May 2017
Swiss-based forwarder Militzer & Münch Group says it has seen “a marked rise in demand" for Maghreb transport. Road traffic between Morocco and Germany has doubled in the last two years and for Tunisia it almost grew threefold.
The company has set up a new Business Development Team Maghreb to further push development.
The group has strengthened its local footprint by building a new customs terminal in Tangiers, Morocco and a new ...
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Malware hits Fedex systems
FedEx has confirmed that some of its IT systems have been hit by the malware attack that has disrupted companies and organisations around the world, including the National Health Service in the UK.
In most cases, the malware has targeted companies with older Microsoft operating systems such as ...
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The World Trade Organisation held the inaugural meeting of its Committee on Trade Facilitation, the body responsible for overseeing implementation of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement TFA), on 16 May. TFA, which came into force on 22 February, aims to speed up movement, release and clearance of goods across borders, ...
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Worker shortages, attracting and retaining hauliers and the growing trend for smaller shipments could become even more of a challenge once Britain has left the EU, says Pall-Ex group international director, Dr Anand Assi
Speaking after the recent Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich, said “Domestic and international transport operations rely on a ...
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The French government says it will charge a €40 fee for every temporary worker, including truck drivers, in the country employed by a foreign company – described by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) as a restrictive practice.
It would severely curtail the ability of UK logistics operators to work effectively in ...
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BLOK-Container Systems (BCS) has developed a ‘six-pack’ system to lift up to half a dozen empty containers as a single load. According to the company, repositioning empty containers costs the shipping industry $15-20bn a year – up to 8 per cent of shipping line operating costs – according to Boston ...
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Shipping chiefs are alarmed at French president-elect Macron’s promise to tear up the Treaty of Le Touquet that governs how ferry companies handle immigration to and from the UK.
Responding to reports that ferry companies could be asked to assume responsibility for border controls at ferry ports if the new president- ...
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Europa Road has signed a partnership with German forwarding company, Loxx, headquartered in Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr. The UK operator will offer a further daily service between the UK and Germany bringing its total to seven in each direction.
Europa operations director Dan Cook said the new partnership with Loxx, combined ...
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Lufthansa is to offer more freighter flights to Shanghai and Guangzhou as part of its latest timetable change. Shanghai goes up from seven to nine times a week from September and will exclusively be operated by Boeing 777F cargo aircraft replacing remaining MD-11Fs.
Guangzhou goes up from four to five times ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo has become the latest carrier to start full freighter services to London Heathow with a weekly A330F from its Doha hub from 3 June.
It already operates London-Stansted all-cargo services, started in May 2014, but said that said that direct calls at London’s main airport would cut trucking ...
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