May 2020
The U-Freight Group has appointed Ong Boon Seong as a director of U-Freight Logistics Sdn Bhd to increase its presence in cross-border logistics between Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Based at U-Freight Logistics branch office in Johor Bahru in Malaysia, Ong will be responsible for the development of a comprehensive portfolio of bonded trucking services, including Customs clearance at the border between the three countries. He will also be responsible for ...
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Edinburgh energy storage start-up Gravitricity has signed a land rental agreement with Forth Ports to build its first demonstrator project at the port of Leith. Work will begin on the £1 million project in October and the scheme should be up and running by late December.
Gravitricity’s energy battery works by ...
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The third round of Brexit trade talks between the UK and EU are to restart via video link ahead of a third round summit in June, the BBC reports.
A fourth round of talks is scheduled to begin on 1 June and both sides are due to decide by the end ...
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Kerry Logistics Network has set up a new joint venture in Sri Lanka. Kerry Logistics Lanka is headquartered in Colombo and also has a bonded facility and export office for at Bandaranaike International Airport. Services offered include air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, inland trucking, multi-country consolidation, project cargo, warehousing, ...
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American Airlines is increasing its cargo-only service from the US to Europe including new flights from Chicago O’Hare to London Heathrow and Paris Charles De Gaulle. There are also cargo flights from New York JFK to Heathrow. From Philadelphia (PHL), American will begin cargo-only service to Zurich and Rome. Existing ...
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Dachser has started work on its new logistics centre in Erfurt, east-central Germany although, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, only a few people attended the groundbreaking ceremony at Am Lützer Feld in the suburb of Arnstadt. The scheme will include a 20,000sq m warehouse with office space, a waiting zone ...
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China and the Southeast Asian region are facing flight suspensions and reductions, space limits and operational restrictions. There are also long waits at border crossings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the China-Vietnam road border crossing point between Pingxiang and Lang Son currently suffering backlogs of 2-4 days.
Shipments are picked ...
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The Supreme Court has granted Heathrow Airport permission to appeal against a block on its plans for a third runway. It follows February’s Court of Appeal ruling that the government decision to allow the scheme to go ahead was unlawful, on the grounds that climate considerations had not been taken ...
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Electronic standards organisation TransFollow has selected the Freight Transport Association as a UK distributor of eCMR, the electronic version of consignment notes. FTA manager of international trade and transport procedures John Lucy, described it as is “an important step forward in the digital evolution of transportation”. He added: “Given the ...
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Maritime Intermodal has operated a rail freight service from DP World Southampton to its terminal at East Midlands Gateway, the first-ever train from the port city to enter EMG. Hauled by a DB Cargo locomotive and with a capacity of up to 74teu each way, Maritime’s eighth service to date ...
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