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Director of Leeds forwarder Tudor International Freight Adam Johnson is warning that a permanent post-Brexit customs union with the EU, as apparently demanded by the Labour Party in its negotiations with Theresa May, would not in itself guarantee frictionless trade.
He says that while such arrangements typically eliminated checks at borders for tariffs and origin of goods, one international trade expert had recently stated there were over 60 regulatory, taxation and ...
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Full and part-load operator, Continental Cargo Carriers (CCC), recently acquired by Europa Worldwide, has bought 35 new trailers, bringing its total fleet to 270. All CCC trailers now carry trackers. CCC completed the relocation of its Ramsgate sales and operations team to Europa’s Dartford headquarters earlier this year.
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Animal feed trader ADM Agriculture has added the equivalent of two football pitches of storage space as part of a recently-completed £7.4m expansion at the Port of Liverpool. This makes the Liverpool animal feed store the largest in the UK.
In 2018, the company signed a long-term contract with Peel Ports ...
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The funding was initially revealed in December 2018, and the deadline for applications is now 31 May 2019.
Robert Keen, director general of BIFA said: “This scheme is intended to help support the extra demand for customs brokerage services associated with the UK’s departure from the EU, as well as issues ...
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Nottingham-based Baxter Freight has appointed six new starters. Shella Galminaite, Amiel King and Nuno Santos have joined as account managers, Ryenne Riveral and Rachael Burdis as trainee finance administrators and Mick Glenny as domestic operator.
Baxter Freight is now looking to fill an additional 12 account manager roles by the end ...
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Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity for the Scottish Government, Michael Matheson is to deliver the keynote address at the Freight Transport Association’s Logistics Scotland conference in Falkirk on 30 May. The news comes as the minister confirmed a £5 billion package of investment for Scotland’s infrastructure in 2019-20 ...
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The Competition and Markets Authority has cleared Swissport’s planned acquisition of Heathrow Cargo Handling. Earlier, it invited comments up to 9 April said a decision would be announced by 28 May.
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Shipping lines MSC, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and Ocean Network Express have officially established the Digital Container Shipping Association in Amsterdam, after gaining regulatory approval from the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) last month. The aim is to create common information technology standards to make the industry more efficient for lines and their ...
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ZIM Line has signed up to the TradeLens Blockchain-enabled digital shipping solution being jointly developed by AP Moller Maersk and IBM. TradeLens uses blockchain technology to increase trust between carriers, freight forwarders, customs officials, port authorities and others in digitising global trade documentation.
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A new vessel has arrived to take up duties on the UK’s newest freight ferry route. The Red Kestrel, the newest addition to Isle of Wight operator Red Funnel’s fleet, arrived in Southampton from Cammell Laird’s Mersey shipyard early today (18 April).
Red Kestrel will operate between Southampton and the Isle ...
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