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Brexit reaction from Europe’s freight industry

[ Courtesy FBJ and editor Chris Lewis.] A number of issues will need to be addressed to provide legal clarity and the stability that road transport operators need. These issues could include the use of and reintroduction of customs clearance and transit facilitation agreements, cross-border VAT, access to the market, access to the profession, and training standards and recognition. Transport operators may also be adversely affected by additional security issues such ... [+]

Time to break out the carnets in Brexit Britain?

[Courtesy Freight Business Journal editor Chris Lewis] Following the announcement of a ‘leave’ result in the EU referendum 24 June, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) says coming out of union risks disrupting the UK supply chains. The Government has two years to negotiate the new rules ... [+]

B&H Worldwide Appoints Reg Echeumuna

Aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide has further strengthened its international management team with the appointment of Reg Echeumuna as Vice President – Americas.  He will be based from the company’s Miami facility and will report to Senior Regional Director Doug Coull. Echeumuna brings a wealth of ... [+]

DHL CARE Award recognizes four air carriers for excellence in transporting temp-sensitive goods, medications

DHL recognized the performance of four major air cargo carriers with the first DHL Carrier Award for Reliability and Excellence, DHL CARE Award. The award sets a new industry standard for reliability and quality for air-freight transport of temperature-sensitive life sciences products. The first recipients of ... [+]

Scandit Launches Mobile App, Scandit Flow

Scandit, developer of leading software-based barcode scanning solutions for smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices, recently announced the launch of Scandit Flow, a mobile data capture development platform that supports a wide variety of barcode-scanning intensive workflows across the supply chain, including Proof of Delivery, Inventory ... [+]

Study Reveals Growth in Intermodal Freight

According to Forecast, a collaboration between the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and IHS Global Insight, overall freight tonnage will grow 23.5% from 2013 to 2025 and freight revenues will surge 72%. “We continue to see growth for the entire freight economy – but we also see ... [+]

Mainfreight USA Expands Operations

Mainfreight, a global supply chain and logistics provider, announces the addition of two new warehouses to its North American logistics network.  They're located in Newark, NJ and Dallas, TX. The Newark facility is 135,000 sq. ft., and Dallas is 129,000 sq. ft.  Mainfreight's logistics network also ... [+]

Mallory Alexander expands to Texas

Mallory Alexander International Logistics has opened an office in Houston, Texas as part of ongoing expansion plans. The office, headed by Brenda Goodrich and her team, is the third location that Mallory Alexander operates in the southern US state and specializes in supporting customers, not only ... [+]

MHI, ITE and Messe München join forces, new trade fair logistics with MODEZ in 2018

A newly created international Transportation & Logistics Americas (TLA) exhibition is being launched, to be collocated with the already established MODEX supply chain exposition. Both events will take place on April 9-12, 2018 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center. MODEX is sponsored by MHI and ... [+]

Myanmar Rising: Opportunities in Asia’s Final Production Frontier

Smooth government transition in April 2016 affirms a continuation of Myanmar’s reform policy, boding well for its manufacturing sector. With soaring wages and difficulty in recruiting workers, many manufacturers in China’s Pearl River Delta region (PRD) are exploring ways to minimize their production cost, including relocation ... [+]

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