November 2016
Turkey plans to sign a free trade deal with the UK after it leaves the EU, said Turkey's economy minister Nihat Zeybekci on 9 November. Technical talks have already started, he added, saying that the agreement would be of similar scope to the existing Customs Union between Turkey and the EU.
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Online marketplace Freightos has launched its Freight Rate Calculator , claimed as the first and only instant, multimodal international freight calculator that taps into live market rates to offer real-time FCL, LCL, air and trucking door-to-door freight estimates. It is currently being launched as a public beta version. Freight says ...
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Specialist aerospace logistics and warehousing provider B&H Worldwide has appointed Mark Nightingale as regional managing director, EMEA. He was previously managing director freight forwarding for UK, Ireland and Nordics at UPS.
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Time critical specialist BDA Logistics Innovation has moved from its Coventry airport hub to a new, larger base at Birmingham Airport. BDA offers a through-the-night pre-8am delivery service to most of the UK population, direct from mainland Europe via Frankfurt or Maastricht, using its own freighter aircraft, and GPS tracked ...
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Members of THE Alliance – Hapag-Lloyd, K Line, Mitsui OSK, NYK and Yang Ming – have outlined their plans for their 240-strong fleet when the new grouping goes into operation in April 2017.
However, while all the new groupings five Asia/Europe services and five of the six transatlantic routes will call ...
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UPS is to acquire life science logistics specialist, Marken, subject to regulatory approval for an undisclosed sum. Marken chief executive, Wes Wheeler, will continue to lead the business, which will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of UPS. The company has over 650 employees and 44 locations worldwide, including ten Good ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA has been forced to repeat the call it made earlier this year for an end to shipping line surcharges.
Director general Robert Keen said that extra charges imposed by lines were mushrooming, with equipment imbalance surcharges from 1 November on the eastbound Europe/Asia trades, another ...
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Groupage operator Europa Road has relocated its Glasgow area office to Maxim Office Park, Eurocentral. The new location has space for expected additions to its six-strong team during 2017.
Branch manager, Stewart Lawson, said: “The team has worked extremely hard to increase revenues which has resulted in us having a solid ...
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ABP chief executive James Cooper has triggered a local storm after he suggested that the controversial Dibden Bay container port expansion plan could be revitalised.
The scheme to develop the opposite side of Southampton Water to the existing port for commercial use was thrown out by the government 12 years ago ...
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United Airlines is to halt its Belfast-New York services from 9 Janaury after a subsidy plan was scuppered by the European Union.
The Northern Ireland Executive had put in place a grant aid plan for the loss-making route, which is Northern Ireland’s only direct link with the US, in contrast with ...
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