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The government says it will once again delay introduction of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks on food-related imports from the EU into the UK, which were due to be rolled out in July this year. It now says that the checks will be implemented at the end of 2023.
This is the fourth time that SPS import checks have been postponed.
The government said it would wanted to avoid imposing new administrative ...
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Online forwarder OnePort 365 has raised $5 million in seed funding to digitise of freight management in Africa and support its expansion into new markets.
Africa’s clearing and forwarding market is growing, with latest figures suggesting a market size of $4.2 billion and a projected 12.5% ...
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The UK has reduced all tariffs on goods imported from Ukraine to zero and removed all quotas under a free trade agreement. It follows a direct request from President Zelenskyy’s government to support the Ukrainian economy. The country’s major exports include barley, honey, tinned tomatoes ...
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Kuehne+Nagel said it had a strong start to the 2022 business year, improving in all key figures in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year: Net turnover increased by 68% to CHF 10.2 billion, EBIT by 160% to CHF 1.1 ...
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Cargo-partner has acquired the remaining shares in its UK partner Aztek International Freight and plans to further integrate it into the group. The Austrian owned forwarder launched a joint venture with Aztek in 2021.
The move will add new offices in East London and Bradford to ...
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DSV reported strong results in the first quarter of 2022 with gross profit growing 61% to DKK 12,877 million while EBIT earnings before special items more than doubled compared to the same period last year.
The Air & Sea division reported an EBIT growth of 109%, ...
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UPS announced on 26 April first-quarter 2022 consolidated revenue of $24.4 billion, up 6.4% over the first quarter of 2021. Consolidated operating profit was $3.3 billion, up 17.6% compared to the first quarter of 2021, and up 12.1% on an adjusted basis.
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Construction of the first phase of Freeport East began on 25 April with a ground-breaking ceremony at Gateway 14 development near Stowmarket, one of development’s three tax sites.
The developer is Gateway 14 Ltd, wholly owned by Mid Suffolk District Council, and development manager, Jaynic. ...
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Dubai-based Shipa Freight, the digital forwarding arm of Agility – itself now owned by DSV – is to merge with Barcelona-based online freight platform, iContainers.
Shipa Freight and iContainers will combine technology platforms and operations and the combined company, wholly owned by Agility, will be one ...
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Aerospace logistics specialist B&H Worldwide has gained a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. Now in its 56th year, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business awards in the UK and celebrate the success of British businesses and other organizations who ...
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