Chris Lewis
Italian operator Fercam has signed a joint venture deal with Germany's Dachser. It will detach its Fercam Distribution (groupage) and Fercam Logistics (contract logistics) divisions from Fercam and integrate them into the new company by the end of the year. The two divisions employ 920 people at 43 locations in Italy, and generated some €400 million in revenue in 2022. Fercam Transport, Fercam Air & Ocean, and Fercam Special Services, ...
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) unveiled a new phased approach for moving export declarations to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) on 23 August, in response to feedback from industry.
In a widely expected move, HMRC said that during the first phase, it and its software developers would support selected high-volume declarants ...
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The ‘tense’ economic situation in Europe, especially in Germany, and background geopolitical factors affected throughput in the first half of 2023, said the Port of Hamburg. Despite this, Germany’s largest seaport recorded a gain of 7.7% in bulk cargo throughput at 19 million tons, although general cargo throughput was 11.1% ...
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The UK government has for the fifth time postponed checks on imports of food and food products from the EU, scheduled for October. According to press reports, the delay is due to concerns over the possible effect on prices due to the need for EU food exporters to the UK ...
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The EU has launched a humanitarian air bridge operation to Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is organising flights from Europe, carrying materials, including health and nutrition supplies to Nairobi, from where the supplies are transported to Goma. The first two flights arrived in Goma on ...
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CEVA Logistics has signed an agreement to acquire 96% of Mumbai-based Stellar Value Chain Solutions from private equity firm Warburg Pincus and other shareholders. Started in 2016 by Anshuman Singh, Stellar offers omni-channel fulfilment services in the eCommerce, automotive, food products, consumer, fashion and retail, healthcare and pharmaceuticals market segments. ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) says that Newport has maintained its position as the leading steel port in the UK and Wales for the seventh consecutive year. According to Department for Transport’s statistics for 2022 it exported nearly 600,000 tonnes more steel than all other 14 major steel-handling UK ports combined, ...
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Evergreen officially opened its new Terminal 7 at Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan on 14 August. Considered to be the most important project in Taiwan’s shipping industry in recent yearsit has five berths with a draft of 18 meters, a quay length of 2,415 meters, and 24 STS gantry cranes. Among ...
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Container line MSC will include the port of NEOM in Saudi Arabia from September. As well as offering ocean freight services, it will offer inland transport solutions provided by its logistics arm, MEDLOG from the port, located at Oxagon on the Red Sea.
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DSV is evaluating a 16-tonne all-electric medium-duty Volta Zero truck at its southern hub at Purfleet, east London.
The Volta Zero will be operating last-mile groupage deliveries in London and the Southeast. It returns a real-world pure electric range of 95–125 miles on a single charge and is anticipated to be ...
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