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International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has unveiled plans to allow ports and airports across the UK will be invited to bid to become one of up to 10 Freeports after Brexit.
The government prediucted that they would “transform the country’s ports and airports just as freedoms transformed London’s Docklands in the 1980s. More details on how ports and airports across the country will be able to bid for Freeport status will ...
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The Czech Republic is to allow the use of European Modular System vehicle combinations up to 25.25 metres long and weighing 48 tonnes, reports the European Shippers’ Council.
The European Modular System (EMS) allows combinations of existing loading units into longer and sometimes heavier vehicle combinations to be used on some ...
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International mail and distribution company Asendia has launched an Oceania arm aimed at online retailers in Australia and New Zealand. Asendia Oceania has recently established several strategic partnerships in the region in order to provide this new service including cross-border commerce specialist eShopWorld, which will provide a digital platform and ...
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Lufthansa’s time:matters special speed logistics arm has established a new hub in Brussels and extended its services to Africa. It now offers 16 stations on the continent, including destinations Accra, Entebbe, Freetown and Monrovia.
It has also added stations in Japan, Singapore and Thailand bringing the number of Asian locations to ...
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Forwarder DSV’s Air and Sea arm has opened its 36th US office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located near Pittsburgh International Airport and will offer air and sea freight services, customs clearance and cargo insurance.
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Over half the respondents to an IAG Cargo survey said that increased automation and digitalisation were the most important trends in the air freight industry while 81% expect technological change to have a positive impact on their business
IAG Cargo shared the findings from a global survey of more than 400 ...
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Just how do you transport 101 handmade chocolate stilettoe shoes from Fulham to Dubai? Not a question many will have asked themselves, but it recently fell to freight forwarder Rhenus to do just that when London firm Cocoa To Thrill asked it to move its handmade products 7,000 km for ...
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The government says it will double the funding available to prepare the country for a no deal Brexit, setting aside an extra £2.1 billion to pay for measures such as more border force officers and upgrades to port transport infrastructure, along with measures to stockpile medicines and other essential goods.
However, ...
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Government plans to strengthen compliance with Operation Brock - the queuing system to be introduced for lorries in Kent in the event of a No Deal Brexit - will put the responsibility for having correct documentation on hauliers but there is no clarity on the actual paperwork required, argues the ...
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Maritime Transport has confirmed an order for additional five new Sany empty container handlers and five new Sany reach stackers from Cooper Specialised Handling
Three reach stackers will go to Maritime’s new terminal currently under construction at East Midlands Gateway, due for completion in November and two to its terminal in ...
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