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Truck Manufacturer and European Road Haulage Provider Test Heavier Electric Powered Vehicle Swedish Sites Chosen as Test Bed for Practical Application of Battery Powered HGVs SWEDEN – EUROPE – As we recently pointed out, the search for a way to use electricity to power long range HGVs is akin to the search for the Holy Grail as far as truck manufacturers and road haulage operators are concerned. Now two major international players, one from each of these fields, have joined together to ini...

Guide to freight transportation and logistics. Freight shipping and cargo logistics via all modes of transport including forwarding, cargo, freight, trucking, air freight, cargo shipping, express freight, freight forwarders, intermodal, container companies, third party logistics providers, maritime, moving, storage, railroads, trucking, customs house brokers, steamship companies, transportation brokers, freight clearinghouses, leasing and capital equipment financing, shipment tracking, shipment...

Major EU Row as Germany Criticised for Stance on Transiting Drivers Actions Cause Delays in the Supply Chain EUROPE – Germany is coming under immense pressure from other member states over its policies toward foreign HGV drivers in relation to control of the Covid 19 virus. In the past few days several leading organisations with road transport interests have complained directly to the German government. On 14 February Germany effectively closed its land borders with the Tyrol region and Cze...

Logistics Company Celebrates a Decade of Adding Link to its Supply Chain Services From Container Haulier to Fully Fledged Distribution Group UK – Logistics, by its very nature encompassing a wide variety of links in the supply chain, can be a complex business to run. While companies tend toward specialisation, some take the step to extend their portfolios to accommodate clients when they perceive an opportunity to do so. Many test the water and fail but one firm which has managed to enhance i...

Post Brexit UK - Turkey Free Trade Deal is Working for Some Asian Deep Sea Container Problems Give Traffic a Boost UK – TURKEY – When Britain departed from the EU one of the first actions of the Department for International Trade was to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Turkey. Hitherto this was subject to the EU-Turkey Customs Union, alongside agreements on agriculture and coal and steel. The deal, like many others at this time, is controversial due to the political situation. The country...

Cultural Dogs Breakfast for Musicians Following Brexit Mismanagement Letter to PM Outlines the Problems for UK Hauliers UK – EUROPE – As the dust settles on the Brexit agreement the areas in which individual sectors are affected have turned out to be good news for some, and extremely bad news for others. The EU has shown in the past few days that it is not the single voice which it claims, with different countries reacting differently to their new relationship with the UK. For many ordinar...

Snippets of Logistics and General Freight News This Week What You May Have Missed but Want to Know CYPRUS – WORLDWIDE – This week Cypriot Shipping Deputy Minister, Vassilios Demetriades wrote to both the EU Transport and Health Commissioners and the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Secretary-General outlining proposals to better ensure the safe vaccination of all crew against the Covid virus. The Minister suggested that seafarers involved in short sea traffic should all be imm...

Guide to freight transportation and logistics. Freight shipping and cargo logistics via all modes of transport including forwarding, cargo, freight, trucking, air freight, cargo shipping, express freight, freight forwarders, intermodal, container companies, third party logistics providers, maritime, moving, storage, railroads, trucking, customs house brokers, steamship companies, transportation brokers, freight clearinghouses, leasing and capital equipment financing, shipment tracking, shipment...

Can the Curse of Oversize Packaging Finally be Laid to Rest? Technology Takes on the Problem UK – We have all experienced it. The knock on the door, the sizeable parcel left on the step as the driver waves from the gate and leaves. We carry it off before opening it carefully lest we damage the goods inside. So where are they? A bundle of brown paper or inflatable plastic bags fill the box. We pull them out to reveal - a tiny package inside, perhaps a pen or torch, certainly something which co...

On Line Discussion to Inform Logistics Providers What Major Retail Clients Are Now Looking For High Powered Panel to Elaborate on What is Needed from 3PLs in Light of Covid UK – Video meetings and webinars have rapidly become the new normal as the problems of networking during the pandemic persists. Some however are better prepared for the difficulties of setting up a suitable online environment than others and, in this, the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) has form. Over the la...