UK – The Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show this year at the NEC Birmingham, 28-30 April 2020 will certainly have an 'electric' atmosphere with a veritable host of manufacturers showing off their latest vans and smaller LGVs ready to go to work, with many aimed squarely at the urban freight delivery market.
GERMANY – UK – Britain may have left the European Community but nothing illustrates the basic nature of trade better than the latest project freight forwarding shipment by German group Dachser.
UK – Three of the UK's most prominent transport and logistics industry associations have all come out strongly against the UK government's proposed points-based immigration system that will limit the number of low-skilled workers entering the UK. The shortage of staff in the sector is by no means new. The UKWA, the RHA and the FTA have all warned for several years that more needs to be done to address the shortfall of workers across the industry but such restrictive measures will only worsen the situation with the government focusing seemingly on higher skilled workers.
DENMARK – US – AP Moller - Maersk has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Performance Team, a US-based warehousing and distribution company, as the Danish shipping giant looks to further strengthen its capabilities as an integrated container logistics company, offering end-to-end supply chain solutions to its customers.
UK – EUROPE – Hardly a surprise as Unifeeder, which boasts it has the biggest container feeder and short sea network in Europe, has announced yet another new service to run from DP World's London Gateway as the two share the same parent organisation.
UK – Looking through the various stipulations from the Traffic Commissioners (as we transport nerds tend to do) our editor was surprised to note the following clause in the requirements for an operator's licence remains on the appropriate gov.uk page, namely:
UAE – WORLDWIDE – Abu Dhabi based Etihad Cargo, the freight and logistics arm of the Etihad Aviation Group, has bolstered its global handling partnership agreements with dnata, the airport services provider owned by the Emirates Group (which owns rival Dubai based Emirates Airline).
UK – WORLDWIDE – Regular readers will know that the horrors of ship breaking have caused death and misery, particularly on the unlicensed beaches of the Indian subcontinent. On the 31st December 2020 the European Union (EU) Ship Recycling Regulation (SRR) will come into force and it is time for ship owners to start taking notice.
CHINA – The fact there is no trading in Chinese currency, with Exchanges unable to handle Renminbi notes shows just how serious the current Coronavirus Corvid-19 is being taken and another casualty has now been announced with the Intermodal Asia show, a favourite amongst logistics interests, being postponed until July.
PHILIPPINES – International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has recently partnered with the Katala Foundation (KFI) to implement a wildlife research and conservation project within Palawan's Victoria-Anepa'an Mountain Range aimed at improving the conservation status of a critical segment of the country's threatened wildlife.
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