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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is cooperating with the Pledge carbon measurement and offsetting platform to help its members better understand and address environmental issues affecting international supply chains. Pledge will provide BIFA with resources to guide members on what to do to address the tasks at hand and address what needs to be considered as the main environmental issues, and the challenges they pose.BIFA director general, Steve Parker, ...
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Kevin Keegan revealed the winners of the annual BIFA Freight Service Awards on 19 January. The Scunthorpe United, Liverpool Southampton and Newcastle United legend said he was “delighted” for those crowned as champions in the various categories.All the winners demonstrated total commitment to both the ...
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New research commissioned by DP World shows that there has been major shifts in globalisation, as companies move more manufacturing closer to home to protect against supply chain disruptions and enhance resilience.
The latest Trade in Transition study, led by Economist Impact, found that 95% of ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is partnering with software-as-a-service firm Descartes Systems to deliver a members-only webinar on the Import Control System Release 2 on 1 February. ICS2 is due to go live on 1 March.ICS2 is a new and updated customs electronic import ...
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Antitrust authorities approved Hapag-Lloyd’s acquisition of a 49% minority stake in Italian terminal and transport operator Spinelli Group on 12 January, for an undisclosed amount. The remaining 51% of the shares in the corporate group remain in the hands of the Spinelli family. The parties ...
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The Scottish and UK governments have selected the Forth Green Freeport and Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport to become the country’s first Green Freeports.
The Forth Green Freeport consortium includes Forth Ports and its operations at sites at Leith, Grangemouth, Rosyth and Burntisland.
It says its ...
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Fraud is the biggest threat to cargo, says insurer the TT Club.
The Club says that the almost exclusive use of online facilities to process business transactions allows a myriad of fraudulent pursuits including payment fraud that involves existing mandates and impersonation of executives to procurement ...
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The Multimodal Awards 2023 are now open for entries. This year two of the Awards categories, Road and 3PL, have been split to ensure that smaller firms also get the recognition they deserve during the voting stages.
Winners will be chosen by Multimodal newsletter readers and ...
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Logistics met the Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly on 11 January to discuss the impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol on NI trade, along with solutions to provide future trading certainty.
Head of trade and devolved policy at Logistics UK, Nichola Mallon, commented: “We emphasised the need ...
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CEVA Logistics has created a Global Finished Vehicle Organization from the former GEFCO operation. If follows the acquisition of the vehicle-orientated logistics specialist by CEVA’s parent, CMA CGM Group in July 2022.
The GEFCO brand will become CEVA Logistics and CEVA Logistics will launch a division ...
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