December 2020
Air cargo IT firm Champ Cargosystems has partnered with digital solution provider CargoAi. By connecting their systems, both companies will offer their users new connections and capabilities. Champ will offer increased visibility to CargoAi for its over 100 airlines and GSA customers while CargoAi offers Champ clients a new sales channel.
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Turkish Cargo has helped bring back a third Century AD statue of the mother goddess Cybele to Istanbul from New York. She had been trafficked abroad in 1970.
Cybele, guardian of abundance was brought to Istanbul from New York on 12 December with the sponsorship of Turkish Airlines following a huge ...
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Chief executive of the British Ports Association Richard Ballantyne says that the industry is working to hard alleviate congestion, although it could take some weeks to resolve. It follows media reports of congestion and delays to imports.
He said: “We are seeing a big increase in traffic which is now cascading ...
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FedEx Express is preparing to transport the first shipments of Covid-19 vaccines across the US. Following the Food and Drug Administration’s authorisation for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, it will begin the task of moving it to dosing centres . The task will be balanced among major cargo carriers, and FedEx is ...
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The UK Government is to launch a Movement Assistance Scheme (MAS) for traders moving food or agricultural products for which SPS controls apply as part of its Trader Support Service for Northern Ireland. It will cover, for example, reasonable costs for obtaining Export Health Certificates. The plan was set out ...
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The EU Goods Sub-Committee, chaired by Baroness Verma, has written to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove warning that the UK is not ready for the end of the transition period in 1 January.
It says that crucial IT systems to deal with customs declarations and accessing Kent are ...
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The European Commission has published its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy together with an action plan of 82 initiatives for the next four years, laying out how the EU transport system can achieve its green and digital transformation and become more resilient to future crises. It aims to cut emissions ...
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Chris Green is to join Port of Tyne as commercial director. He was previously interim project director at RMS Ports and brings over 20 years’ experience in the ports and logistics industry, including 18 years at ABP.
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PD Ports renewed its call for businesses to back young people during the Covid pandemic and beyond at a webinar led by chief executive Frans Calje and chair of the CILT UK Ports, Maritime and Waterways Forum, Les Richings.
After a year of unprecedented challenges, Frans Calje shared his concerns that ...
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The Normandy channel ports - Le Havre, Caen-Ouistreham, Cherbourg and Dieppe say they are as ready as they can be for Brexit when it comes into force on 1 January. However, the border crossing process will rely on the smart border system, and only goods that have been pre-declared or ...
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