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Retired former freight forwarder A former businessman will be extradited to the US within 10 days after his is plea to the European Court of Human Rights had been rejected, his lawyer has admitted. Mr Tappin, 64 had made an emergency application to the European court after being refused leave to appeal to the UK supreme court. This follows the failure of his High Court bid in January to prevent ...
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Supply chain consultancy Crimson & Co,has appointed Jon Gibson as principal. With over 20 years of experience in the field of logistics, working for companies such as Carlsberg, Shell, River Island and DHL, he has worked on a range of projects, both on a global and local perspective, to improve ...
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The Safmarine Sahara - Safmarine’s second newly-built, owned multi-purpose vessel- was officially named on 10 February in Savannah, Georgia, US. The vessel, built at the Wuhu Xinlian Shipyard in China in 2010, is currently deployed on Safmarine’s MPV trade between North America and West Africa. Anita Edmondson, Director of International ...
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Maersk Line has written to its Nigerian customers saying that it will no longer accept cash payments from 15 March. intends to provide solutions that will maintain the ease with which you transact business with us today. It is urging customers to use electronic payments instead.
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An Essex gang has been jailed for one of the UK's biggest ever alcohol diversion frauds. Kevin Burrage, owner of Promptstock, a bonded warehouse in Essex managed by his brother-in-law, Gary Clark, Michael Turner and Davinder Singh Dhaliwal conspired to defraud the UK exchequer of £50m in unpaid duty and ...
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Lisa Liddell has been appointed Head of Marketing and Communications at the Port of Tyne
The role includes supporting the development of the new opportunities presented by renewable energy as well as growth across the Port's bulk cargoes, car terminals, logistics, estates and cruise and ferry businesses.
Lisa has played a key ...
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DB Schenker says it will add a second weekly train service from Wroclaw, Poland to Barking, East London in September this year and plans to raise the frequency to five trains per week in 2013.
The additional train service, which operates from
A regular weekly container train service between the two cities ...
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The US Department of Homeland Security has published its National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security. It provides strategic guidance to departments and agencies within the US Government and identifies priorities for further co-operation with stakeholders.
Previous attempts by the Department to improve security, notably the 100% container scanning scheme have ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Scottish Government's decision to provide an extra £4.5m of Freight Facilities Grant, on top of the earlier announcement of £0.75 for 2012-2013 and £2.0m for 2013-2014. The grant is for funding of rail and water facilities in Scotland meeting specific criteria.
FTA’s head ...
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AEB (International) is holding a conference on customs compliance at the Barceló Walton Hall Hotel, Wellesbourne, near Stratford on Avon on Wednesday, 28 March
It will cover import, export and customs compliance and outline how supply chain executives can reduce costs without sacrificing quality and while remaining compliant with customs and ...
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