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The 2017 Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year (YIFFY) Award was presented to Bradley Davis of Canada at the FIATA annual World Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10 October.
It was presented by Mike Yarwood of the awards sponsor, TT Club.
The other three regional finalists were: Tinasche Chiwanza (Zimbabwe - Africa/Middle East);
Nian Wan (China - Asia/Pacific); and Nina Brose (Germany - Europe).
Mike Yarwood praised the “highly professional and broad ...
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The U-Freight Group has set up a U-Freight Logistics arm in Taiwan to develop e-commerce services. The new company, based in Taipei, will be an independent subsidiary of the U-Freight Group, working alongside the group's partner in the country - U-Freight Taiwan. Ms Canny Lin has transferred from U-Freight Taiwan ...
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The UK government published a Customs Bill on 9 October, to legislate for the UK’s future customs, VAT and excise regimes after Brexit in March 2019.
The bill does not prescribe future customs arrangements as such, but rather creates the legislative framework need to create a standalone customs regime. Current UK ...
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Europa Worldwide Group managing director Andrew Baxter is spearheading a campaign to tackle regular traffic jams at the Dartford Tunnel - by proposing that all oversized and hazardous goods vehicles are redirected the other way around the M25.
He says that the Dartford Crossing, close to Europa’s headquarters, is brought to ...
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Representatives of the UK-headquartered Global Shippers Forum (GSF) have committed themselves to new talks on the future shape of world shipping, brokered by the International Transport Forum (ITF).
The ITF, part of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), says the talks will involve global container shipping lines, shippers and ...
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Air cargo specialist HAE Consultancy recently deployed one of its military logistics experts to Zambia for two weeks to advise and coordinate transport of 180 Zambian troops and cargo by air and sea to the Central African Republic for a peace keeping mission. Work included load planning, monitoring and assessing ...
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Aviation services group, Air Partner, carried out a number of urgent freight charters across the Caribbean to support the relief effort in a number of islands, including Puerto Rico, Cuba and Guadeloupe.
The Air Partner Freight team ensured that essential cargo such as generators, four-wheel drive vehicles, bottled water and humanitarian ...
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CEVA has expanded European Centre of Logistics Excellence at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in time for the facility’s tenth birthday in the presence of key customers and suppliers. Guests and customers heard from key speakers including CEVA’s Executive Vice President in the UK, Ireland and Nordics, Michael O’Donoghue on the last decade of ...
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Europa Worldwide Group is investing in a new, larger office in Nottingham. Since managing director Andrew Baxter’s acquisition of the business in 2013, it has almost doubled its turnover. The Nottingham branch currently employs seven people but human resources director Carl Potter says the new location would provide space for ...
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GAC Bahrain has opened a new 3,200sq m, 3,019-pallet position ambient racked warehouse and office building in Hidd, replacing its previous leased facility in Salmabad. It already operates bonded warehousing facilities at the airport and seaport.
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