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FTA policy manager for Northern Ireland Seamus Leheny and Peter MacSwiney, chairman of freight software firm ASM have been appointed to a new Technical Alternative Arrangements Advisory Group to explore options to replace the Northern Ireland backstop by the end of 2020. The group consists of 15 technical experts in customs and trade from both the public and private sectors, and academia. It will help to inform the government about ...
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Port of Tyne chief executive Matt Beeton announced a Tyne 2050 strategy on 25 June, fully aligned with the governments aspirations laid out in Maritime 2050. It is based around the themes of Technology, Business Development, Infrastructure Planning, Safety and Environmental Management, People, Security and Resilience and Community.
“We need to ...
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The British Ports Association (BPA) has welcomed a study published by the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) think tank on future post Brexit trade but calls for more vision on the future of freeports. It says that many of the customs advantages of freeports can already be achieved with routine ...
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Declining profit margins have left logistics businesses struggling to fund their Brexit preparations, according to the Freight Transport Association’s 2019 Logistics Report.
The report, in association with Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking, polled the opinions of more than 500 freight and logistics businesses operating in the UK and internationally.
The survey indicated ...
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Trade and logistics software firm AEB has launched a digital customs broker network, Customs Heroes. It brings together brokers such as Channel Ports, Rusak, Perinter, Portmade, and Nord Quest on a single platform and digitises the interactions between them and the trade.
AEB says the new service accelerates customs clearance while ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo announced an order for five Boeing 777 freighters at the Paris Air Show on 19 June.
The carrier said the new planes would “give a huge boost to its capacity, enabling it to add new freighter routes while also increasing capacity on key trade lanes”.
The new routes - ...
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Work on the Tilbury2 terminal is progressing well and is all on schedule to open from the end of the first quarter of next year, Forth Ports project leader Peter Ward told FBJ on 19 June.
With development consent received in February, construction started in April with marine works on target ...
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Europa Worldwide has appointed Vanita Dass-Puri (left) as group recruitment and talent manager and promoted Nicola Laidlaw-Rolph (right) to deputy head of property and facilities. Vanita Dass-Puri joined Europa as internal recruitment and acquisition manager in September 2017.
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CCS-UK User Group, which represents users of the air cargo community data system, is hosting a series of seminars to showcase its solution for streamlining collections and deliveries of airfreight at Heathrow. Advance Information System (AIS) is a bolt-on module for CCS-UK that has been in full operational use for ...
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Freight must be at the forefront of the government’s aviation strategy to help achieve Britain’s future trading ambitions post-Brexit, said the Freight Transport Association in its response to Government consultation. It is calling for the Aviation 2050 White Paper to include a dedicated freight chapter.
Head of multimodal policy Alex Veitch, ...
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