April 2020
IAG Cargo owner of the British Airways, Aer Lingus, Iberia and Vueling cargo brands, is operating a global network of cargo-only flights to keep supplies moving to support the fight against COVID-19.
Since March, IAG Cargo and its sister airlines have operated charter and cargo-only flights on passenger aircraft with shipments including hand sanitiser from China, India and the Middle East to London Heathrow destined for the NHS. The largest shipment ...
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Truck driver Maurice Robinson has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to after 39 Vietnamese nationals were discovered dead in his in a refrigerated trailer on 23 October in Grays, Essex. Their bodies were discovered at an industrial estate soon after the vehicle arrived in the UK on a ferry ...
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Stena Line has suspended its ferry route between Trelleborg in Sweden and Sassnitz in Germany until further notice. Freight volumes and train traffic on the route have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company initiated discussions with the worker´s council in Germany and the ferry FS Sassnitz is laid up in Port ...
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ABP has increased its refrigerated container storage capacity at the Port of Hull with the installation of two new reefer gantries at the Humber Container Terminal. They raise capacity by an additional 64 reefers.
The two new gantries allows reefers on the terminal to be stacked four high, saving ground space, ...
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Gefco says it has transported 750 tons of key automotive spare parts to France, including turbo compressors, pistons, control panels, doors and mouldings, in eight chartered flights to prevent production stoppages.
It collected parts from several suppliers, via truck, from Chinese locations consolidated them and loaded them onto chartered cargo planes ...
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Agency Sector Management (ASM) has welcomed HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)’s decision to extend the cut-off date for its CHIEF system beyond September 2020.
Transition to the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), originally scheduled for the start of 2021, will now be delayed.
SAM chairman Peter MacSwiney, said: “We understand that CHIEF ...
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PD Ports has taken delivery of three Liebherr electric rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes, as part of the latest phase in the port operator’s container terminal expansion at Teesport.
The RTGs, which stand at are more than 24 metres high and weigh 135 tonnes, are the first of PD Ports’ electrically powered ...
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The World Shipping Council says that one of the single most important things that national and local governments can do right now is to ensure that the flow of cargo through the world’s ports remains fluid. In many parts of the world, back-ups at warehouses, shortages of truck drivers, and ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed additional support tfrom the Department for International Trade (DIT) to 160,000 exporters and international investors.
BIFA Director General, Robert Keen says: “We understand that UK businesses are now eligible to secure export insurance cover to major international markets, in addition to export finance, ...
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The Freight Transport Association has called for a Supply Chain Continuation Fund to be set up, to give help and support to specific areas and sectors hardest hit by the economic slow-down.
FTA said that while the extension of the Corona Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) announced businesses need to be able ...
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