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FTA Ireland (FTAI) is calling on the Irish government to support logistics businesses through the possible cliff-edge of a No Deal Brexit by providing them with preparedness funding in the 2020 Budget.
General manager Aidan Flynn has asked Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, to support the industry through a potentially turbulent Brexit by providing them with preparedness funding in the 2020 Budget. He explained: “We are asking for Mr Donohoe to ...
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Independent stockholder Barrett Steel has taken a specialised terminal at Shoreham Port after the original leaseholder, John Parker & Son, went into administration on 20 August. Ten years ago, the south coast port invested in a modern terminal with quayside facilities. The first shipment for Barrett is expected to arrive ...
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Freight forwarder Rhenus Logistics has produced a checklist for international shippers of goods to in the run-up to Brexit. Suggested actions include registering for an EORI number, signing up for the Transitional Simplified Procedure (TSP), appointing a reputable customs broker, determining the value of goods being traded for statistical and ...
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The Government has set up a £9 million fund to get places that have or are near to a major air, land or sea port ready for Brexit. Some £5 million will be go to local councils and £4 million to local resilience forums in England.
The funding can be used ...
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DP World has signed a partnership with Zhejiang China Commodity City Group Company to develop a ‘Traders Market’ in Jebel Ali Freezone (JAFZA). DP World will hold a majority share in the 70/30 joint venture. The Market project will about 800,000sq m, with Phase 1 development covering about 220,000 sq ...
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CEVA Logistics has renewed its contract with oil and gas exploration firm Borr Drilling for another year to the end of August 2020. Borr owns and operates jack-up rigs of modern and high-specification designs providing drilling services worldwide and it has been working with Ceva since its inception in 2016. ...
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Air China is to return to London Gatwick on 2 November, eight months after switching the last route it operated there to London Heathrow, reports Routes Online. The carrier plans to operate four times per week using Airbus A350-900 aircraft.
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The Government started in mid-August to automatically allocate HM Revenue and Customs Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) numbers to prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit. Around 88,000 VAT-registered companies were expected to receive the numbers over the space of a fortnight.
EORI numbers are used to process of customs entry ...
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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Irish dock workers union SIPTU have called for better protection for workers in Ireland’s ports after 50-year-old truck driver Nick Collier was killed in North Docks at Dublin Port on 14 August. The unions said it was the seventh death of a ...
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The Port of Dover has appointed Sarah West as chief operations officer. She is expected to take up her post in the autumn.
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