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Delta Cargo has appointed Rob Walpole as vice president – cargo operations and logistics. He joins the US carrier from Cargo from DP World, where he served as chief operating officer – global logistics and supply chain. He was previously chief executive officer at freight forwarder Schenker.
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Baxter Freight, the Nottingham-based forwarder founded by former RH Freight director Ian Baxter, is rolling out a business plan to increase turnover from around £18m to over £30m by 2021 and to increase employee numbers from 70 to 120.
Many of the new roles are in account management to provide a ...
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Ceva Logistics has signed a multi-year, seven figure contract with freight software firm Kontainers to power its primary customer-facing e-commerce portal. The forwarder will utilize Kontainers Enterprise product for rates, booking, customs, trucking, FCL/LCL, global schedules, bill of lading, chat support, dashboard analytics, payment system and back office applications. Kontainers ...
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Leeds-based Tudor International Freight boss Adam Johnson is warning traders not to drop their guard over preparations for a no-deal Brexit despite despite apparent setbacks to the government’s plans in the past few days.
He says that businesses should maintain their contingency planning for a no-deal Brexit, time-consuming and expensive though ...
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ABP Southampton has launched the first Port Economic Partnership (PEP) in the UK in conjunction with the Department for Transport.
The initiative aims to create stronger links between ports and Government and maximise long-term trade and economic growth.
The partnership will be launched at an event at London International Shipping Week, on ...
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Ports are long horizon businesses and must steer through the immediate storms, business leaders told a breakfast roundtable in London on 10. Delegates to the event, hosted by the UK Major Ports Group, the UK Maritime Minister, Chinese Government representatives and were told that ports had to do far more ...
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The government has launched an information campaign in the UK and Europe to prepare hauliers and others for the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 October 2019, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on 9 September.
It is aimed at ensuring that truckerss obtain everything they need from traders to get ...
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Europa Road has signed a partnership with Portuguese transport company, Torrestir. It will handle distribution for Europa across Portugal, as well as line-haul in both direction between the two countries. Services will operate four times per week between Dartford and Portugal, and three per week between Portugal and Dartford.
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BIFA says that it has “numerous concerns” over the progress of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)’s new CDS computer, which is due to replace the existing CHIEF system for processing declarations. Director general, Robert Keen says that BIFA is concerned that progress with the new system has been inconsistent, with ...
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Political momentum is building in favour of freeports, said speakers at a conference organised by the British Ports Association in London on 9 September. Deputy director of maritime policy at the Department for Transport, Rod Paterson told the event, used to launch a new Port Zones UK report, that there ...
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