February 2021
Le Shuttle Freight traffic fell by 37% in January compared with January 2020, to 82,484 vehicles. The operator blamed stockpiling towards the end of last year before Brexit, the need to adjust to the new post-Brexit border requirements and constraints linked to the health crisis with the compulsory requirement to present a negative Covid test, which may have discouraged some drivers.
However, the fall follows a strong performan ce in ...
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Turkish Cargo is to hold an online webinar exploring the future of the industry at 11.30-14.30 (UK time) on Wednesday 10 February. Topics will include digitisation and vaccine transportation.
To register, visit: https://www.cargotalksbyturkishcargo.com/
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Exceptional times call for exceptional measures. The past year has been a real challenge – and air cargo executives around the world have often asked us, the freight publications, to help express their gratitude to those who have kept the world moving.
So nine air freight titles have suspended competitive concerns ...
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Ports throughout the UK have been submitting their bids for Freeport status, ahead of the Government’s deadline on 5 February. A decision by the Treasury on which ports will qualify is expected in the Spring.
They include the Thames Freeport consortium which has lodged a planfor a digitally-linked economic zone connecting ...
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Stena Lines chief executive Niclas Mårtensson told a press conference in Gothenburg on 4 February that his company planned to start operating battery powered vessels on the 50-mile route between Gothenburg and Frederikshavn no later than 2030.
In an effort to speed up the transition to fossil-free fuels in the transport ...
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Poul Hestbaek is to take over as chief executive of Hamburg Süd from Dr Arnt Vespermann. Hestbaek has been with Hamburg Süd since 2004 and is currently the Chief Commercial Officer of the now AP Moller-Maersk-owned company.
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Royal Mail and Prologis UK are building a new parcels hub at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) that could handle trains operating through the Channel Tunnel. Once built, the 840,000sq ft Midlands site will become Royal Mail’s largest parcel hub with capacity to process over 1m parcels per day.
It will have an automated parcel sorting system and a ...
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DSV has launched a customs classification service for businesses. It provides a structured, straightforward process which can be used early in the company’s import and export planning activity. The service is divided into seven steps, where customs information about the goods is analysed, classified and validated by DSV customs classification ...
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I would like to suggest to all UK shippers to look at using a standard template for their commercial invoices.
I don’t think this docuement exists at the moment but if all the exporters completed this standardised item it would be a lot quicker for carriers to check that they have ...
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The Prime Minister spoke to Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster on the morning of 3 February, after it emerged that border post staff at Larne and Belfast were withdrawn from the two ports on Monday after threats were made against them.
Checks were suspended after graffiti appeared on walls opposing ...
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