January 2020
The FTA has criticised the government’s proposal to bring forward restrictions on ‘low skilled’ EU migrants, saying it will worsen the severe labour shortage in the logistics sector. It called on the government to reconsider its approach to ensure the sector can continue operating.
Head of skills policy Sally Gilson, called on the Prime Minister to urgently reconsider the “arbitrary qualification and salary thresholds on EU migrants” at the end of the Brexit transition period. The logistics sector is facing ...
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Driverless lorries could lead to an upsurge in ‘accompanied’ traffic on ro ro shipping, according to a white paper by the British Ports Association in collaboration with consultancy MDS Transmodal.
If the legal and technical challenges to autonomous trucks can be overcome, it could lead to an 80% share for accompanied ...
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DHL Freight has taken the first major step towards creating a single Transport Management System (TMS) for all its operations throughout Europe, rolling out its EVO software at all its terminals in France. It will then be introduced in Turkey. EVO has been developed entirely in-house to match the specific ...
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Dubai-based global port operator DP World is to take a 44% stake in Swissterminal, the leading container terminal operator in Switzerland, for an undisclosed sum. Founders the Mayer family will remain the majority shareholder. Swissterminal, headquartered in Frenkendorf near Basel, also operates terminals in Zurich-Niederglatt, Basel-Birsfelden, Basel-Kleinhueningen and Liestal.
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Freight between Ireland the ports in Wales could be badly hit by Brexit, says a new UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO) published by the Welsh government.
It says that trade barriers between the UK and the EU (notably Ireland) but less extensive border checks between Great Britain and Northern ireland could ...
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The Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) and the International Group of P&I Clubs have published new guidelines for the carriage of seed cake in containers (http://www.cinsnet.com/newsy/) Seed cake is the term used for pulp, meals, cake, pellets, expellers and other similar cargo, where edible vegetable oils have been removed from ...
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The Freight Transport Association is calling on the government to answer questions about the UK’s future trading arrangements with the EU after the Brexit transition period. following comments from the Chancellor, Sajid Javid, suggesting a hardening in the government’s approach to Brexit, and his suggestion that industry has had more ...
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PD Ports has become one of the first UK port operators to achieve certification to the ISO 50001 Energy standard across all its 13 operations.
After previously achieving ISO 14001 in 2012, the port operator successfully achieved ISO 50001 accreditation for reaching the international standard for energy management without any non-conformances ...
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The global utilisation of air cargo capacity is 35% higher than the traditional industry indicator suggests, according to Clive Data Services, which has devised a new ‘dynamic load factor’ method of analysis.
Managing director, Niall van de Wouw says that Clive’s new Selfie app’ reveals that air cargo load factors based ...
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Kuehne + Nagel is to combine its two existing Asian organisations into a single region as part of its focus on the Far East over the coming year. The two current regional managers Jens Drewes and Siew Loong Wong will jointly lead the development of Kuehne + Nagel in Asia ...
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