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Thursday, 23 June 2016

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Peel Ports hits biomass milestonePeel Ports has hit the milestone of dispatching more than 400 freight services from the railheads at Liverpool to Drax power station in North Yorkshire seven months after opening the first phase of its biomass terminal. Each train service carries around 1,700 tonnes of compressed wood pellets manufactured and imported from North America as a by-product from the sawmill industry. The terminal has created nearly 50 extra permanent jobs at the Port of Liverpool.
• Stena Line upgrades passenger ship communicationsStena Line has upgraded the communications systems on its passenger ships to enhance internet speed for its guests. It has upgraded VSAT connectivity and linked this to global mobile phone 3G and 4G networks and in-port WiFi. The system was deployed by Norway-based Marlink across Stena Line’s fleet of 25 ferries to enable passengers to access social media and online services. Marlink has trebled the bandwidth available in Stena’s fleet-wide closed user group service. It enables passengers to use their own mobile devices over these ships’ WiFi networks to link to satellite co...