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German forwarder Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Patrick Oestreich as its new chief commercial officer. He succeeds Jens Möller, who took over the position on an interim basis in August of last year. For the last two and a half years, he was responsible for strategic sales and account management in Europe as senior vice president at XPO Logistics.
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Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 11 March showing a 40% fall in exports to the EU and a near 30% fall in imports during January – the biggest since the biggest monthly falls in both imports and exports from the EU since records began in ...
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No, not a new no-frills freight ferry service - Port of Dover Cargo has announced a regular string of calls for Soreidom & Caribbean Line, which will become its first scheduled breakbulk customer.
It will use the port’s recently opened general cargo terminal for a service between Europe and the Caribbean ...
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The Government says it will delay Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) checks on food and agri imports from the EU by six months to give businesses more time to prepare.The checks originally scheduled to start in July will now begin on 1 January 2022 while the requirement for health certificates has ...
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DHL Express has opened its new logistics hub at Malpensa airport near Milan. It will be able to operate over 30 daily flights and handle nearly 38,000 pieces per hour through automated sorting and scanning systems. The facility employs 900 people but during peak periods this number could increase by ...
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While 2020 saw a record slump in new car sales in the UK, strong demand for the international movement of classic and super cars boosted Rhenus UK’s newly established Full Vehicle Logistics (FVL) business.
In its first six months of operations alone, the service transported 86 high performance cars, worth more ...
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Groningen, Netherlands-based short-sea industrial carrier Longship Group has placed an order for two multi-purpose Bijlsma Trader 6000 vessels of 6,080 deadweight tonnes and cargo capacity of 270,000 cubic feet, at Bijlsma Shipyard, Lemmer. The first is due to be delivered in the last quarter of 2021 with the second following ...
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The US STOP Act aimed at preventing illegal drugs entering the country and due to come into full force on 15 March could disrupt traditional postal services says delivery specialist ParcelHero.
It says that hundreds of millions of parcels are likely to be rejected and returned to their sender when the ...
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Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has published a long rebuttal of criticism by the Road Haulage Association and other business groups about the effectiveness of post-Brexit trading arrangements.
It says that: “Thanks to the hard work put in by hauliers and traders to get ready for the end of the Brexit ...
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Legal provisions for the complete digitalization of the TIR Convention global customs transit system, will enter into force on 25 May, says the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The new system, eTIR will thus become a reality, opening up new applications, in particular intermodal transport, says UNECE.It adds ...
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