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Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar called for an EU-UK custom union and a transition period after Brexit during a visit to Ulster on 4 August. He suggested that it could be run along similar lines to the arrangement between the EU and Turkey, he said in a speech at Queen’s University Belfast.
He said that he also favoured the UK joining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – as are Iceland, ...
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Fruit importer SH Pratt Group is to take a lease on a bespoke temperature-controlled distribution facility at DP World London Gateway. The Luton-based firm will site its new ‘Halo’ multi-temperature operation at the site. The facility on the port logistics park's west zone will have regimes from frozen to ambient ...
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International freight forwarder Panalpina could find itself the subject of a takeover bid, say two city analysts in a report. David Kerstens and Hamish Dalgarno – respectively, equity analyst and equity associate at investment banker Jefferies International – say that the Swiss-based company’s performance has been below par lately, which ...
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A Welsh assembly committee report has repeated earlier warnings that Brexit could hit the country’s ports particularly badly. It said that there could be long delays and tailbacks at Holyhead and elsewhere if traffic to and from Ireland had to undergo customs clearance.
The cross-party external affairs committee added that it ...
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The CCS-UK airfreight community user group has launched a new module that it sways will speed cargo through at Heathrow Airport’s transit sheds.
CCS-UK Advanced Info will allow freight agents, and their transport providers, to send advance information and alerts to handling agents and to submit Electronic Consignment Security Declarations (eCSDs).
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Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new site in the Colon Free Zone in Panama to carry out reception, storage and distribution for the Unicomer store group. The forwarder said the location, the second largest free trade zone in the world would also facilitate the access to new markets.
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Polferries is in talks with Thanet council about possible services from the Port of Ramsgate, reports the kentonline.co.uk website. The Gdansk-based company currently operates three multipurpose ferries between Poland and Scandinavia. However, the website states that while talks with the council have taken place, the true extent of its interest ...
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German-owned freight forwarder Robert Kukla has launched a UK beverage logistics subsidiary and has recruited a team from of rival operator, JF Hillebrand.
The Brentwood, north-east London-based company will be led by managing director, Steve Wood (Pictured second from left and below), along with commercial director Lynda Simms, operations director Martin ...
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The port of Lowestoft had its busiest day of the year so far on Friday, 28 July. Visiting vessels included a broad mix of survey, supply and tug boats and a bulk carrier loading grain at the silo, along with many transiting vessels. ABP has invested heavily in facilities at the ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has appointed Jodi Raphael as non-executive director of its European Road Freight (ERF) division.
Since joining the company 11 years ago, her role has expanded to include operational activity and she was promoted in 2015 to a senior role, managing all operational and commercial activity for the ...
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