May 2015
Regulators from Europe, USA, and Canada jointly formed a panel for the first time to engage with industry at TIACA’s Executive Summit (ES) today.
Industry must continue to work closely with regulators to ensure impending advance data rules enhance security without impeding cargo flows, delegates at TIACA’s Executive Summit (ES) heard today. Representatives from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the European Union (EU), Transport Canada, Canada ...
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The Olympic Flame took to the skies at Athens airport on 18 May, courtesy of UPS. One of the express carrier's planes collected it and moved it to Cologne Bonn airport and then to Philadelphia, for the Special Olympics in Los Angeles from 25 July. The summer games attract 7,000 ...
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Track24 Defence has developed a cost effective, encrypted consignment tracking solution to help prevent military equipment from going missing during transit, in collaboration with Swedish military ICT specialist MilDef Systems.
The Shadow hardware component of the solution – accessed through the Cloud or private servers - sends regular updates on ...
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A surge in illegal immigrants trying to stow away on trucks passing at Calais Eurotunnel terminal and ferry port could put cross channel trailer services at risk, says BIFA.
Director general Robert Keen says that the trade association’s members - who tend to be truck hirers, rather than operators says: ...
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Deutsche Post DHL Group has disposed of about four fifths of its current 5.16% stake in Chinese state forwarder Sinotrans. The German company said the proceeds would be used to boost its Strategy 2020 plan. It added that the initial investment in Sinotrans proven a very good financial investment. The ...
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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has joined forces with Rhenus and Cargonaut to launch e-Fast Delivery. Since 13 May, truck drivers have been able to deliver air cargo directly to designated loading docks at Schiphol airport without first stopping at the documentation desk, with the new system sending an ...
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Container logistics provider Pentalver has relocated its depot at the port of Tilbury to a new purpose built, automated facility. The facility covering 6.6 acres at Berth 43, is alsonearer the London Container Terminal. An additional new empty container handler has also been added to the Tilbury fleet.
Pentalver's chief operating ...
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Palletways will extend its services into Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in June 2015, bringing the pallet delivery network's coverage to 18 European countries. It now has a network of over 400 depots and twelve hub operations, with a distribution network of over 300 independent members.
Managing director of Palletways ...
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The UK Warehousing Association says that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has reviewed the time taken to approve applicants to operate excise businesses and the conditions imposed on them, following a campaign.
The review has found that the approval process has often taken too long and conditions applied in some cases ...
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The Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal by a French worker's cooperative that Eurotunnel's acquisition of MyFerryLink should not be treated as a merger under UK competition law. The SCOP (Société Coopérative de Production de SeaFrance ), the workers’ collective that has been operating the MyFerryLink service on behalf ...
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