June 2015
The House of Representatives voted narrowly to pass the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill on 18 June. It effectively reverses the setback suffered by the measure in Congress on 12 June when a coalition of left-wing Democrats and right-wing Republicans voted to terminate the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) programme.
House leaders separated the TPA bill from a Senate version which included a Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) package to renew a program ...
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Kerry Logistics Network Limited has secured a contract to support House of Fraser’s store and e-commerce expansion into China in 2016. It will operate more than 9,000sq m of warehousing for the UK-based retailer in Shanghai, providing import agency services, import customs brokerage, and domestic distribution and e-fulfillment. Value-added services ...
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CMA CGM is to reconfigure its FAL1 and FAL3 services between Europe and Asia. With the changes, the carrier will offer calls in both Southampton and Felixstowe, as well as an improved service from North Europe to Beirut and a North/West Africa-Asia link via its hub in Algeciras, Spain.
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The SAECS Europe-South Africa lines are to switch their southbound call from Port Elizabeth Container Terminal to the port of Nqura/Coega from 7 July due to draught limitations. The northbound call will remain at Port Elizabeth.
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UPS is to build a new healthcare distribution centre in Roermond, the Netherlands. The announcement comes just a month after the carrier opened a dedicated healthcare air freight forwarding facility at Schiphol Airport.
The new Roermond facility, which will be around 28,000sq m and provide 41,000 pallet places, is scheduled to ...
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DHL Global Forwarding is to add a third China/Europe rail service with a new twice-weekly service between Zhengzhou and Hamburg via Poland. The new 17-day service will offer a less-than-container load and full-container option. DHL now offers three regular multimodal rail services between China and Europe from Zhengzhou, Suzhou and ...
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Russia said it had reopened 34 border-crossing points to TIR on 18 June, including those with Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuaania, Norway and Ukraine.
It followed an earlier announcement by the Federal Customs Service that it had “resolved the situation with TIR Carnets”and restored its cooperation with the TIR guaranteeing association ...
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There has been a delay in publishing legislation on the EU's new Union Customs Code, BIFA reports. A Customs Business Group meeting was told on 5 June that texts have yet to clear Commission Inter-Services Consultation. This in turn is likely to delay a vote on the implementing act ...
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Norway will introduce a minimum wage law for foreign drivers on 1 July, for cabotage and/or international transports to and from the country. BIFA reports that drivers of vehicles over 3.5 tonnes will be entitled to a minimum wage of NOK 158,32 (€18,23) per hour where there is a loading ...
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Construction of the Port of Liverpool's new £300 million container terminal has passed a major milestone. Phase 1 of infilling to reclaim 12 hectares of intertidal area has been completed, with further infilling due to take place over the summer. Most of the 296 steel piles have now been driven ...
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