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Ulster red tape still a worry for hauliers

The Road Haulage Association has called for call for processes to be simplified for just-in-time goods, moving between Great Britain and Ulster, including a new declaration category, in recommendations to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn published on 1 October. It also wants an exemption or easement for businesses who guarantee non-EU destinations for consignments. In addition, the Government should remove the requirement for the United Kingdom Internal Market ... [+]

Logistics UK calls for clarity as Entry/Exit System set for further delay

Logistics UK has called on the UK government to step up its engagement with the European Commission to clarify when the EU’s new Entry/ Exit System will be implemented, following press reports that introduction may be delayed again beyond November 2024. Head of trade and devolved ... [+]

Scots specialist opens Perth hub

M&H Carriers has opened a new delivery hub in Perth with a 15,000sqft warehouse and is increasing its fleet by over 10 new vehicles. The new site is its fifth delivery hub, joining its headquarters in Aberdeen, along with Inverness, Dundee and Argyll and a ... [+]

Green diesel for Ireland

DHL Global Forwarding and pharma company Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease are to use hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) diesel on domestic and international routes from Dublin and Athlone. The fuel will reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%. [+]

Heppner buys Dutch-Spain specialist

French based logistics company Heppner has acquired Segers Internationaal Transport, a Dutch company specialising in traffic between the Netherlands and Spain. It follows acquisitions of HaCas in the Netherlands in 2017 and DINA in Belgium in 2021. Founded in 1974, Segers Internationaal Transport is, like Heppner, ... [+]

XPO joins the dots across Europe

XPO has introduced a new system, Connect Europe, to simplify the management of shipments to 25 European countries, from single pallets to full loads. It offers international shippers a single point of contact, reducing intermediaries and complexity with streamlined processes and an integrated network of more ... [+]

Woodland launches green diesel and electric trials

Freight forwarding and logistics company Woodland Group has launched a trial of HVO diesel fuel for its customer, aluminium packaging supplier Ball Corporation. Over the past 10 weeks, the company has completed 1,100 trips on the company’s regular routes using the fuel, reducing emissions to just ... [+]

FedEx starts the shift to biofuels

Federal Express is to move its line haul trucks at three UK sites to biofuels from September. More than 170 trucks – all tractor-trailer combinations – will use hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in Parkhouse (80 tractors), Marston Gate (54 tractors), and Atherstone (38 tractors). FedEx has ... [+]

Danx sees double in Sweden

Scandinavian spare parts distribution company Danx is now using Duo trailers, in its Swedish operations following a change in legislation. The new rules allow trucks with two or three trailers up to 34.5 metres in length to operate on around 590km of the country’s road ... [+]

Time running out to deliver Safety & Security decs, warns ASM

Freight software firm Agency Sector Management (ASM) is warning that the new Government’s failure to communicate of new Safety & Security Entry Summary declarations will make it hard to deliver the required functionality by the October deadline. Currently, the UK applies a waiver for goods coming ... [+]

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