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By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 1st, February, 2024

New border checks for imports of plant and animal origin

From the 31st January Britain has imposed new border bureaucracy on EU food and drink and imports for the first time since Brexit, with the introduction of health certificates for…

By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 1st, February, 2024

Grow your online business internationally

Cross-border eCommerce is a proven business expansion strategy where online brands realign their fulfilment capability to serve overseas customers and adapt their site or join online marketplaces, to sell their…

By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 17th, January, 2024

The Red Sea Crisis: Tracking the diverted vessels

Following the early January escalation of attacks on container ships off the coast of Yemen the major container shipping lines began diverting vessels away from the Suez Canal and around…

By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 17th, January, 2024

Global Forwarding launch discounted courier service with UPS

Plans change for any number of reasons and sometimes express parcel and documents are the only solution. Whatever the cause, you can respond quickly and cost-effectively with our new courier…

By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 3rd, January, 2024

Suez crisis: Shippers from Asia face capacity and equipment challenges

The shock of the double-attack on the Maersk Hangzhou on Sunday has prompted the Danish shipping line to follow other leading container shipping lines and divert their vessels away from…

By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 18th, December, 2023

Container ships sailing to Suez Canal stopped

Supply chains from Asia face disruption after the world’s leading container shipping lines suspended passage through the Red Sea to the Suez Canal following a series of attacks on container…

By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 13th, December, 2023

Container shipping on alert

The Gulf of Aden is the approach to the Suez Canal from Asia, with 50-60 vessels transiting each day, but as a result of the situation in Israel attacks in…

By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 13th, December, 2023

Sea freight surcharge review

As the container shipping lines make their first attempt of 2024 at raising freight rates from Asia, with huge GRIs announced for mid-December and January, we review the ‘temporary’ surcharges…

By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 13th, December, 2023

Boost for Hong Kong air freight

The pre-Christmas spike in eCommerce volumes out of China means that demand for air cargo space has been driving rates up from Hong Kong over the past two months, with…

By Paul Kelly in News Posted: 30th, November, 2023

Emissions Trading Scheme surcharge

The EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was established in 2005 to tackle greenhouse gas emissions within the European Union and extends to container shipping from the 1st January 2024,…

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