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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is complaining of a lack of information to help the freight industry prepare for this summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. With the Games due to start on 23 July, preparations for freight deliveries are far behind those for which were made ahead of the London Olympics in 2012.
FTA has delivered a 50 day ultimatum to the Glasgow Games organisers asking for published detailed information in ...
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Heavy transport specialist WWL ALS has opened a new office in Aberdeen. ALS, the road transport arm of the company which recently merged with shipping specialist Walleniusand Wilhelmsen Logistics (EWWL) has taken the opportunity to colocate in Aberdeen with other parts of the Walleniusand Wilhelmsen group offices.
WWL ALS will now ...
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Russia's Federal Customs Service has extended its progressive ban on TIR documents to the Finnish-Russian border, a major conduit for trade between the EU and Russia, the International Road Transport Union reported on 18 March.
It said that, according to information it had received, TIR Carnets will no longer be accepted ...
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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has approved the proposed P3 vessel sharing agreement between Maersk, CMA CGM and MSC. It said that the agreement was not likely at this time to lead to reduction in competition or produce an unreasonable increase in transportation cost or reduction in service.
It would, in ...
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The Port of Tilbury has opened a new London Paper Terminal (LPT) following a £3.5million in vestment programme. This includes the latest equipment such as intelligent clamps for safe handling of paper rolls as well as liftec and reach-stacker equipment, plus IT systems. Major customers UPM, Sappi and Kotkamills have ...
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The UK's Competition Commission (CC) has found against Eurotunnel and its MyFerryLink subsidiary in its provisional findings of the tunnel operator's takeover of ships and operators belonging to the now bankrupt French Railways subsidiary, SeaFrance. The CC was considering the issue after the matter was referred to it by the ...
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Thirty years ago, British Airways sent its first express package from Jersey to London Heathrow on board one of its BAC 1-11 aircraft. The product, now named Prioritise, was launched in 1984 and today covers over 350 worldwide destinations. IAG head of commercial David Shepherd, comments: “Before this service was ...
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The value air freight to the UK economy is overlooked, says the Freight Transport Association in a commissioned report, ‘Sky-high value – The importance of air freight to the UK economy’ published on 20 March.
It says that continued investment in airport capacity is essential to its growth and success.
In it, ...
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Following its decision to postpone a vote on whether to allow cross—border operation of longer trucks in Europe, MEPs at the at the 17 March meeting of the Committee on Transport (TRAN) also voted to postpone another potentially tricky decision on the opening of the port services market. Following the ...
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Chancellor George Osbornevowed to make UK government export fiance the most competitive in Europe and end UK Export Finance's status as lender of last resort , in his Budget on 19 March.
UKEF will boost its direct lending programme and consult on changes to broaden its powers, in his Budget on ...
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