Trade Minister Lord Maude has said that the government\’s plan to double exports from the UK to £1 trillion in the next five years is a lofty ambition, not the first time that Whitehall has been warned that it is in danger of missing the target set out in 2012 by George Osborne. Lord Maude […]
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After 20 years of development work, the world\’s first commercial cargo airship is set to launch in 2018. It will be manufactured by Lockheed Martin who received an order for 12 of them. Hybrid Airship, capable of carrying more than 20 tonnes of cargo along with nineteen passengers and two pilots, is believed to bring
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According to unofficial forwarding sources, exporters and importers from China\’s Pearl River Delta could face supply-chain disruptions as factories prepare for partial and complete closures in advance of September\’s G20 summit in Hanghzou. Apparently related to a clean-air campaign, factories could be forced to reduce or cease production starting as early as June. With the
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A new \”rail motorway\” service for unaccompanied road trailers between le Boulou in the French Pyrenees and Calais was launched end of March 2016. The new \”VIIA Britanica\” intermodal service aims to provide a direct link to the UK for exporters in the Mediterranean. It will initially run one round-trip six days per week, increasing
One of the world\’s biggest air cargo handlers PACTL in Shanghai will be trying the first use of robots to build general cargo pallets this summer. This experiment could transform the air freight sector and bring significant improvements in productivity, quality and security. Airis, logistics facilities developer, has concluded that 85-90% of general air cargo
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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has amended the SOLAS (the Safety of Life at Sea) regulations to require that container weights must be verified prior to loading. The regulation will go into effect on July 1, 2016 when it will be a violation to load a packed container on to a vessel if the operator
Amazon has recently announced that it has signed a five to seven year lease for 20 cargo planes. As Amazon has grown, and especially it has built out its lucrative Prime business, taking control of its logistics chain has been seen as key to cost cutting and on-time delivery. Amazon’s growth has been about 30%
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The port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest seaport. Last year it handled 466m tonnes of cargo, more than double the amount of Europe’s second port, Antwerp. The endless shifts in the size and composition of these flows provide an instant indicator of the state of the world economy. And the trends that are transforming the
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Research by the Royal Mail has uncovered where the UK’s small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are looking to most in the world to expand exports and overseas shipping, and Australia has come out on top. According to the study of 300 small export businesses, UK companies left rattled by the prospect of the exit of Britain
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Last year saw exports of branded soft drinks and food rise by 0.9 per cent to reach £4.63 billion, although overall exports saw a drop of £0.6 billion to settle at £12.3 billion for the year off the back of oil price drops and the strength of the pound against the Euro, resulting in less
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