Chris Lewis
Logistics UK has welcomed Transport Minister Keir Mather’s appointment as Minister for Maritime, Aviation and Logistics by Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Chief executive Ben Fletcher said: “Minister Mather has always been a great champion of our industry’s work and we welcome his appointment to oversee engagement with our vital industry. For some time, we have been urging government to appoint a specialist logistics minister and recognise the value that our ...
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Hong Kong based forwarder the U-Freight Group says that EU importers and international e-commerce businesses are adapting their shipping processes following the European Union's abolition of the €150 duty-free threshold which came into effect on 1 July.
Such shipments are now subject to a charge of €3 per commodity code contained ...
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German logistics provider Dachser has signed an agreement to acquire a 10% minority stake in Synergie Canada. Founded in 2008 and based near Montreal, the company specializes in air and sea freight on transatlantic and transpacific routes and serves customers in the engineering, technology, fashion and aerospace industries. It also ...
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Glasgow Prestwick Airport has supported National Airlines’ longest ever cargo flight of an aerospace component from to Melbourne Airport, Australia, for a grounded aircraft.
The 20-hour 9,849 mile flight was operated by a B777F brokered through Golden Aviation whose director of operations, David Giles, said: “This was essentially a 'go-now' B777F, ...
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The Rhenus Group is reminding businesses that ATA Carnets, the international customs documents used for temporary cross‑border movements, have now gone fully digital in the UK, EU, Norway and Switzerland.
Industries that regularly move goods temporarily across borders - including trade fairs, sporting events, musicians, film, technical equipment demonstrations and specialised ...
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DP World has reached an agreement with GXO Logistics for the transfer of six contract logistics sites serving grocery customers. The transfer of the sites was a regulatory condition to the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s approval of GXO’s acquisition of logistics company Wincanton. The sites, five in England and ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has appointed Amanda Francis as public relations and media manager.
She brings 15 years' experience leading strategic communications across public and private sectors and will develop and execute a national, regional and trade PR strategy. She will work closely with senior stakeholders to support policy ...
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KLN Logistics Group has launched a road feeder service connecting Europe and the Middle East, providing a faster alternative to ocean freight and a more cost-effective option than air freight. The new 10,500-kilometre corridor offers door-to-door transit times of 15 to 25 days between Europe and Saudi Arabia, the United ...
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DP World has completed the first delivery of finished vehicles from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Aiud, Romania.
The initial shipment, destined for Chisinau, Moldova, is the first vehicle rail operation in Europe managed end-to-end by DP World. The company plans to use Aiud as a regional road distribution hub for finished ...
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UAE B2B cargo airline SolitAir, has started flights from Dubai World Central (DWC) to Bucharest’s Otopeni International Airport in Romania – its second destination in the EU following its Air Cargo and Mail Carrier from a Third Country designation, granted by the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority.
Earlier, SolitAir launched flights from ...
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