December 2021
Hauliers will be responsible for ensuring their drivers have a Goods Movement Reference (GMR) barcode, in addition to the Transit Accompanying Document (TAD) and Movement Reference Number (MRN) barcode, warns courier Speedy Freight.
Although easy to produce, via the Government website, the new GMR barcodes are only valid for the exact time, ferry and goods that have been logged on the Government system. If the vehicle entered is replaced, or if ...
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Tees and Hartlepool owner and operator PD Ports has donated £1,000 to NHS emergency courier service Bloodrun EVS. The charity, staffed by unpaid volunteers, transports blood and other vital resources and is currently in the process of raising much needed funds to purchase a new motorbike to enable it to ...
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A consortium of partners - Duodrive, Durham University, Queen Mary University of London, and TRL - are to demonstrate the UK’s first zero-emission marine technology in the Tees Valley. They will convert a Lochin 33 workboat into a dual-fuelled vessel as a testbed to prove the concept of a retro-fit ...
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Digital forwarder sennder and chemicals and materials company Cabot Corporation have completed one of Europe’s first cross-border transports using a heavy-duty zero-emissions electric truck The two partners moved over 17 tonnes from the port of Rotterdam to Antwerp, with just one stop for recharging using existing infrastructure.
The project was used ...
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John Burbridge, group quality and compliance manager at Turners (Soham) has been announced as chair of Logistics UK’s East of England Freight Council. The Council represents Logistics UK members across the region and gathers quarterly to discuss key issues affecting the sector such as road and rail links the port ...
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SEKO Logistics is partnering with retail services client Buyer Connected to launch a logistics training program to create employment opportunities for previously incarcerated men and women in Atlanta, Georgia.
Part of the not-for-profit City of Refuge initiative, it aims to support individuals and families in one of country’s most struggling neighborhoods.
As ...
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The International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA), International Vessel Owners Dangerous Goods Association (IVODGA), National Cargo Bureau (NCB) and World Shipping Council (WSC) have produced best practice guidelines for handling dangerous goods.They say that while the major disasters in Beirut and Tianjin have been widely reported, there are many other ...
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UPS says it has now delivered a billion Covid-19 vaccine doses – and with near-perfect on-time accuracy in just a year.
The global UPS network and dedicated UPS employees not only supported healthcare customers and global organizations, but also joined in public-private partnerships to provide vaccines and cold chain expertise to ...
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Peel Ports Group has won a Greenfleet award for switching more than 50% of its fleet to electric, in the Private Sector Commercial Fleet of the Year (Small to Medium) category.
Peel Ports is saving an average of 132 g/km of CO2 per vehicle per week, or over 31 tonnes per year.
The ...
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Europa Group has appointed Arron Delamare as its new head of operations at Europa Warehouse's 715,000sq ft Corby 3PL facility. Having started his career as a management graduate at Kuehne + Nagel he has delivered fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) change management programmes in the UK and Australia and, most recently, ...
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