December 2021
Manchester-based Avocet Clearance has expanded its services to Northern Ireland to help traders with the new declaration requirements following Brexit. The company has opened a city centre office in Belfast and appointed Patrick Stratford (pictured, right) to lead the team in Northern Ireland. He has worked with a number of local companies and has extensive knowledge of Northern Ireland trading procedures with the UK, EU and the rest of the ...
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Most aspects of Northern Ireland’s trade are working well – with the exception of movements from Great Britain to the province, Manufacturing NI chief executive Stephen Kelly told a session of the House of Commons International Trade Committee on 8 December. “GB suppliers were wholly unprepared to ship to Northern ...
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Deutsche Post DHL Group has started a top leadership transition, extending Frank Appel’s contract as group chief executive from the end of his previous contract on 31 October 2022 until 4 May 2023 but with Tobias Meyer due take over thereafter. Meyer joined the company in 2013 and has held ...
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The Abu Dhabi-based vaccine logistics HOPE Consortium, Abu Dhabi Airports, Brussels Airport Company and the Pharma.Aero group have signed a deal to establish a fully compliant origin-to-destination pharma air corridor between Abu Dhabi and Brussels Airports. The dedicated pharma trade lane will unite key compliant and sector certified supply chain ...
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The wet European summer, not the depths of winter is when cargo is at greater risk from weather events, according to analysis by logistics insurance specialist TT Club.
It says that extreme flooding across broad swathes of continental Europe during July and August 2021 has become a major risk to cargo, ...
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HHLA's Italian multi-purpose terminal in Trieste, northern Italy has handled its first container vessel, the CMA CGM-operated OPS Hamburg.
The route offers a voyage time of 3½ days from Gemlik to Trieste and of four days from Gemlik to Koper and can containers up to 45’ long.
The multi-function terminal termina, in which ...
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Logistics, eCommerce and IT solutions provider One World Express has reached a partnership deal with the OnBuy retailer group. It will allow 11,000 OnBuy UK retailers to download their orders into One World Express’ system and ship exclusively with the logistics provider, along with access to One World Express’ logistics ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has opened offices in Algiers and in Hassi Messaoud in central-southern Algeria. It has also appointed former head of sales for North Africa, Kareem Aziz as country manager for Algeria. DHL said the move would allow it to better serve its local oil and energy customers with ...
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Global container logistics players wary of the future in 2022 and are rethinking their strategies, according to a survey by trading and leasing operator Container xChange published on 8 December. The survey of 800 shipping lines, container traders, forwarders, NVOCCs, shippers and procurement companies found that 75% are rethinking their ...
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Eurotunnel operator Getlink said its Le Shuttle Freight service transported 131,298 trucks in November, a decrease of 10% compared to 2020 due to an unfavourable comparison because of stockpiling in anticipation of Brexit last year. The passenger service moved 96,506 vehicles, up 89% compared to November 2020, due to less ...
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