Redditch, UK: Oakland Distribution, a subsidiary of Oakland International, has added twenty trailers and ten tractors to its fleet. Shaun Foley, managing director, Oakland said: “Extending our offer to include Oakland’s own fleet has been in response to the needs of customers who wish to see supply chain resilience and control at a time when …
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK: Norish is using lithium-ion battery-powered Flexi articulated VNA forklift trucks at one of its cold store facilities in the West Midlands. Norish has used Flexi VNA trucks for 15 years but opted to replace the lead-acid battery-driven Flexis with the Lithion range. The lithium-ion power system requires no maintenance and …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: Logistics UK is warning the government to make sure that logistics businesses have details of and access to the IT systems needed post-Brexit in good time in order to avert long lorry queues at ports. Logistics UK was responding to a letter from Cabinet minister Michael Gove on projections for post-transition period …
London, UK: Analysis by the London School of Economics suggests that Brexit will cost the UK two to three time more than the coronavirus epidemic. Bank of England’s latest forecast of the impact of Covid shows a reduction of 1.7% of GDP to the economy up to 2022. “Our modelling with LSE of the impact …
Madrid, Spain: Transfesa Logistics is starting a new express rail service to the UK with refrigerated containers for Tesco. In this first stage, it will transport fifteen loads weekly from the Almussafes rail terminal in Valencia, to the Barking rail terminal in the UK. Barking rail terminal is operated by DB Cargo, which owns Transfesa …
London, UK: Trucks will need a permit to enter Kent when the Brexit transition period ends on 1 January. This new truckers’ passport to Kent is the latest attempt to prevent border chaos after a no-deal Brexit in January. The announcement comes after a letter from cabinet minister Michael Gove warned that queues 7,000-trucks-long could …
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s Pharma Cargo Community is collaborating to ensure the temperature-controlled supply chain is ready to handle potential Covid-19 vaccines. A taskforce led by Air Cargo Netherlands, Schiphol Cargo and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, including shippers, pharma producers, forwarders, airlines, ground handlers and trucking companies have met to kick start work …
London, UK: Hauliers have reacted angrily to government attempts to deflect blame onto the industry for Brexit failures. Responding to a letter sent by Michael Gove, the minister in charge of Brexit preparations, Logistics UK, Elizabeth de Jong, policy director, Logistics UK, said: “It is also incumbent on government to ensure logistics businesses have details …
London, UK: The British government is deflecting blame for its customs failures onto the haulage industry. Hauliers say they are being “fitted up” for the inevitable disruption caused by poor government Brexit choices, systems unready to handle customs clearance, and a failure to extend the Brexit transition period. The leaked letter, from Michael Gove, chancellor …
Dover, UK: The solution to traffic chaos come 1 January when trucks arrive at ports but without the necessary customs documents is to force drivers to obtain a special Brexit passport – a Kent Access Permit – before entering Kent. Britain will have a border with Northern Ireland and also one cutting Kent from the …
Dover, UK: The port of Dover, which handles the much Britain imports and exports, is not ready for Brexit because it is still waiting for government money to carry out the necessary work. Tim Reardon, the head of EU exit at the port, said at a parliamentary committee meeting today that the government was “cutting …
Tunbridge Wells, UK: Logistics UK is warning the public not to panic buy following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new restrictions designed to crack down on the spread of coronavirus. “Logistics coped with the increased demand for essential products during lockdown and will do so again,” said Logistics UK. Social media is already reporting panic buying …
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