Members of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) are being urged to take part in a short survey designed to gain a better understanding of the scale of potential Customs procedure training that will be required post-Brexit within the freight forwarding sector. A big concern of the HMRC’s Customs EU… Read more »
One of the UK’s oldest companies John Good Shipping launches new website
John Good Shipping is inviting its customers to explore its new website. The new website has been designed to provide a user-friendly experience with improved navigation and functionality throughout, plus the addition of a useful content hub where customers can learn more about the shipping and logistics industry. Alan Platt,… Read more »
Europa Gears up to Double in Size in Nottingham
Leading independent logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group has strengthened its base in the Midlands by investing in a new, larger office for the business to grow in to in Nottingham. Europa has quickly outgrown its former Nottingham office following MD Andrew Baxter’s acquisition of the business. Since the acquisition in… Read more »
GB Railfreight wins new contract with J Clubb
GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the UK’s leading rail freight companies, has won a contract with J Clubb Ltd, the British-based aggregates and concrete company. The contract will see GBRf move ash from Cottam Power Stations in Nottinghamshire to the HH Celcon brick works in Borough Green, near Sevenoaks in… Read more »
Green light for major £60m upgrade to increase freight services
A £60.4m scheme to increase freight services and create a more reliable railway for passengers travelling between Ipswich and Felixstowe has been given the green light by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Port of Felixstowe. The project will see a second track installed between Trimley station and… Read more »
Stena Line to strengthen freight network on North Sea between Rotterdam and UK
Earlier this year Stena Line announced the increase to their freight capacity on the route Rotterdam (Europoort) to Harwich January 2018 by replacing the current two RoRo vessels by two larger ships. Stena Line now announces their plans to also increase capacity on the route Rotterdam-Killingholme in January 2018. Stena… Read more »
NewCold expansion meets high demand while keeping energy output low
NewCold Advanced Cold Logistics is providing a specialist warehousing and logistics service for a growing number of UK frozen foods producers which, says the company, are using 50% less energy per pallet space than for a traditional cold store. Based in Wakefield, NewCold has recently extended its highly automated deep-frozen… Read more »
Maersk ships off tanker unit in $1.2billion sale
A.P. Moller – Maersk has signed an agreement to sell Maersk Tankers to APMH Invest A/S, a subsidiary of A.P. Moller Holding, for $1.2bn in an all-cash transaction. The transaction entails a market upside provision regulating total payment should the product tanker market significantly improve with a rebound in vessel… Read more »
Freight forwarders soon to get updated trading conditions
The new edition of the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) Standard Trading Conditions (STC) will be launched on 1st October 2017. The terms were last revised in 2005. The revised edition has been produced following an extensive review of the existing STC by the BIFA Legal and Insurance Policy Group,… Read more »
Heathrow ‘showing the world our country is open for business’, as airfreight increases by 13%
Freight travelling through London’s Heathrow Airport, the UK’s largest gateway, increased by 13% to 139,000 tonnes last month, marking the 13th consecutive record month for volumes at Europe’s 4th largest airfreight facility. For the year to date volumes, Heathrow has seen a 10.3% rise for the first eight months of… Read more »
