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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has a new head of cargo - Bart Pouwels, who is currently director business development cargo.
He will lead the dedicated team, reporting directly to head of aviation marketing, cargo, and customer experience Maaike van der Windt.
During his time with the Schiphol Cargo team, he has worked on slot allocation, aeronautical affairs, and airline account management and was pivotal in the drive to digitalise the perishables and cool ...
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P&O Ferrymasters has opened an 800sq m warehouse at the port of Liverpool Port to traffic on P&O Ferries’ Liverpool-Dublin sailings.
The warehouse - which will be open 24 hours a day and comprise eight loading bays for trailer and container operations - will support daily groupage and cross-docking operations, where ...
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Brexit secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on 19 March that they had reached a broad agreement on a Brexit transitional deal but without giving any detail of future customs arrangements between the UK and EU.
The transitional period will be from ‘Brexit Day on 29 March ...
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Former naval dockyard turned commercial harbour Portland handled nearly 500,000 tonnes of cargo during in 2017, an increase of over 23% compared to 2016. General manager commercial Ian McQuade said there had been growth in dry and liquid bulk, adding that the long-term vision is for more than a million ...
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A fire has broken out in another Maersk ship, just days after the fatal fire on the 15,262teu Maersk Honam en route from Singapore to Suez on 6 March.
In the latest incident, a fire broke out in container underdeck on board the Maersk Kensington. However, all 26 crew are reported ...
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Chancellor Philip Hammond’s proposed VAT reforms for online retailers could open a can of worms, says David Jinks head of consumer research at express freight broker, ParcelHero.
His proposal to tax digital businesses’ revenues rather than profits in his Spring Statement in mid-March would put the UK at odds with other ...
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Europa managing director and Brexit supporter Andrew Baxter has described a study by former World Customs Organization director Lars Karlsson for future UK-EU border relationships as “sensible and positive progress”.
Baxter says that the report, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizen’s Rights and Constitutional Affairs as a ‘step ...
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UK-based freight forwarder Xpediator is planning a major expansion of its EshopWedrop online delivery services and plans to extend the concept beyond Europe to destinations such as Africa or Asia, says chief executive, Stephen Blyth.
Xpediator, whose forwarding activities trade under the Delamode brand, has already spent over £300,000 developing the ...
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Container train services to and from Felixstowe are being disrupted after a Freightliner service from Birch Coppice near Birmingham hit a car at a level crossing on the branch to the port on 14 March. A Police spokesman said that the car driver sustained “life-changing injuries” in the accident.
No one ...
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The Port of Dover has awarded the contract to build the new Refrigerated Cargo Terminal (RCT) at its Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development to Buckingham Group Contracting. It will deliver a £15million 9,630sq m multi-purpose refrigerated facility capable of holding cargo between +1 and +14 degrees Celsius (+/-1C), with 20 ...
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