February 2021
The Northern Ireland Protocol that governs movement of goods between Great Britain and the province needs further work, Logistics UK told UK government and EU representatives at a round table meeting on 18 February.
Policy manager for Northern Ireland Seamus Leheny told the gathering, chaired by Michael Gove and European Commission vice president Maroš Šefčovič that several formalities under the are causing difficulties to logistics businesses.
Logistics UK said that while the ...
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Ceva Logistics has been awarded a contract to manage production supply for Airbus at the aircraft manufacturer's assembly site in Hamburg, Germany. It will operate logistics at multiple locations with a total area of 58,631sq m including inbound logistics, put away/storage, pick and prepare, marketplace, internal transport, delivery to point ...
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Gefco has opened a new 10,000sq m warehouse in the in the Tanger Med Logistics Zone in Morocco. It will offer services such as Strait of Gibraltar crossings and customs clearance, 20 security cameras a fire-fighting system and two security ramps. In August 2018, Gefco acquired Europe-Morocco transport GLT. In ...
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DHL Freight has partnered with Volvo Trucks to run the world’s first tests of a fully electric heavy goods vehicle over long distances. The fully electric Volvo FH has a gross weight of up to 60 tonnes and, starting in March, will operate between two DHL Freight logistics terminals in ...
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Poland's Port of Gdansk received its first delivery of post Brexit fish from the UK when the specialist 90m vessel reefer vessel Silver Crystal imported a consignment of frozen mackerel from the Shetland Islands.Port spokeswoman Anna Drozd says that Gdansk is ideally placed to manage British and European fish processing. ...
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The CharterSync online air cargo charter platform says it has seen significant growth since Brexit, handling 183 flights and 750 tons of cargo across Europe in January 2021, a 33% increase on December 2020.
In addition to its existing popularity with automotive customers, CharterSync has seen rising demand from the pharmaceutical ...
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Pallet-Track chief financial officer Caroline Green is take over from Nigel Parkes as chief executive of the network operator from April. Nigel Parkes will remain a significant shareholder of the business and takes a seat on the board of parent company, Palman. Caroline Green, who joined Pallet Track in September ...
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Maritime Transport celebrated its distribution division’s tenth anniversary on 1 February.
Initially providing container transport solutions from its 136-truck inception, Maritime diversified into domestic distribution sector in 2011 with the purchase of 100 curtainsiders. It now operates a fleet of 400 vehicles making an average of 6,000 customer deliveries per week.
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The InstaFreight digital platform has been contracted to organize transportation of Shell lubricants from Germany to Shell warehouses across Europe by road and rail. The move allows the oil company to cut CO2 emissions in transport by up to half, or more than 260 tonnes per year.
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Swire Shipping has opened an office in Lae, Papua New Guinea (PNG), within a kilometre of the country’s biggest port. PNG is one of the key markets for Swire Shipping which in 2020 upgraded its North Asia Express and Southeast Asia services. Branch manager is Ms Isabel Maguire.
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