January 2021
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) Board has promoted training development manager Carl Hobbis to its board as an executive director.After joining the association in 2016 he orchestrated a remarkable redevelopment of its training and industry education functions.Prior to joining BIFA, Hobbis worked in freight forwarding for more than 30 years, in ocean and air freight, eventually taking on a a marketing and communications role at DB Schenker.BIFA’s other executive ...
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All UK passport holders entering France from Ireland will need to present printed evidence of a negative result from a private (not NHS) pre-departure Covid-19 PCR or other antigen test taken up to 72 hours prior to their arrival, reports ferry booking agency Motis.
They must also complete a Covid-19 declaration ...
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Peel Ports Group took delivery of five more cantilever rail-mounted gantry (CRMG) cranes on 7 January, as part of the next phase of growth at its Liverpool2, deep-water container terminal. The new cranes are the first of two deliveries in 2021, which will complete the set of 22 CRMG cranes ...
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XPO Logistics is sponsoring Truckers Against Trafficking Truckers Against Trafficking for $25,000 to fund training of commercial drivers to recognize wrongdoers and their victims. TAT’s no-cost education program has trained over 975,000 truck and bus drivers to spot the signs and thousands of drivers have called its hotline, resulting in ...
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Problems with cross-Channel shipments in the first few days since Brexit, including week, parcel operator DPD’s temporary suspension of deliveries to the EU, are just the “tip of the iceberg”, according eCommerce trade expert Hurricane Commerce.
Hurricane says that the issues caused by lack of complete and valid customs data and ...
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Maritime Transport says a safety bonus scheme has achieved a significant reduction in incidents in 2020. It rewarded over 2,000 drivers in December with a bonus payment in excess of £1,300,000, averaging around £600 per driver. Based on vehicle telematics scores, drivers are graded between A and G on their ...
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Frankfurt Cargo Services managing director Claus Wagner takes a corona virus test as part of a campaign launched by the airport’s three major air cargo handling companies in early January.
FCS, along with LUG aircargo handling and Perishable Center Frankfurt put around 1,500 employees through the scheme, operated by Bensheim-based company ...
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Logistics UK has called on the government steps up communication with industry to ensure that trucks between Great Britain and Northern Ireland have the correct paperwork and declarations. It follows reports of disruption to trade on the route.
Director of policy, Elizabeth de Jong, said: “Issues which have occurred at the ...
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The next Multimodal online session at 14.30 on 21 January will be a Roundtable webinar that will explore the question: Container Shipping: Revolution or Evolution?
Adrian Jones from MOL, Jeremy Haycock at Maersk, Mike DeAngelis from WiseTech Global and Chris Stokes of Agility will delve into disruption from Covid-19, Brexit, digitalisation and ...
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DHL Express has operated more than 50 flights since Christmas to transport Covid-19 vaccines within Europe to destinations including Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Romania and Sweden. It has also despatched vaccines to Bahrain, Chile, Costa Rica, Israel, Mexico, Oman and Singapore.
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