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Ferry booking agent Freightlink says that it has seen strong growth in 2019 despite downward market trends.
In the year up to and including September 2019, overall volumes of accompanied and unaccompanied units using short-sea ferry routes to and from the south east Kent ports and terminals declined by 4.6% - equivalent to a shortfall of over 125,000 units for the year to date. Since 2017, volumes to September 2019 have ...
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The Port of Boulogne Calais said it showed i resilience in a 2019 marked by Brexit uncertainty and industrial action by customs officers in the spring.
Despite Brexit uncertainty and a customs officer strike in Spring traffic at Calais held up well at 1 813 067 units (down 4.6%), just 90 ...
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Juneyao Air flights between Manchester and Shanghai are due to start in March, operating three times per week using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. Shanghai will be Manchester’s third route to China; Cathay Pacific launched a Hong Kong route in 2014 with and Hainan Airlines started Beijing flights in 2016.
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Express freight and fast van specialist Simpex Express has acquired Dover-based customs clearance specialist Samphire Cargo. Samphire has been Simpex’s customs agent for the past nine years.
Simpex managing director Simon Beechener commented: “Samphire has supported our express activities outside of the EU which have grown every year. Their customs knowledge ...
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Longoni port on the island of Mayotte between East Africa and Madagscar has introduced France-based MGI’s Ci5 cargo community system.
Following onsite training January, the was a smooth transition from the old AP+ system to Ci5, with MGI bringing over a team to Mayotte to initially train over 20 staff in ...
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The FTA has criticised the government’s proposal to bring forward restrictions on ‘low skilled’ EU migrants, saying it will worsen the severe labour shortage in the logistics sector. It called on the government to reconsider its approach to ensure the sector can continue operating.
Head of skills policy Sally Gilson, called on the Prime ...
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Driverless lorries could lead to an upsurge in ‘accompanied’ traffic on ro ro shipping, according to a white paper by the British Ports Association in collaboration with consultancy MDS Transmodal.
If the legal and technical challenges to autonomous trucks can be overcome, it could lead to an 80% share for accompanied ...
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DHL Freight has taken the first major step towards creating a single Transport Management System (TMS) for all its operations throughout Europe, rolling out its EVO software at all its terminals in France. It will then be introduced in Turkey. EVO has been developed entirely in-house to match the specific ...
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Dubai-based global port operator DP World is to take a 44% stake in Swissterminal, the leading container terminal operator in Switzerland, for an undisclosed sum. Founders the Mayer family will remain the majority shareholder. Swissterminal, headquartered in Frenkendorf near Basel, also operates terminals in Zurich-Niederglatt, Basel-Birsfelden, Basel-Kleinhueningen and Liestal.
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Freight between Ireland the ports in Wales could be badly hit by Brexit, says a new UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO) published by the Welsh government.
It says that trade barriers between the UK and the EU (notably Ireland) but less extensive border checks between Great Britain and Northern ireland could ...
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