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Even beforfe the World Cup gets under way, Brazil's strikers are already in action. However, the strikers in question are not on the football field, but are disgruntled stevedores, who are planning to stage an indefinite walkout from 10 June, warns Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS). The action by the Union of Stevedores is expected to affect stevedore operations in all ports across Brazil could seriously delay cargo unless an early ...
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Pall-Ex UK managing director Adrian Russell, is to take up a new position as group managing director. He will focus on ensuring smooth and efficient interconnections between the Pall-Ex Group’s growing international network. Cris Stephenson meanwhile moves from assistant managing director to UK managing director.
CEO and chairman Hilary Devey, commented: ...
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The US freight industry is calling on the Federal government to allow more input from freight forwarders, especially small and medium-sized operators, before expanding the Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) program.
The program to risk-assess advance data on inbound air shipments to the US to assess ris, is currently in pilot ...
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Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has confirmed that Liverpool will be the UK call for its fleet of five new ro ro-container ships due to be introduced into its North Atlantic Services. Liverpool’s owner, the Peel Ports Group said it would invest £310 million to widen the Seaforth Passage and create ...
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Some 24 workers at SCA Logistics in Tilbury have staged a second strike over zero hours contracts, this time for 11 days, starting on Thursday 5 June.
They held a 48-hour strike at the end of May.
Unite regional officer Jane Jeffery said: “The hardline management of Swedish-owned SCA Logistics ...
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Dover has submitted a Harbour Revision Order to Government for its port development and regeneration plan. Harbour Board chief executive Tim Waggott said he hoped that it would be quickly granted “so that the momentum to transform the port and town will allow us all to experience the great future ...
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VTG Rail UK has signed hire agreements for its Ecofret container wagons with Freightliner and GB Railfreight.
Freightliner has ordered 21 sets of twin-platform Ecofret wagons to add to its existing fleet of 43 twins, whilst GBRf has placed orders for 17 triple-platform sets which will join the existing triple with ...
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Drinks logistics specialist JF Hillebrand has been named Logistics Company of the Year for the seventh time in ten years at the annual Drinks Business Awards held at the London Wine Fair. The judges praised JF Hillebrand for its customer-centric approach, especially in the way it has anticipated customer needs ...
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Confusion reigns over the Chinese Ministry of Transport's NVOCC registration requirements, reports BIFA in its latest newsletter.
Over the last few weeks BIFA has received several enquiries from members after a shipping line said that it would not be able to accept bookings directly from UK based freight forwarders unless they ...
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IAG Cargo will open new routes from its Madrid hub to Montevideo (Uruguay) and Santa Domingo (Dominican Republic) from 1 September, offering between 6.5 and 12.7 tonnes of capacity per flight.
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