October 2018
United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) chief executive Peter Ward says he is disappointed and frustrated that the Government seems not to have recognised the critical labour shortage facing the warehousing and logistics industry, a sector that depends on immigrant labour – particularly at peak times.
He described the announcement at the Conservative Party Conference on 3 October that future immigration policy would favour higher skilled workers earning salaries of over £30,000 ...
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Nippon Cargo Airlines is to resume services between Tokyo Narita, Amsterdam and Milan from 5 October. It follows the completion of safety checks after maintenance issues were discovered in June. Flights to Hong Kong and Chicago have already restarted.
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BIFA has complained that it has been kept in the dark over Government plans for Customs, saying that it only learned about plans to invest £8 million in customs training and automation from a report in The Times newspaper.
Director general Robert Keen said that in light of the significance of ...
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Arcus European Infrastructure Fund is to sell its shares in Forth Ports to the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP).
It said the move would allow it to partner with other long-term investors who are well aligned to support the future growth of the Scottish and English operator.
Forth Ports owns and ...
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Gefco UK human resources business partner Eloise Ottewel has raised GBP1,805 for BBC Children in Need after completing a 13,000-ft skydive.
She was inspired to do a tandem parachute jump after supporting the logistics firm’s Coventry to Paris cycle challenge last month and whichhas so far raised almost GBP40,000 for BBC ...
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Delta Cargo has entered into an exclusive long-term partnership with pet technology start-up CarePod to deliver what it describes as a new standard of first-class safety and care for pet air travel. CarePod will help Delta better carry and monitor pets throughout the network, with real-time updates for customers. The ...
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DP World said on 28 September that it was experiencing very high stack levels in Southampton which was affecting on the port’s productivity.
Many of shipping lines are over their empty limit allowance which had filled the empties park with containers overflowing into the regular stack. This, in turn, is blocking ...
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Samskip has launched a new service between Antwerp and Hull, its first to Belgium’s largest port.
Initially, it will operate twice, from 12 October, with a 508teu capacity vessel, sailing from ATO’s multimodal terminal on Tuesday and Saturday and ABP Hull on Thursday and Monday.
This new connection is in addition to ...
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The European Commission is inviting comments on the current block exemption for liner shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules, which expires on 25 April 2020. In particular, it is seeking the views of shipping companies, shippers, freight forwarders, port operators and their respective associations. All stakeholders are invited to submit ...
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The European Commission is to send a ‘Reasoned Opinion’ – part of its formal infringement procedure to the UK for failing to pay €2.7 billion worth of customs on Chinese clothing and footwear imports..
The Commission opened the infringement procedure in March following a 2017 report by the EU's anti-fraud body ...
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