transport retained.
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sector would European
Commission had earlier proposed that the posting rules should also apply to truck drivers and others in the industry.
Trump tariffs spark trade war fears
World leaders reacted with alarm on 1 March aſter US President Trump announced import tariffs on imported steel and aluminium – prompting fears that a wider trade war could break out. Trump said he would use US
national security legislation to
introduce the duties. European
Commission
president Jean-Claude Juncker warned however that he would introduce
countermeasures compatible with World Trade
Organisation rules within the next few days. German steel industry
representatives also pointed out that steel diverted from the US could flood world markets, leading to a glut.
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