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ABP’s Port of Ipswich, the UK’s number one grain exporting port, has handled more than one million tonnes in the 2015/16 harvest year, a record for the port and its customers. In the last harvest year, which ended on 30 June, over 1.09 million tonnes were handled, surpassing the previous best year in 2009/10 of 933,000 tonnes.
ABP short sea ports director, Andrew Harston traffic was boosted by a steady grain ...
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Customs brokers and freight forwarders have to perform a delicate balancing act between providing services to clients and complying with obligations to customs authorities – and it is getting more complicated, warns the TT Club.
The insurer’s senior claims executive in Sydney, Kate Hollis, explained: “Customs brokers assume responsibility for acting ...
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The British Ports Association has urged the Government to ensure that Brexit will not result in extra red tape and bureaucracy at the UK’sborders
Chairman Rodney Lunn today said: “Anyone who has witnessed the disruption recently to cross Channel services as a result of border control issues will see how important ...
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The Freight Transport Association has reacted with alarm to a statement by from International Trade Secretary Liam Fox on 27 July in which he apparently called for the UK to quit the EU Customs Union as soon as possible,
FTA warned this would create huge uncertainty for its shipper members and ...
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Shipping Line MSC has partnered with drinks firm Diageo to bring pedal power to West Africa by donating and transporting hundreds of pre-owned bicycles and accessories to Koblimahigu and Kakpayili in Ghana.
Over 450 bikes and cycling equipment have been collected over the past six months and the first 40ft container, ...
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The port of Liverpool has taken delivery of 33 new tractor units worth £2.6 million for its existing Royal Seaforth Container Terminal and the new Liverpool2 development. It is expected that the port will take an additional 15 tractors and trailers as throughput at L2 increases.
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Shipping line APL – which recently announced its takeover by CMA CGM – is to launch a new Felixstowe Express Service from main ports of China, complementing APL’s existing service to Southampton. Port rotation is: Qingdao, Yangshan, Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian, Port Klang, Felixstowe, Rotterdam and Hamburg. The first sailing will ...
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Deliveries by drone could be an exciting development but there are many questions to be asked about such a system would work, says supply chain technology experts, Kewill.
With online retailer Amazon and the UK Government announced trials for delivering goods by drones on 26 July, “questions are being raised around ...
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Four regional finalists from a record 27 entries have been announced in the FIATA Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award. They are: Lorraine Zhou, Zimbabwe, Africa/Middle East region; Evgeny Kapustin, Canada (Americas); Shanon Gould, Australia (Asia/Pacific); and Kostiantyn Hapii, Ukraine (Europe).
Among the diverse subjects covered by the dissertations are ...
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ABP has completed deepening of the shipping channel at the port of Teignmouth, allowing larger draughted ships to enter the port and increasing the tidal window. It will eventually accommodate ships with a draught of 5.5 metres on a four metre tide.
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