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Irish sandwich maker to airfreight rocket and spinach in a no-deal Brexit
Shippers are continuing to make plans to utilise airfreight in case the UK leaves the European Union in March without a trade deal in place.Speaking to reporters after the company’s annual general meeting, Irish food firm Greencore's chief executive Patrick Coveney confirmed that it had made plans to airlift ingredients ...
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Delayed departure: The FTA on preparing for Brexit in March 2019
James Hookham, deputy chief executive of the UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA), provides an exclusive insight for Air Cargo News into the supply chain challenges of Brexit.Bing-Bong: “The UK Government regrets to announce that boarding for Brexit flight 30-03-19 has been delayed”For logistics and supply chain managers waiting in the ...
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European shippers fight to ensure new tax does not stifle green efforts
Lobbying against a sustainability tax is already a moral minefield if you represent logistics providers, as you are by definition a polluter, but it becomes doubly so when you are representing the air cargo industry and therefore sitting on the smallest seat at the negotiating table.Rogier Spoel, air cargo manager ...
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No Deal Brexit will stop EU-UK air cargo unless UK added to security Greenlist
In the event of a No Deal Brexit, no air cargo can be transported between the UK and the European Union (EU) until the UK is added to the EU ‘Greenlist’ for cargo security, according to Pauline Bastidon, head of European policy and Brexit at the Freight Transport Association (FTA), ...
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Need for speed: Shippers want the air cargo industry to move more quickly
The chairman of the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has called on the air cargo industry to strive for faster supply chains in order to make the most of the opportunity presented by e-commerce.Sean van Dort took up the role of GSF chairman in May. He followed in the footsteps of ...
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Lack of Brexit progress a threat to trade, says FTA
UK shipper and logistics group, the Freight Transport Association (FTA), has reacted with "frustration" at the lack of progress in Britain's negotiations to leave the European Union (EU) or 'Brexit' in March next year.The FTA said that companies responsible for moving goods and services between the UK and the EU ...
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FTA repeats calls for aviation to be a Brexit priority
UK shipper group the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has again called on the government to prioritise the negotiation of aviation and road access agreements with the European Union (EU) to keep trade moving after Brexit.Speaking at the eTail Fulfilment and Returns Conference in London's Canary Wharf, FTA deputy chief executive ...
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UK businesses passing on Brexit supply chain costs
UK businesses are already passing on to consumers increased supply chain costs due to challenges posed by the country’s exit from the European Union (EU), known as Brexit.New research, The Brexit Storm, from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) indicates that nearly a third (32%) of UK businesses ...
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Shippers call on air cargo to take action over truck driver shortage
Shippers have called on the air cargo industry to take action to mitigate the truck driver shortage or face increasingly unreliable supply chains.Writing in a column for Tiaca’s weekly e-newsletter, European Shippers’ Council (ESC) chairman and Tiaca board member Denis Choumert said that the air cargo industry would not be ...
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Brexit: Keep the planes flying and the trucks rolling, says FTA
UK Logistics professionals have warned the government’s Brexit negotiators to prioritise the negotiation of aviation and road access agreements with the European Union (EU) as the clock keeps ticking on Britain's departure from the EU.The FTA membership association, representing more than 17,000 UK logistics businesses, issued its supply chain warning, ...
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Van Dort confirmed as Global Shippers' Forum chairman
Sean van Dort is the new chairman of the Global Shippers' Forum (GSF), which represents international supply chain managers.He succeeds Bob Ballantyne, chief executive of the Freight Management Association of Canada, who has chaired the GSF since its incorporation in 2011.Van Dort is director of logistics and digital services integration ...
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Forwarders enhance digital sales platforms but there is more work to be done
Major freight forwarders continue to make progress in developing online sales offerings but there is much more work to be done if they are to capitalise fully on the opportunity presented.The latest annual survey by freight rate portal Freightos looked at the online offering of the world’s top 20 freight ...
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Airfreight dips in trade barometer but prospects "very positive"
Airfreight’s global outlook has decreased slightly in the latest DHL Global Trade Barometer, although the prospects for air cargo remain “very positive” at 70 points, well above the “stable” benchmark of 50.Overall, the positive outlook for world trade has continued to improve according to the barometer, which launched in January ...
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EU rules aim to boost e-commerce uptake in Europe
On March 13 Members of the European Parliament adopted a proposal to make the cross-border parcel delivery market more transparent and competitive and to reduce the barriers consumers and e-retailers encounter when purchasing products online in the EU.Rates for parcels sent from one EU country to another can be up ...
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Airline-shipper relations need rethink, says Unisys expert
Airlines and their customers will have to forge new style alliances, predicts a Unisys industry expert.Venkatesh Pazhyanur, senior industry director of freight solutions at the global IT firm, predicts that there will be strategic alliances between airlines and big-volume shippers such as postal authorities, online retailers, global distributors and supply ...
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Shipper chief predicts information breakthrough
Breakthroughs in air cargo quality assessment will help cargo users better select the best suppliers, said the head of the main shippers’ group in Europe.Writing in the latest TIACA newsletter, European Shippers' Council chairman and TIACA board member, Denis Choumert, said that until quite recently, “the information available to shippers ...
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Airfreight rates flat in August
Airfreight rates on major east-west traders were largely flat in August, but are expected to have picked up again in September.The latest figures from consultant Drewry’s Sea and Air Shipper Insight show that the average all-in buy rate across 28 major east-west lanes stood at $2.63 per kg in September.This ...
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OPINION: How freight forwarders add value to the logistics chain
Bradley Waller, logistics development manager at Alliance Shipping, argues that airlines cannot duplicate the full range of services provided by freight forwarders to shippers.There have been reports of air cargo carriers plotting to establish direct relationships with importers and exporters so they can by-pass third-party freight forwarding services for the ...
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Dachser the latest forwarder to warn of airfreight capacity shortages
Dachser has become the latest freight forwarder to warn customers that the air cargo industry faces a capacity crunch in the upcoming peak season.In a note to customers, the Germany-based forwarder said that there would be capacity bottlenecks on the Asia-Europe trade and transatlantic trade during the peak.It added that ...
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Perspex sees clear advantages from Tigers deal
Logistics and transport company Tigers is to partner with acrylic products maker Perspex SA Gauteng in South Africa for all its warehousing and distribution needs.Perspex South Africa manufactures extruded acrylics, styrenics, polycarbonate, aluminium composite sheeting, polypropylene, polyethylene and extruded polyurethane products.Through the partnership, it aims to will improve its service ...