Manfreight has opened a new new 100,000sq ft Ambient Facility at Belfast Harbour – strengthening its multi-site logistics network across the UK and Ireland. Offering over 12,000 standard pallet spaces / 15,000 Euro pallet spaces and the capacity to process more than 1,050 pallets per day, the facility brings the...
EU ambassadors have reached a political agreement on revised weights and dimensions rules, a long-awaited step towards more efficient, sustainable and zero-emission road transport. The International Road Transport Unon (IRU) has welcomed the agreement reached by EU ambassadors on the Danish Presidency’s revised compromise text of the Weights and Dimensions...
Over 200 guests attended the official naming ceremony of Stena Line’s newest vessel, Stena Futura, at Belfast Harbour today. This state-of-the-art hybrid freight ferry marks a significant milestone in Stena Line’s 30-year partnership with Belfast and its ambitious journey toward sustainable shipping. The 147-metre Stena Futura is the first...
International freight businesses will need to adopt greater levels of digitisation, automation and electronic reporting to comply with incoming UK and EU customs requirements or face severe consequences in terms of added costs, delays and operational risk. This is the view of Sarah-Louise Murray, Customs Manager at leading customs clearance...
Two leading commercial equipment suppliers have joined forces to provide one of Europe’s foremost tour logistics specialists with a consignment of mega event trailers. McGuinness, based in Dublin, is one of Ireland’s longest-established and most trusted tour logistics specialists. The company travels across Europe with major artists, bands and production...
Postrack, a leading provider of asset tracking solutions, has become Geotab’s first Order Now partner launched in Europe for asset tracking. The company’s comprehensive range of battery-powered, asset tracking devices has been fully integrated with the Geotab platform and will now be available via Order Now on the Geotab Marketplace....
Roadstone, part of the CRH Group has taken delivery of two brand-new Renault Trucks C430 Tippers, supplied by Setanta Vehicles Sales Each truck features a wear-resistant steel tipper body by Gleeson, complete with a roll-over tarpaulin cover for safe and efficient material transport. Finished in Roadstone Ltd.’s signature yellow, these...
Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien, has published the Transport Sectoral Adaptation Plan (T-SAP II). This strategic document is designed to help Ireland’s transport system build long-term resilience, and better respond to climate-related impact that is already happening or projected to happen in the future. This includes preparing for storms, floods,...
The eFTI Regulation is set to transform freight transport within the EU by boosting efforts to replace paper-based documentation with electronic data in all transport modes. This digital shift will apply to road, rail, inland waterway, and air transport. It will reduce administrative burdens for operators and authorities, enhance data...