March 2022
The UK Major Ports Group, the UK Chamber of Shipping and British Ports Association have produced an interactive map of Border Control Posts and Inland Border Facilities across the UK. In July, the frequently delayed changes to UK border controls for imported goods form the EU come in effect. It shows which goods are permitted to pass through each BCP as well as contact details and transit and customs models.
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Import volumes into Russia increased just before the invasion during the week of 16-22 February with 52% of shippers increasing load volumes, says , says visibility firm FourKites. It appears that shippers may have been expediting shipments into Russia in anticipation of a conflict as troops massed at the border, it says.
Since the ...
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PD Ports has now relaunched its Teesport Explorers programme as part of a week of International Women’s Day celebrations. First trialled pre-pandemic in 2019, it aims to give primary school children their first glimpse of potential future careers with a trip around the port. It will now be rolled out ...
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Air Canada has joined forces with disaster logistics organisation Airlink, relief organization Project C.U.R.E and freight forwarder Flexport to send hospital beds, humanitarian and medical supplies to Ukrainian Refugees in Poland.
The cargo was loaded on board an Air Canada Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on 9 March, along with . medical and ...
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The Georgia Ports Authority is planning to upgrade its Brunswick facility including a fourth berth at Colonel’s Island Terminal, 85 additional acres for auto processing and 360,000sq ft of new warehousing. It will boost the port’s annual capacity to 1.4 million vehicles. Brunswick is the US’s second busiest hub for ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is calling for urgent action to deal with rising commercial road transport fuel prices. It is calling for urgent action to cap fuel prices for commercial road transport and reduce or rebate taxes and excise on fuel for commercial operators.
Global oil prices have reached ...
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The Board of Trade visited the Port of Barrow-in- Furness on 8 March as part of its quarterly Cumbrian meeting. Owners Associated British Ports highlighted the essential role the port plays in the region and to the wider UK economy.
Secretary of State for International Trade, Anne-Marie Trevelyan was welcomed at ...
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Marine cargo insurance specialist, Ascend Broking, is urging those transporting goods by sea to check whether their routes are affected by the war in the Ukraine.
Marine cargo specialist Matt Price says that any marine cargo that would ordinarily be using the Black Sea may well now not be covered by ...
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Associated British Ports has appointed Marie Chandler as head of compliance for its Southampton region. She is currently director of quality, health, safety and wellbeing at airspace manager NATS, and prior to that spent ten years in the renewable power sector, with roles at Siemens Wind Power and will take ...
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Ceva Logistics has teamed up with self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics, to deliver freight autonomously between Dallas Fort-Worth and Austin; and Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City. They will be the first-ever companies to deliver freight autonomously in the state of Oklahoma.
Ceva delivered its first load with Kodiak in November 2021 ...
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