Container shipping laden with ‘antiquated processes’
Thu. 9 Jul 2020
Vessel arrival just one piece of information lost in translation, according to DCSA.
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NCB reports ‘alarming’ level of misdeclared dangerous cargo
Wed. 8 Jul 2020
Recent inspection initiative by US National Cargo Bureau found more than half of containers non-compliant, 43% failing to secure dangerous goods correctly, and more than 6% of containers carrying dangerous cargo misdeclared.
DCSA publishes standards for digital exchange of operational vessel schedules
Wed. 8 Jul 2020
New standards to enable automatic sharing of vessel schedule data between carriers and operational service providers.
Freight association welcomes further government investment in employment support schemes
Wed. 8 Jul 2020
The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association that represents UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, says that it welcomes the package of measures unveiled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer today to scale up employment support schemes, training and apprenticeships.
Decarbonising UK Freight Transport
Tue. 7 Jul 2020
Small project funding call: Successful applications
Heathrow’s plan for recovery
Mon. 6 Jul 2020
In the first of a series of webinars Heathrow Airport Ltd. CEO, John Holland-Kaye, presented the plan for recovery for Heathrow Airport.
Sea Intelligence says shippers are right, container shipping services are getting worse
Fri. 3 Jul 2020
Danish maritime consultancy, Sea-Intelligence is reported to be in agreement with the European Shippers Council (ESC)’s Jordi Espin, who recently complained that shippers were paying more for a worse service.
Air freight showing signs of ‘structural recovery’
Fri. 3 Jul 2020
June’s 6% month-on-month improvement despite falling demand for PPE is a sign of the sector taking ‘its first steps to a structural recovery’, reports market specialist CLIVE.
Pandemic boosts China-Europe rail freight
Thu. 2 Jul 2020
BIFA notes that according to an article in the online publication Container News that April was the busiest month to date for China-Europe freight trains with 976 trains setting off during the month - a 47% year-on-year increase.
Warehousing space at record levels in second quarter
Thu. 2 Jul 2020
According to the latest data released by international real estate advisor, CBRE, the UK logistics market has recorded the highest quarterly take-up figures on record for the second quarter of 2020, with a total of 12.78 million sq ft being taken up compared to 7.83 million sq ft in the second quarter of 2019
