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FTA Ireland said that businesses moving goods and services need the right trading environment at EU level to allow them to operate safely, efficiently and sustainably, on launching its Transport Manifesto in Brussels on 3 September.
General manager Aidan Flynn called on the newly elected Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the representatives of EU Member States to address the sector’s key priorities for the next five years:
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Thefts from supply chains in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region exceeded €55 million or more than €305,000 a day in the first six months of 2019, confirming that it is already a record year for goods stolen as recorded by the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA).
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Some £16 million in new funding is now available to help businesses train people in customs clearance, the government announced on 3 September.
This nmoney is to help businesses train staff in making customs declarations, and to help businesses who support others to trade goods to invest in IT to help ...
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Tigers South Africa has launched a renewable energy vertical to handle the import of solar panels from China. It is providing Customs brokerage, local logistics, and warehouse storage to meet growing demand in the country.
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Eurotunnel has outlined the arrangements that will be in force for freight traffic after brexit, regardless of whether there is a deal or not.
It will create two 'pit stops' in Folkestone and in Coquelles, which will handle all existing pre-boarding checks and would also allow for scanning of customs documents. ...
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Dublin based International Warehousing and Transport (IWT) has celebrated the tenth anniversary of its first intermodal train between Dublin Port and Ballina in County Mayo. Originally, just two return trains per week were operated. The loading in Dublin Port took place on the Alexandra Road tramway - not ideal conditions ...
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Ceva Logistics has opened its new facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, doubling the size of its local operation. The new site is located close to the two cargo terminals of the country's busiest airport Tan Son Nhat International and a short drive from the container port of Cat ...
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The Department for Transport is calling on ports in England to bid for a share of £10 million funding to help them cope with Brexit as part of the Port Infrastructure Resilience and Connectivity (PIRC) competition.
The competition will be open until 6 September, after which successful bidders will be given ...
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FedEx is to acquire Colombia-based perishable forwarder Cargex together with its customs broking arm, Agencias de Aduanas Aduanamos subject to regulatory approval. Headquartered in Bogotá, Cargex also has operations in Medellin, Cartagena, Buenaventura, and Santa Marta, and will operate as a subsidiary of FedEx Logistics. The acquisition the introduction of ...
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Kuehne + Nagel and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo have joined forces to improve integration of their electronic booking processes. A recently concluded proof of concept enabled total host-to-host connection through application programming interface (API) and was the first time that an airfreight carrier and a global logistics provider have created ...
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