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FedEx has rebranded its FedEx Trade Networks forwarding arm as FedEx Logistics. It will continue to operate from its global headquarters in Memphis, offer servings including air and ocean cargo, trade brokerage and facilitation, supply chain services and cross border e-commerce and fulfilment.
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FTA will hold a webinar, No Deal Brexit Briefings for Logistics Managers on 25 January.
Hosted by FTA’s team of experts, it will cover customs declarations and duties, non-customs checks and EU27 workers andl provide a comprehensive guide to No Deal planning across all transport modes.
It will take place at 10am ...
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The European Commission will impose full customs controls on all imports from and exports to the UK after 29 March in the case of a No Deal scenario, warns Martin Meacock, a director of software firm Descartes.
He says that the European Commission has called on EU member states to ...
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ABP has appointed Marina Wyatt as its new chief financial officer (CFO), replacing Sebastian Bull. Most recently she was CFO of UBM and previously held senior finance roles at TomTom NV, Colt Telecom Group and Psion. Meanwhile, Sebastian Bull will take up the new role of managing director, ABP ...
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Stena Line has launched the first of its next generation of ro pax ferries at the Avic Weihai Shipyard in China. The Stena Estrid is on schedule to enter service on the Dublin to Holyhead route in early 2020, the first of three new E-Flexer vessels bound for ...
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Tigers Australia has invested in X-ray and detection technology for air cargo exports in Perth, ahead of new security laws being introduced in March.
The equipment includes X-ray equipment for shipments up to 1,810 mm by 1,872, two explosive trace detection units and an electro-magnetic detection machine capable of scanning ...
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CMA CGM is to unite its Containerships and MacAndrews shortsea services as Containerships: from 1 April. It said the new strategy would increase the density of its regional coverage and unlock major synergies. Integration of local agency networks will also allow for the creation of a tailored intra-regional service, said ...
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Ian Baxter, chairman of international forwarder, Baxter Freight, says he is “fed up with this rotten Parliament” for failing to give businesses any clarity on what is going to happen on Brexit Day, now less than ten weeks away.
He spoke out after Parliament rejected Theresa’s May’s Brexit plan on ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo will move to a new purpose-built facility at dnata City East, in the second half of 2019. The new site will double their cargo footprint at Heathrow, to 335,000 sq ft and it will offer more automation and faster truck and cargo handling times.
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UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) chief executive Peter Ward has added his voice to other industry spokespeople expressing dismay at the rejection of Theresa May’s Brexit plan by the House of Commonson 15 January.
He said: “Frustratingly, as imperfect and unpopular as Mrs May’s deal proved to be, it was the ...
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