October 2017
Freight forwarder Geodis has rolled out a new Neptune road transport web portal offering real-time co-ordination of transport activity, reporting and analysis of key performance indicators and document archiving. It allows hauliers and customers to manage all their activities from a single platform, for example scheduling collections and deliveries, planning resources, reporting incidents and faults or accessing digitalised transport documents.
The Neptune portal works within the framework of Zenith, the transport ...
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Ireland will need assistance to ensure that infrastructure such as ports will be robust enough to cope with the new rules on trade and customs, an FTA Ireland delegation told representatives from Michel Barnier’s Task Force 50 negotiation team in Brussels on 25 October.
The comments came at a round table ...
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Hurling legend Séan Óg O hAilpín helped forwarder the Woodland Group open its new office and warehouse space in Westgate Business Park, Lehanaghmore, Cork on 26 October.
Ó hAilpín played for the Cork senior hurling and football teams, said: “As a Cork man, I’m delighted to assist them as they embark ...
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The Port of Tilbury Logistics Academy, Tilbury on the Thames Trust and the Royal British Legion have launched ‘Attention to Logistics’ a training scheme and bursary to help forces veterans and their families develop their skills and future employment potential.
The scheme aims to help ex-service men and women and their ...
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Senators Maria Cantwell and Johnny Isakson have raised concerns over Customs and Border Protection staffing levels at US ports, which have not kept pace with recent growth in trade volumes and specifically container traffic. They told a Senate Finance Committee hearing on 24 October that despite “tremendous growth” in trade, ...
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Warehouse and industrial units that will be able to accommodate around 1,500 employees are on course to be built on
ABP is planning a major warehouse and industrial development at Imm-Port, a 50 acre site at Kings Road close to the Port of Immingham purchased recently from the Brocklesby Estate.
Following receipt ...
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The government says it is on track to publish final proposals for expansion at Heathrow in the first half of 2018 for a vote in Parliament. The public have until 19 December to consider and respond to new evidence in the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement. Once MPs approve ...
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Cathay Pacific has become the first airline in Hong Kong to be awarded IATA CEIV Pharma Certification, a globally-recognised pharmaceutical product handling accreditation.
The certification underlines the carrier’s capabilities in the treatment and transportation of high-value, time-sensitive and temperature-controlled pharmaceutical products with speed, consistency and efficiency.
In harness with aviation industry stakeholders ...
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There is “a real danger” that the UK is heading for a ‘cliff edge’ in which it leaves the European Union with no trade deal, says a leading economics expert.
Dr Michael Gasiorek, who is senior lecturer in economics at the University of Sussex and managing director of trade policy specialist ...
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India-based CUTS International (Consumer Unity and Trust Society), in partnership with the International Road Transport Union (IRU) have published a study on the benefits of a multi-lateral transit system – similar to TIR – for the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal region (BBIN).
CUTS executive director Bipul Chatterjee said there was ...
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