December 2018
APL has signed up to the United for Wildlife Transport Taskforce, declaring zero tolerance to the transportation of illegal wildlife and their products. The carrier will take a proactive stance in urging shippers to support the initiative when they make a shipment booking with APL and builds on its policy not to ship shark fin, dolphins, whales, elephant tusks as well as rhinoceros and antelope horns.
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CMA CGM has become the first ocean carrier to be listed on the Freightos online freight marketplace.
It has signed a pilot agreement with online bookings, guaranteed pricing, and secured capacity on CMA CGM China-US trade lanes available on the platform. Extension to additional lanes is planned in the near ...
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Spain’s second largest airline, Air Europa, has chosen Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as its cargo handling partner at nine major airports in Europe, including London Heathrow and Gatwick. WFS will handle cargo on board more than 38,000 flights a year from the nine airports, which also include Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, ...
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PD Ports has signed a multi-million pound, five-year contract with British Gypsum, part of the global Saint-Gobain group. The plaster and plasterboard products manufacturer, will bring shipments from Europe directly into Teesport every two weeks where it will be stored in a new bulk warehousing facility.
Trains will run daily from ...
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US-based AIT Worldwide has acquired Heathrow-headquartered forwarder ConneXion World Cargo. ConneXion also has offices in Halifax, Canada; Hong Kong, China and Paris, France as well as UK operational centers in Exeter and Manchester.
AIT president and chief executive Vaughn Moore said the move would cement his company’s position in the ...
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Pressures on the road haulage industry are already restricting road trailer operations and the effects could be exacerbated by Brexit, warns Andy Foulds, UK sales director at intermodal operator Samskip. Driver shortages are reducing the scope of over-the-road services in favour of services that use rail or short-sea shipping, he ...
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Multi-temperature supply chain specialist Oakland International says it has seen a significant increase in requests for its distressed loads management service in recent months.
The service minimises losses and food waste due to movement during transit, theft or stowaway incursion.
Oakland says that with over 5,000 trucks a day arriving in ...
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The government has released details of the one-off £8 million funding scheme for customs intermediaries and traders announced in September.
Customs intermediaries and traders completing customs declarations can now apply for grants to support training and IT with applications open from 4 December.
The government says it has engaged extensively ...
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ParcelHero head of consumer research, David Jinks warns that next year’s Christmas could be cancelled if there is a no deal Brexit.
He says: “I don’t want to sound like the Grinch; but if we experience a hard Brexit, the red tape and unanticipated duties to pay on gifts from ...
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Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced that the UK has reached new air services arrangements with the US and Canada that will allow transatlantic flights to continue after Brexit. The deals will replace the existing EU aviation agreement.
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