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The Clecat forwarders’ organisation welcomed the EU’s third Mobility Package on 18 May, saying that the proposal it contained to create a fully digital environment for information exchange in freight transport would help eliminate paper documents.
Director general Nicolette van der Jagt said: “Requiring acceptance of electronic formats for transport information as legally equivalent to paper format by enforcement authorities is a sine qua non. We are glad that the Commission ...
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Solent Stevedores has formally opened its new empty container depot at DP Wolrd London Gateway. Work on the new facility started in 2017 with operations beginning in April.
The stevedoring company’s five-acre off-dock yard will offer a range of empty container handling and storage services at Berth 7, outside the terminal’s ...
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Next year’s Multimodal will take place on 18-20 June 2019 at the Birmingham NEC, says organisers, Clarion Events, who also hailed the success of the 2018 show in early May.
Challenges and opportunities in a post-Brexit logistics landscape, as well as digital supply chain innovation, headed the discussion. It provided a ...
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DHL’s Supply Chain contract logistics arm has acquired Suppla Group in Colombia. The company works in warehousing and packaging services in the life sciences and healthcare, retail, consumer, and technology sectors with coverage of 25 cities, about 500,000 square meters of storage capacity and around 4,500 employees.
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P&O Ferrymasters is investing in 240 new 45’ curtainside swap bodies to further extend its pan-European intermodal network. The investment is an integral part of the company’s strategic growth plan.
The first of their kind in the P&O Ferrymasters fleet, they will be used on rail and road. The design of ...
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Saudi Arabia has formally acceded to the United Nations’ TIR Convention, becoming the 74th country to do so, reports the International Road Transport Union. It follows the Saudi Council of Ministers approval in early April. The Saudi government aims to boost the country’s position as a logistics hub. Bilateral trade between Arab ...
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Woodland Group has signed a long-term extension to its partnership agreement with the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The forwarder will deliver logistics services across Europe, North America and Africaincluding World RX's first full airfreight movement for the inaugural World RX of USA on 29-30 September at Circuit of The Americas ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is rolling out a new look logo and redesigned websites to underpin its new vision supporting the development of an efficient, modern, and unified air cargo industry.
TIACA says the new logo reflects its global membership, whilst building on a proud 24-year history of representing, ...
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DSV’s new distribution centre on Prologis Park Sideway in Stoke-on-Trent has gained a Planet Mark sustainability certificate which recognises new developments that go beyond compliance. Working with the environmental charity Cool Earth, Prologis mitigated 110% of the carbon involved in the construction of the buildings by protecting 169 acres of ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) repeated its call for a frictionless post-Brexit Irish border at a meeting with politicians at Stormont over the weekend. its Northern Ireland policy manager Seamus Leheny told Secretary of State for Exiting the EU David Davis, Secretary of State for Business Greg Clark MP and ...
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