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Brexit – learn all about it

Multi temperature supply chain specialist Oakland International will host the first of a series of Brexit Seminars at the Crowne Plaza, NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 28 February 2018. Heading Oakland's Brexit team will be director of Oakland Invicta, Robert Hardy, a former director of P&O Ferries and EurotunnelPlus, who spent five years developing and running the largest 24hour Customs clearance station in the UK at the Port of Dover. He is ... [+]

APL to launch 12-day London-New York service

APL – now part of the CMA CGM Group - has launched a new North Atlantic Service (NAS), between London Gateway, the north-West Continent and the US east coast from 3 January. The line says it will offer transit times of 12 days from London to New York. The route will also ... [+]

A better route to market in Nigeria

APM Terminals is working with produce aggregation, packaging and retailing company Naija Pride and international development groups to provide modern cold chain transportation alternatives for farmers moving their goods from northern Nigeria to markets in Lagos. It says that an estimated 15 million tonnes of Nigerian-grown perishable goods, including onions, potatoes, ... [+]

Baxter Freight in talent search

Nottingham-based Baxter Freight has launched a recruitment drive for 14 new sales account managers. The multi-modal logistics company, which currently employs almost 60 people, plans to increase its turnover from £13m to £18m in 2018. Baxter Freight, based in Lenton, hopes to keep talent in the city by developing people and giving ... [+]

Edinburgh’s Extrordinair first to win security cert.

Edinburgh Airport-based Extrordinair has become the first freight forwarder in the UK to attain phase 2 Security Management Systems (SeMS ) accreditation from the Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Sylvia Fleming, owner and founder of Extrodinair, which specialises in animal transportation and operates the only Border Inspection ... [+]

No borders for Ireland or Ulster as UK signs Brexit deal

There will be no ‘hard border’ between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, nor will there be any border in the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, pledged Prime Minister Theresa May at the end of a negotiating session in Brussels. The deal reached on the ... [+]

Second Honda award for DP World Southampton

Honda of the UK Manufacturing has again singled out DP World Southampton (DPWS) for one a supplier award, the second time the Swindon-based company has honoured the South Coast terminal. It previously won an award in 2014. The award was presented at Honda’s annual Supplier Convention and recognises the exceptional contribution made ... [+]

Mouse to house move with help of the flying Tigers

Hong Kong-based Tigers Global Logistics leapt into action to transport 29 large bronze wildlife sculptures from Cape Town, South Africa to London for an exhibition by conservationist-turned-artist Bruce Little at the Mall Galleries. The sculptures range from a 10cm mouse to a quarter-tonne, 450cm long Leopard. The sculptures arrived in an ocean ... [+]

Sun shines on ABP plans

ABP says it could become one of the biggest corporate solar power producers in the UK after it announced plans to build a further 20MW of solar arrays. Ultimately ABP’s 21 ports could house 100,000 solar panels generating up to 22.4m kWh of electricity each year – enough to boil more ... [+]

Peer warns of Customs crisis, quoting FBJ

Labour peer Lord Campbell-Savours warned that the UK could face a shortage of customs officers after Brexit, quoting FBJ, in a Lords debate on the future of UK trade and customs policy on 5 December. Describing Freight Business Journal as “an excellent publication if you want to keep abreast of Brexit ... [+]

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