December 2015
Although its e-Freight initiative – and e-AWB adoption in particular – has been much slower than IATA would have liked, penetration has nonetheless been growing year-on-year. However, this appears to be moving up a gear in the UK with IATA’s recent press announcement that 15 airlines “are switching over to e-AWB as the preferred means of shipping cargo to all destinations by using the e-AWB Single Process at LHR airport, ...
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Serbia has joined the EU-EFTA common transit procedure and the convention on the simplification of formalities in trade of goods. Common transit operations with Serbia and the the EU, the EFTA countries, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey will begin on 1 February 2016. The rules are effectively ...
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While anyone listening the national news could be forgiven for thinking the whole UK steel industry was on its knees, Middlesbrough logistics company AV Dawson says that its £6.5m facility opened last November has had a successful first year supplying the ever increasing needs of car giant Nissan in nearby ...
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UK-owned Maltacourt has opened a new regional office at Debrecen Airport, Hungary. It will be the first forwarder within the tri-modal logistics facility developed by the Xanga Group and first to offer full services across all modes of transport, storage and customs services at Debrecen.
Maltacourt Group chief executive Matt ...
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The G6 container shipping alliance said it expected its operations to continue as normal through 2016, despite the takeover of one of its members – APL/NOL – by CMA CGM, which belongs to the rival Ocean3 grouping.
In a statement it said: “The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Until there ...
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Rohlig Logistics has opened a warehouse near Solihull that it says will vastly reduce the time it takes to get containers from the port of entry to market. Upgrades to infrastructure, technology and work processes will reduce turnaround times for the firm’s groupage containers to only three days.
Rohlig UK managing ...
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DB Schenker Logistics is to take a three-quarter share of Redhead International and will combine its UK road-activities in a joint venture with the forwarding company in early 2016. The two businesses will be merged in a reverse integration and will trade as Redhead International under its management team. Schenker ...
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A new lorry park in Kent would ease the disruption caused by Operation Stack and provide much-needed facilities for truck drivers said the Freight Transport Association (FTA) as Highways England launched a consultation on the plan.
Two sites near junction 11 of the M20 at Stanford are being considered for an ...
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Kuehne + Nagel Ireland hosted their 2nd annual Supplier Awards with a prestigious event in Dublin.
With these awards, Kuehne + Nagel Ireland aims to honour excellence in service provision to the logistics and freight forwarding industry. The company received 112 submissions in eight different categories across the airfreight, sea freight, ...
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Ipswich-based international haulier Morrison Freight is celebrating 25 years in business by donating three trailers to the Mustard Seeds Relief Mission, in support of the charity’s ‘Love in a Box’ Christmas shoebox appeal. It will also run a ‘silver ticket’ competition where four loyal customers will get the chance to ...
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