November 2021

Northern Ireland row could send UK back to ‘no deal’ Brexit, warns parcels expert

Triggering Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol – taking unilateral ‘safeguard’ measures– could collapse the UK’s entire trade deal with the EU, warns David Jinks, head of consumer research at ParcelHero. He said that if that happened, it would effectively send the UK “spiralling back towards a no-deal Brexit, with tariffs on most goods and many other restrictions on EU-UK trade”. Increased checks would create long tailbacks and delay UK ... [+]

New leader for Delamode fashion arm

Xpediator has appointed Penny Gradwell as a director of the fashion and lifestyle division of its Delamode International Logistics subsidiary. She joins the group from Nippon Express where she held a range of senior management positions and is highly experienced in fashion, FMCG and e-commerce markets. She will expand the ... [+]

Cars up, trucks down at Eurotunnel

Tunnel operator Le Shuttle Freight transported 122,250 trucks in October, down 14% compared to 2020 due to an unfavourable comparison because of stockpiling in anticipation of Brexit during the same period in 2020. But it has transported more than 1.1 million trucks since 1 January, it said. Passenger vehicles surged ... [+]

DB Cargo appoints new COO

Rail firm DB Cargo UK has appointed former head of operations and service delivery, Neil Ethell as its new chief operating officer. Since joining the company in 2002 he has held a number of senior roles at DB. [+]

Winds of change blow over Leith

Forth Ports outlined its plans to create Scotland’s largest renewable energy hub in Leith, Edinburgh, to Baden Württemberg Minister for the Environment, Thekla Walker, on a visit to the port on 8 November. The Minister joined BP and EnBW, who previously announced a joint bid for a 2.9GW offshore wind lease ... [+]

Peel Ports to go net zero in 19 years

Peel Ports Group has committed to becoming a net zero operator by 2040, ten years ahead of the UK Government’s national decarbonising targets. Peel owns the Port of Liverpool, Clydeport and London Medway, and says it is the first major port group to convey such ambitious plans towards tackling climate change. By ... [+]

Happy days are here again for IAG Cargo

IAG Cargo is to increase its services into the US from 8 November, as the country reopens to fully vaccinated passengers from around the world. The new schedule will service 21 destinations across the US.  From 8 November, IAG Cargo will increase flights into New York, Austin, Miami, Philadelphia and Los ... [+]

Suffolk ports think electric

The Port of Felixstowe has ordered 48 battery-powered terminal tractors and 17 remote controlled electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (ReARTGs). The new two-wheel drive tractor units, from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries will be the first electric tractors in the port, while the ReARTGs, which will be fitted with the latest semi-automation technology, ... [+]

Maersk buys German forwarder in airfreight drive

AP Moller – Maersk (Maersk) is to buy German-based forwarder Senator International, for about US$644 million. Founded by Uwe Kirschbaum in 1984, it has grown to a sizable global freight forwarder with a particular emphasis on airfreight. It operates a significant part of its business through a dedicated air bridge ... [+]

Ulster traders need to be CDS-ready, warns computer boss

Freight software company Forward Solutions is warning exporters to Northern Ireland that HMRC is phasing out its CHIEF system for submitting import declarations for goods from outside the UK in favour of the new CDS system from 31 October. Although full introduction of CDS for mainland UK trade has been postponed ... [+]

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