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UPS to deliver strong medicine

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has extended its collaboration with UPS Healthcare to deliver its DNA/RNA sequencing products and consumables across the Asia Pacific region. Oxford Nanopore’s flow cells will be stored in UPS Healthcare’s temperature-controlled distribution facility in Singapore and then be delivered within 24-48- hours through UPS’s cold chain across Asia Pacific. [+]

Multimodal on track to be biggest ever in 2023

Organisers of the Multimodal freight show and conference in Birmingham say that 2023 is on track to be the biggest event yet. Visitor demand for the exhibition – which takes place on 13 –15 June at the NEC - has prompted early opening for registrations, resulting ... [+]

Eurora to streamline SkyNet customs

Independent courier SkyNet is to use the Eurora AI cross-border trade compliance platform to streamline its customs and import compliance. SkyNet will offer Eurora's automated product classification (HS) code allocation and Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) solutions, starting in the UK, and plans to expand ... [+]

Ceva and French posties to cut carbon

CMA CGM Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with French postal service La Poste Group and to increase cooperation between their respective subsidiaries CEVA Logistics and Geodis. The two companies will investigate ways of reducing the carbon impact of deliveries, including low-carbon urban deliveries. ... [+]

What3words puts DHL couriers on the spot

DHL Parcel UK is now allowing its users to add a What3words field at checkout to specify exactly where they want their deliveries to go. Once entered at checkout, the what3words address is then seamlessly passed on to DHL Parcel UK so its couriers can ... [+]

DHL to buy into Alibaba’s Poland network

DHL eCommerce Solutions, the e-commerce logistics specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has signed an agreement to buy part of the equity of the Polish subsidiary of Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Asian online retailer Alibaba Group. In the first phase following the transaction, ... [+]

UPS revenue droops in fourth quarter

UPS reported revenues down 2.7% from last year at $27.0bn in its fourth quarter 2022 earnings. However, for 2002 as a whole, revenue increased 3.1% to $100.3 billion. Diluted earnings per share were $3.96 for the quarter and adjusted diluted earnings per share were $3.62, ... [+]

Top tips to avoid export headaches

ParcelHero has compiled five ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ for exporters in 2023. The list of ‘dos’ from the parcels broker are: Make the most of the over 70 free trade agreements the UK now has in place, from Albania to Vietnam, including a £38.8bn deal with Switzerland and ... [+]

European Commission declares war on wasteful packaging

Sparck Technologies’, which makes scanning technology that can create a ‘right size’ box for any group of items, ensuring a snug fit without the use of fillers, points out that at the end of November the European Commission published a draft Regulation on packaging and ... [+]

Shed bulk to gain pounds, urges parcel broker

The use of ‘volumetric’ weight to determine the cost of shipments give rise to the most complaints by overseas package shippers, according to new research ParcelHero. The broker says that instead of simply charging on the actual weight of a package, international carriers bill items based ... [+]

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