April 2019

GSSA chief joins TIACA

ECS Group chairman Bertrand Schmoll has become the first general sales and service agent representative to be elected to the board of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA). He was elected at a TIACA Board meeting in Singapore in March as part of plans to enlarge the management team. [+]

Kerry signs Laos dry port deal

Kerry Logistics subsidiary, KLN (Singapore) has signed a joint venture with Laos’s Sitthi Logistics to develop a 35-acre dry port in the Vientiane Logistics Park. The signing ceremony on 5 April was attended by the deputy prime minister of Laos, Sonexay Siphandone. In 2018, Kerry Logistics completed phase one of ... [+]

More time to apply for HMRC training funds

HMRC has extended the deadline for companies to apply for £8 million of customs training funding to 31 May. The original closing date for applications was 5 April. The funding supports customs intermediaries and traders in completing customs declarations, and can be used to help meet the costs of employee training ... [+]

Defra clarifies endangered species rules

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has issued additional guidance on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), says BIFA.  Forwarders were concerned  about how the movement of products covered by this regime, which are  manufactured in the EU - using for example lizard, snake ... [+]

CMA CGM to own almost all Ceva shares

CMA CGM has issued a public tender for all publicly held registered shares of CEVA Logistics on 8 April, giving it a 97.89% stake in the company. Earlier it had also proposed that CMA CGM chairman and chief executive Rodolphe Saadé be elected as CEVA chairman at the AGM on ... [+]

MSC launches Russia-London link

MSC is introducing a new weekly service between London Gateway, St Petersburg and Gdynia. The Baltic Loop 11 will offer transit times of five days from St Petersburg and three days from Gdynia. [+]

Job done for AP Moller chief

Claus Hemmingsen is to step down as vice-chief executive of AP Moller – Maersk and chief executive of the Energy division, on closure of the latter at the end of June. Hemmingsen has successfully concluded the separation of Maersk Tankers, Maersk Oil and Maersk Drilling as part of a programme ... [+]

Europe’s new trucking rules could harm industry, warns FTA – updated

The European Parliament’s revision of the road haulage rules, agreed on 4 April, could damage the industry, warns the Freight Transport Association (FTA). It is urging EU Member States to amend critical elements of the package in upcoming negotiations. European policy manager Sarah Laouadi, said that while the Parliament was an ... [+]

Fort de France bolsters West Indies trade

CMA CGM has christened the Fort de France, the first of four new ships for its service to the French West Indies. The 3,504teu vessel will be followed by its sister ships in the next few months. [+]

Tunnel ready for Brexit checks

Eurotunnel officially handed over buildings intended for customs, veterinary and phytosanitary inspection services to the French authorities on 4 April. The Douane-SIVEP control centre will be open 24 hours for Ministry of Agriculture officials and customs officers. It provides nine unloading docks, a refrigerated storage area, 100 parking spaces for ... [+]

More »