November 2018
A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published today (28 November) has warned that there is “a real risk” of the UK’s transport system being unprepared for Brexit on 29 March and that the Department for Transport has been unnecessarily secretive in its planning
It says that risks are increasing “as time runs out to deliver what is needed.”
MPs on the committee acknowledged that the Department for Transport faced a difficult situation in ...
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With the continued Gilets Jaunes fuel price protests in France, the Freight Transport Association’s European policy manager Sarah Laouadi is advising truck drivers planning to use the Dover-Calais route to be very cautious.
She said: “FTA advises all drivers planning to travel to Calais, France to be very careful: protests against ...
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Kerry Logistics has launched its first rail and road multimodal freight service from Lanzhou, China to Islamabad, Pakistan. The first train departed Lanzhou by block train on 23 October 2018, and travelled 3,300 km to the Kashgar Comprehensive Bonded Zone in Xinjiang for transfer to trucks for the remaining 1,200km to ...
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Equity investor EmergeVest has brought six freight and logistics companies, including Allport Cargo Services and the Palletforce network into EV Cargo, described as the largest privately-owned logistics business in the UK with revenues totalling £850 million. Other companies in the group are supply chain software specialist Adjuno, and logistics firms ...
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The Freight Transport Association stressed that No Deal is not an acceptable option for the Northern Ireland logistics industry at an audience with Theresa May on 22 November at Number 10 Downing Street, t
The meeting, at the request of the Prime Minister, gave Northern Ireland policy lead Seamus Leheny and ...
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Brexit will again take centre-stage at next year’s Multimodal event at Birmingham NEC on June 18-20. The challenges, opportunities, and new technological solutions facing businesses across the supply chain will all be discussed at seminars and workshops at the three-day event.
Other topics including the growing labour crisis, artificial intelligence and ...
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The Port of Le Havre community system, SOGET, says it can offer an electronic solution to the problem of clearing cross-Channel traffic between the UK and France after Brexit.
SOGET's Port Community System (PCS) already handles ro ro operations across the Channel to the ports of Caen-Ouistreham, Calais and Le Havre. ...
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Head of consumer research for international courier comparison site ParcelHero, David Jinks told a conference that Ireland may well be the easiest route for couriers and hauliers into the EU following Brexit.
He suggested to delegates at the CML (Core Management Logistics) Brexit Forum that, due to political pressure, the Irish ...
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The British Ports Association has warned that Brexit negotiators have failed to guarantee that burdensome checks on food and agricultural products will not be introduced at some point in the future on UK/EU trade.
Commenting on a leaked draft political declaration on the future relationship between the UK and the EU, ...
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Geodis has appointed Ashwani Nath as vice-president and global head of e-channel solutions. He was previously global market line director – retail for Geodis and will be responsible for building and promoting end-to-end e-commerce omni-channel solutions, gathering all existing physical and digital expertise in the company.
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