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The UK government is to relax cabotage restrictions temporarily for car transporters carrying complete cars and vans during the two annual registration peaks - between 22 February to 31 March and 25 August to 30 September each year – which account for over a third of new vehicle sales in the UK. While cabotage restrictions generally limit all foreign HGVs to no more than three loaded operations across the country ...
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Shipping line Delmas has set up a dedicated Projects Desk for out of gauge cargo [oog], break bulk and project cargo from and to any part of the world to and from west, east and south Africa. Experts guide customers through different loading procedures to ensure safe and secure transport.
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The shipping industry is mourning the death of its leading public relations man, David Cheslin. The owner and founder of Dunelm public relations, he had been in hospital for six months having undergone two liver transplants and died suddenly on the evening of Monday 5 August.
His many clients included Taiwan-based ...
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China is switching from Nationwide Business Tax (BT) to Value-added Tax (VAT) for freight forwarders and will affect invoicing procedures, reports the Expeditors website. Forwarders will have to use the special VAT invoice for freight transportation services including a 6% VAT fee.
Further information is available at:
http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2013/04/11/china-to-expand-vat-reform-nationwide-starting-august-1-2013.html
http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2013/07/22/china-clarifies-tax-collection-issues-under-nationwide-tax-reform-2.html
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The Nightfreight express operation has been rebranded DX, following DX’s acquisition of the company in February 2012. The standardisation of Nightfreight into the DX brand gives over 2,100 daily routes and over 350 nightly trunk routes.
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UK logistics company Knights of Old has launched a new express service to Malta in partnership with island-based Parnis England Trucking. It offers twice weekly departures, supported by a distribution network of over twenty branches in the UK and Ireland.
Stephen Parnis England, managing director of Parnis England Trucking said: “As ...
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The Seafast Group is to double the capacity of its Seafast Celsius temperature controlled handling facility at Felixstowe and will re-brand it Seafast Cold-Chain Logistics.
The expanded facility, set to open in early September 2013, will continue to cater for multi-temperature cargoes, developing the company’s business in chilled and fresh produce, ...
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The first line serving London Gateway port has been announced, ending months of speculation over the identify of the first customer for the new DP World-owned port. Europe/South Africa operators the SAECS group of lines - Maersk, MOL and DAL - announced on 5 August that they would switch their ...
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Former secretary general of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), Daniel Fernandez, has left the association. Following the succession of Douglas Brittin to that role from 15 August, TIACA had originally stated that Fernandez would retain “a substantial continuing role at the association”. Brittin, who has 33 years in the ...
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The port of Dover says that its freight traffic grew 11% in the first six months of the yea, in contrast to Eurotunnel whose truck volumes have dropped by 7%. The port and its ferry operators now account for 60% of the market.
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