October 2014

Conference: maximising port potential

Waterfront is holding a conference entitled: Port Strategy: Maximising Your Port’s Potential Through Infrastructure Solutions in London on 25 February 2015. This event will explore how to upgrade existing port infrastructure and deliver new developments to maximise its potential. It will also discuss the benefits of having a port master plan in place and assess the importance of port economic forecasting on development - http://www.waterfrontconferencecompany.com   [+]

UPS expands the options

UPS is to expand its UPS My Choice® and the UPS Access Point network, aimed at helping retailers and consumers world to manage their residential package deliveries. UPS My Choice is now available in the UK and 15 other countries, having initially been launched in the US. Benefits include: advance delivery ... [+]

Victorian values Sovereign service

Merseyside logistics company and Palletways member, Sovereign Transport, has been appointed main haulier for bathroom specialists Victorian Plumbing and will be responsible for all deliveries in the UK and Europe. Victorian Plumbing MD Mark Radcliffe said Sovereign Transport had been chosen for its “consistency, reliability and an ease of communication that ... [+]

Bullet adds container services

Scottish logistics company Bullet Express Ltd has opened a four-acre container destuffing, storage and pick and pack facility in East Kilbride. It complement'sBullet's existing Bothwell distribution site. MD David McCutcheon described the move as “a natural progression that’s been brought forward by customer pressure”, adding that he hoped that the ... [+]

Union Customs Code – your questions answered

HM Revenue and Customs has published a list of frequently asked questionsabout the Union Customs Code (UCC) which is due to come into force in the European Union from 1 May 2016. click here BIFA adds that it has also published extensive information on the subject - click here     [+]

Flying dragon

Charter broker Air Partner and Ruslan International have flown a gigantic mechanical Horse Dragon to Beijing.  Long Ma Jing Shen or ‘The Spirit of the Horse Dragon’ will participate in a Chinese parade to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and China on 17-19 October. The 12 metre ... [+]

Tilbury takes care of historic cranes

The port of Tilbury is taking two derelict cranes at Battersea Power Station into its safekeeping pending their restoration as part of a scheme to generate the area. The cranes – built in the 1950s and not used since 1983 – have been removed so that the power station regeneration ... [+]

Business as usual despite strike, says Lufthansa

Lufthansa Cargo says it plans to operate all of its flights despite the walkout by the pilots’ union, Vereinigung Cockpit in a long-running dispute over age of retirement . The strike is set to ground all cargo flights scheduled to depart from Frankfurt on Wednesday and Thursday but two flights ... [+]

Hellmann-Pallet-Track deal ‘off to a strong start’

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics reports a strong start to its new partnership with UK nationwide network, Pallet-Track. Volumes through the Pallet-Track network have risen to more than 10,000 pallets per night within days of the deal going live in September. The deal, signed in April, extends the UK Pallet-Track network into Europe ... [+]

Shippers call for carbon data

The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) is calling for a data collection system to measure ships' carbon emissions. Shippers are under increasing pressure to be able to report Scope 3 (indirect carbon emissions) to customers and require this data from ship operators. It comes ahead of the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Marine ... [+]

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