October 2012
Transport Under Secretary Stephen Hammond unveiled some details of the Government’s planned truck road charging scheme on 22 October. Intended to level the playing field between UK-based and foreign hauliers, he said it would remove the inequality of British trucks paying to use many roads abroad, but there being no such levy on foreign hauliers.
Both foreign and UK-registered HGVs of 12 tonnes and over will pay the levy – the ...
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P&O Ferrymasters has signed a strategic alliance with independent forwarder Horizon International Cargo to link their respective pan-European and inter-continental capabilities.
P&O Ferrymasters- owned by DP World offers tailor-made logistics services in Europe including overland and short sea operations from 25 offices in 12 countries in the steel, building products, chemicals, ...
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The Council of Transport Ministers is expected to reach a political agreement on new digital tachographs when they meet on 29 October in Luxembourg, clearing the way for the devices to be fitted in new trucks by around mid-2018. The new-style tachos would be GPS-linked and should present fewer opportunities ...
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The Global Shippers’ Forum published the second edition of its Maritime Emissions Briefing Note on 22 October at the Clean Cargo Working Group’s Fall meeting in Jersey City US. Launching the report, Bruce Carlton, GSF Board member and president and CEO of the National Industrial Transportation League in the US ...
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UPS and TNT said on 19 October that they have received a Statement of Objections (SO) from the European Commission (EC) over the competitive effects of their intended merger on the international express small package market in Europe.
In a statement, the two carriers described the SO as a normal step ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have agreed to step up their cooperation.
TIACA has been building a closer relationship with ICAO in the past two years and is already on a list of international organizations invited to attend relevant ICAO meetings. Enhanced cooperation ...
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The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) will hand deliver a message of support from Turkish DHL workers to their colleagues in Neasden who are locked in a dispute over pay differentials. Members of the RMT union are due to strike in Neasden on Monday 22 October in protest at being ...
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A university researcher is urging the freight industry to respond to a questionnaire and help put freight crime on the Police's agenda. John Edmondson, associate lecturer in Policing at the University of Central Lancashire – and a police officer for 30 years – has been undertaking research into the ‘true ...
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UK and European pallet distribution network Pall-Ex has officially launched its Northern Hub in Carlisle. Local mayor, Councillor David Wilson, was on hand to cut the ribbon at the 40,000 sq ft terminal close to the M6. It is operated by Pall-Ex member RJ Murray & Son Ltd,and provides logistics ...
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Scandinavian-owned shipping line TransAtlantic has started weekly sailings between Szczecin, Poland and Hull, England on its established TransPal Line container service. The service also adds a link from south Sweden to Szczecin.
Chief Commercial officer at Transatlantic's Industrial Shipping division, Klas Eskilsson, said: "Szczecin is an excellent alternative for our customers ...
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