Chris Lewis
The Road Haulage Association has welcomed the government’s decision to delay introduction of the Entry/Exit System (EES) that would increase checks on non-EU citizens at UK borders.
EES has been pushed back from May until the end of 2023 as it will allow allows operators including hauliers and coach companies to properly prepare for the new system that will fingerprint and photograph travellers, including truck drivers.
The RHA says it has warned ...
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Kent County Council leader Roger Gough has welcomed the success of its £45m bid to the government’s Levelling Up Fund to improve traffic flow through the Port of Dover.
He said that the enhancements, which will include additional border control points and a new exit route, will have a positive impact ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) says its Spanish cargo and ground handling operations are spearheading the group’s ‘Our Sustainable Flight Path’ program with a series of emission-reduction initiatives and at its seven airport stations.
WFS’ ground support equipment (GSE) fleet in Spain is now 89% electric for all cargo handling operations as ...
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Sparck Technologies’, which makes scanning technology that can create a ‘right size’ box for any group of items, ensuring a snug fit without the use of fillers, points out that at the end of November the European Commission published a draft Regulation on packaging and packaging waste. As well as ...
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New research commissioned by DP World shows that there has been major shifts in globalisation, as companies move more manufacturing closer to home to protect against supply chain disruptions and enhance resilience.
The latest Trade in Transition study, led by Economist Impact, found that 95% of companies in are making changes ...
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CEVA Logistics has signed a new global agreement with project44 to enhance visibility of ocean shipments, following a similar deal for ground transport in July 2021. Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel tracking will allow customers to monitor shipment locations and, when not at sea, shipment notifications and analytics will include ...
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There has been a marked improvement in transit times in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to E2open’s latest Ocean Shipping Index.
The supply chain software platform said its latest report - encompassing 420,000 connected enterprises managing 13.5 billion transactions and tracking 71 million containers annually -showed that it took companies ...
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Azerbaijan-based Silk Way West Airlines and Japanese forwarder Nippon Express Holdings have signed an air cargo memorandum of understanding to offer enhanced solutions to customers and respond more flexibly to changing supply chains. The carrier said the agreement strengthens its presence in the Japanese market whilst helping Nippon Express to ...
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Davies Turner has launched a direct weekly LCL service from the UK to Nhava Sheva, near Mumbai in India. The forwarder’s previous service to Nhava Sheva was via transhipment in Jebel Ali, but by going direct, the forwarder can offer a 25 day port to port transit time. There are ...
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Bomi Group, recently acquired by UPS, has officially opened its new storage and distribution facility in Madrid following an €18m investment. The 27,578sq m GMP and GDP-compliant logistics centre can hold 60,000 pallets, making it one of the largest warehouses in the European pharmaceutical sector.
Innovations in biologics, specialty pharmaceuticals and ...
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