July 2017
The Freight Transport Association said it took heart from international trade secretary Liam Fox’s acknowledgement that the country “does not want a no deal” situation from the Brexit negotiations.
Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme on 20 July, Mr Fox insisted that the country needs a “full and comprehensive deal”. However, FTA has urged caution over his position that a free-trade agreement with the EU “should be one of the easiest ...
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The AiO Logistics Network has recruited Bury St Edmunds-based Transglobal Logistics UK to its commercial, projects and removals divisions. It offers vehicle shipping to and from all major worldwide destinations such as cars, trucks, motorbikes, caravans, motor homes. boats and yachts, by ro ro vessel, container or airfreight.
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Trade-only wholesaler AMI UK says its recently-launched online express imports service has already boosted traffic by 10% in its first three months, and is speeding up quotes and saving customers hours of research. The click2ship Express Imports service aims to make handling imports less labour-intensive and more profitable for couriers ...
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DSV UK is investing in 50 new rigid 7.5 and 18.0 ton Volvo trucks to replace the existing fleet and increase total number of vehicles based in Purfleet by six to handle growing volumes of domestic business. All the vehicles are fitted with tail lifts and have the latest Euro ...
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Lufthansa’s time:matters arm has extended its Spare Parts Logistics service to include flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airport in southern German to Birmingham and Dublin on weekdays.
Time:matters has been serving the UK and from Frankfurt and Maastricht since 2011.
Urgently needed spare parts can be delivered from 8am the next day. The service ...
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Walker Logistics customer relations director, Charlie Walker, hopes to realise a dream to return an historic C-47 aircraft to Membury Airfield in Berkshire. Similar aircraft helped fly hundreds of US troops to the Normandy beaches on D-Day from Membury Airfield, which is today the site of Walker Logistics’ 200,000sq ft ...
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Mark Bromley (left) has succeeded Fred Osborn as the elected national chairman of BIFA – the British International Freight Association – for a two-year period.
He has been associated with BIFA for many years, working for BIFA member Allways International Freight Forwarding and was previously chairman of BIFA’s Surface Policy Group.
Fred ...
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The Port of Tyne has appointed Lucy Armstrong as its new chair. She is chief executive of The Alchemists, a North East-based business consultancy which works with high growth mid-corporate businesses to accelerate their development.
Armstrong joined The Alchemists in 2003 after a career in private equity, corporate development and headhunting ...
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The UK will try to spark its economy through trade with emerging markets if it is unable to preserve its current relationship with its European Union trading partners, predicts freight forwarder Agility in its Mid-Year Emerging Markets Review.
With the EU’s chief negotiator saying that frictionless trade is “not possible” following ...
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With Brexit negotiations getting under way this week, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) said it was essential that the UK Government and the European Union reach a comprehensive deal on road transport.
It said that key issues include customs facilitation tools such as TIR, customs procedures and duties, border crossing ...
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