March 2020
EV Cargo’s Palletforce network has launched new international services to Greece, Turkey, Latvia, Lithuania and Croatia.
They bring the number of direct international services operated by Palletforce to 30, with the prospect of a further 10 countries being added in the next few months.
Members use one central hub, for both domestic and international freight, a concise pricing structure and sector-leading technology, giving their customers the confidence of being able to track ...
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Essex-based logistics firm DG International has joined the United States Postal Service (USPS) Global Direct Entry Wholesaler program. Packages of up to 70lbs/32kg may be sent to the United States via DG International. DG International offers a 6-10 day tracked shipping service into the US.
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PD Ports and the Teesside area will welcome successful exporting businesses as it hosts the Northern Powerhouse Export Awards for the fourth consecutive year.
Owners and operators of Teesport, PD Ports, has backed the awards, which seek to recognise and celebrate the entrepreneurial exporters from across the Northern Powerhouse, since they ...
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Port of Dover Cargo has received 360 Quality Code accreditation for perishable products. Secretary general at the 360 Quality Association Herman de Knijf, said: “We welcome them as an official member of the association. We cover reefer terminals and container depots all over the world, plus more than 60% of ...
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Luxembourg Airport has engaged Nallian to implement a cargo community system (CCS) the gateway, which handled close on 900,000 tonnes of cargo in 2019. The Belgian-based collaborative solutions specialist will set up a neutral IT platform, open to all actors involved in international trade with real-time capture and sharing of ...
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Heathrow Airport is introducing tough new noise charges to reduce unscheduled flights arriving and departing from 23:30 to 06:00. Charges between these hours will be five times greater than during the daytime noise in a bid to reduce disruption for local communities.
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Davies Turner’s regular weekly rail import service from China to the UK will re-start in mid-March following a prolonged Chinese New Year holiday break due to the corona virus. However, with Wuhan still under lockdown and the re-opening of factories there recently postponed until 11 March, the rail service will now ...
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Airfreight analyst Clive Data Services said that air cargo – measured by global chargeable weight – fell in February by nearly 9% versus 2019 due to the effects of the corona virus on world trade.
It said that while a basic year-on-year comparison of volumes would have produced a decline of ...
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The Port of Tyne is sponsoring Northumberland Mind’s Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Community Sessions, which help people to access wellbeing and resilience sessions, workshops and activities within their local community. The funding will enable Mind to deliver sessions through to October 2021.
The port’s director of human resources and communications Louise ...
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The British Ports Association (BPA) has published an agenda outlining the industry's requests of government for the coming years.
The BPA’s 2020 New Government Briefing outlines how industry and government can work in partnership to deliver for ports and the leading issues that the UK ports industry is currently facing.
They include ...
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