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The new European Entry and Exit System (EES) for passport controls could increase food prices and lead to shortages in the shops, warns Logistics UK. It says that research, carried out by independent modelling expert MDS Transmodal, Logistics shows that it could have a significant impact on the UK’s supply chain unless delays can be mitigated or minimised:
Logistics UK says that worst case scenarios set out to the European Scrutiny ...
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Intermodal carrier CargoBeamer is to double services on its Calais-Perpignan route from 7 October, from two to four round trips per week. This 1,400 km route, which runs the length of the country from north to south, carries craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers, as well as ...
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Truck CCTV provider Centrad says that artificial intelligence-equipped cameras could help detect and prevent freight thefts.
With freight crime costing the UK £460 million last year, road freight thefts are on the rise according to the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS). With over 5,300 incidents ...
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Malcolm Group construction training and compliance manager, John Heirs has returned from his fourth secondment for international development organisation, Transaid. He spent two weeks training three new HGV driver trainers at the Industrial Training Centre in Lusaka, Zambia.
He has already completed three secondments took place ...
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Inceptio Technology has completed delivery of 400 Inceptio-powered autonomous trucks to ZTO Express in China, the largest single delivery of intelligent heavy-duty vehicles in the world, it says.
The trucks, jointly developed with Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Coare pre-loaded with Inceptio’s Autonomous Driving System.
Inceptio operates line-haul logistics, ...
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P&O Ferries and Irish Ferries have formally launched their ‘Turn-up and Go’ space charter agreement on the Dover-Calais route. P&O Ferries says the agreement will reduce freight wait times by 25 as all freight on the quayside is shipped on the next available sailing on ...
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Swain Group has rebranded its Express Freight Services box haulage arm, acquired in 2018, as Swain Container Solutions. It is also opening a new depot in Southampton, adding to its existing locations at London Gateway, Felixstowe and Tilbury.
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Winsford, Cheshire-based international haulier Brit European has received a £4m asset finance package from Lloyds Bank for the purchase of new fuel-efficient tractor units and to accelerate its sustainability plans. Brit European has operations spanning a number of countries, including the UK, Ireland, France, Holland, ...
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The government announced on 27 August that it was making available £10.5 million of funding to support preparations at the Port of Dover, Eurostar and Eurotunnel for the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) digital passport checkes. Travellers from the UK and other non-EU countries will have ...
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Langdons, the UK arm of the STEF temperature controlled logistics network, has acquired Scottish-based transport and logistics company Long Lane Deliveries. A family-run group established in 2002 and a long-standing partner to Langdons, Long Lane Deliveries specializes in the transport and logistics of chilled, frozen, ...
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