June 2020
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling for the government to request an implementation period for whatever Brexit agreement is reached, to enable the industry to adopt and adapt to new trading practices with the EU – including implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Following his participation at the House of Lords Select Committee on 3 June, FTA policy manager for Northern Ireland, Seamus Leheny, said that with less than seven ...
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UK-based Allport Cargo Services – part of EV Cargo Global Forwarding - partnered with fashion industry customer Promeco to supply face masks to France and Belgium. The deliveries required 28 ACS charter flights capacity on scheduled commercial flights from China to Brussels, Ostend-Bruges and Liege airports in Belgium. A further ...
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Woodland Group’s Katie-Louise Thompson-Friend carried off the first prize in BIFA’s Young Forwarder Network held its online ‘Bake Off’ on 27 May.
The customer service coordinator, at the Woodland Group beat off strong competition with this 100% edible depiction of a vehicle of some sort (possibly a dust cart?) carrying the ...
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Europa Contact Centre has appointed John Cole as head of sales, its first major appointment since the business came into being last year following the acquisition of Menzies Response in 2019. He brings 15 years of experience working across a range of outsourced contact centres, including his previous role as ...
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Stena Line says it is now ten years ahead of international targets to reduce CO2 emissions in its recently published sustainability overview, “A Sustainable Journey”. The ferry operator reports a reduction of both total CO2 emissions and per transported ton on board its vessels, reducing the total CO2 emissions by ...
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Qatar Airways will increase passenger and cargo flights between Doha and Dublin to daily from 13 June. It will also increase services to Milan and Rome on the same date along with resuming services to Venice from 15 July.
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The ‘THE’ Alliance group of container lines - - Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express, and Yang Ming - say that the FE4 service between Asia and North Europe will remain merged with FE2 until the end of September 2020. FE2 will continue to serve Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian and Singapore along ...
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The Port of Gothenburg recently found time to rescue 150 eels trapped by the construction of the huge new Arendal terminal. The 220,000sq m site includes a small cove which has been sealed off and will be gradually filled with rock and dredge material.
The rare, protected European eels had to ...
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Associated British Ports has appointed Madeleine Hallward to the new position of group head of strategic communications to develop strategy in government relations, external communications and brand development and marketing. She is currently a non-executive director at the Office of Rail and Road and was previously director for government affairs ...
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With negotiations between UK and the European Union having resumed, the British International Freight Association is encouraging its members to write to their local MPs and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, tMichael Gove MP, to request an extension to the Transition Period should no trade deal look like being achieved. This ...
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