October 2015
New UK and EU laws will tighten the business-to-business sale of alcoholic beverages, points out IT specialist Langdon Systems. HM Revenue & Customs' Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme comes into full effect from April 2017 and the EU's new Union Customs Code (UCC) is being rolled out next year to standardise the movement of trade across member states.
Businesses should review their obligations, even with companies who would not consider themselves ...
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P&O Ferries says it has carried record levels of freight between Dover and Calais in the third quarter of the year. It moved 367,000 units of freight across the English Channel between July and September – up 30% on the same period last year and the best single quarter since ...
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US-owned forwarding and logistics company C.H. Robinson has appointed Oliver Volk director of European development, Asia Global Forwarding and Rajendra Tamil as route development manager Asia, Europe Global Forwarding. Oliver Volk was previously general manager of Ceva's Air Asia Pacific trade in China lane. Rajendra Tamil most recently worked at ...
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Discussions on the Union Customs Code (UCC) still cannot be finalized as the European Commission has been forced to revise the legislation on transitional measures, warns the European Shippers Council. As the UCC is due to enter into gradually into force from 1 May 2016, this will reduce the time for ...
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Cardiff-based forwarder, Freight Systems Express Wales (FSEW), has appointed Chris Lacey (pictured, right) as European sales manager and Mike Hosking as air and sea freight supervisor.
Chris Lacey has over a decade’s experience in the freight industry, specialising in the European market. Mike Hosking has been in the industry for ...
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Professor Richard Wilding has been appointed chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT). Richard has been a member of the Institute since 1992 and a Board member since 2011. He is also Chair (Full Professor) in Supply Chain Strategy at the Centre for Logistics ...
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Menlo Logistics is bringing its high-end fashion expertise to Dutch retailer of intimate apparel, LoveStories. Menlo, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way – which itself is now a takeover target by fellow US logistics giant, XPO - will receive inbound merchandise from suppliers around the world, including Italy, Turkey, China ...
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Allport Cargo Services has appointed Alan Kenning as executive director of its Supply Chain Management division. He has held a variety of customer and supply chain management roles within the AP Moller Group and joins ACS directly from its forwarding subsidiary, Damco, where he was head of key account and ...
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Eddie Stobart is to open a container transport base at DP World London Gateway. The company said that the location was the best possible place to provide competitive transport solutions – by road or rail - from the south of the UK similar to those already offered in the north. ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has launched a new entry level for its certification programmes for transport and logistics companies looking to implement industry-leading security standards. Available to both members and non-members, the aim is to increase the number of TAPA-certified cargo warehouses and trucking operations in Europe, the ...
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