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Test measures for truck drivers imposed by Germany, the Austrian Tyrol and the Czech Republic, are causing chaos for freight transport, warns the International Road Transport Union (IRU). The trade route from Italy northwards across the Brenner Pass, as well as East-West corridors, are particularly badly affected, it says.
Germany has refused to exempt truck drivers from new Covid testing requirements while Tyrol and the Czech Republic have imposed similar restrictions ...
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IAG Cargo has partnered with logistics firm Senator International to move over a million protective face masks from Shanghai to Munich. It follows the government’s new rules last month requiring individuals to wear medical-grade face masks in the workplace, public transport and in shops. IAG Cargo utilised a B777-200 passenger ...
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One in three UK importers are struggling at borders and Northern Ireland trade is collapsing, says ParcelHero
The parcels broker quoted the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) report which, said ParcelHero, showed that businesses are reporting spiralling Brexit challenges while dDoubt has been cast on the viability of the Northern ...
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DP World London Gateway has added two new liner services. It has replaced Felixstowe as the UK call for Maersk’s service which calls at East Mediterranean including Limassol, Ashdod, Alexandria, Haifa, Mersin, and Port Said East. In January, it became the UK port of call for Unifeeder’s new St Petersburg ...
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Associated British Ports has launched its graduate training scheme for 2021. Applications are now open for five roles in specialisms including port management, human resources, property and finance at locations including ABP’s head office in London and ports on the Humber and Southampton. The scheme will commence in September 2021 ...
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Global shipping line CMA CGM is to set up its own airfreight arm, including the acquisition of four Airbus A330-200F freighter aircraft. CMA CGM Air Cargo will operate as a specialised air freight division for the French-based company, which also includes the forwarding and logistics arm Ceva in its stable.
The ...
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Shoreham Port and partner H2evolution have started work on a hydrogen hub. A planning application will shortly be developed to establish a 20- megawatt electrolysis plant to the south of the Port’s lock gates to produce the green fuel, which should start to become available from 2024. Demand for hydrogen ...
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DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has been contracted to handle Covid vaccine distribution to Japan, with the first delivery in mid-February. Further shipments will be delivered by air from the DHL Global Forwarding hub in Belgium to Japan throughout the year. DHL ...
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Hands up who let the significance of yesterday’s date (14 February) pass them by? Let’s hope she’s let you out of the doghouse now.
But there was no chance of the folk at IAG Cargo being unaware of the approach of Valentine’s Day as it transported nearly 450 tonnes of cut ...
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Freight forwarding technology company E-Gistics has received a government £131,000 cash injection for its new online distribution platform for vendors and independent hauliers, with the help of R&D tax consultancy Catax.
It allows independent hauliers, pallet members and forwarders to digitise deliveries by combinations of independent firms, priced and booked online, ...
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