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For Transit, tomorrow is on the horizon – don’t hold your breath; first deliveries for Europe look like 2022.
Midnight blue for laptop launch of the new Ford electric Transit van. First glimpse of the zero-emission new Ford E-Transit in an exciting global launch Thursday November 12.
Ford Motor Company President and CEO, Jim Farley, delivered a virtual unveiling of the new E-Transit.
But beware, first deliveries are looking like 2022 for Europe.
Whistl, has announced that it has taken leases on 450k sqft of warehouse space to meet the growing demand for Whistl Fulfilment and Contact Centres.
It has taken 300k sqft at Belkin House, Express Business Park, expanding its existing Rushden fulfilment capability and is opening its fifth Fulfilment centre, located in Unit 3 Northampton GPark.
Brexit Bubble on the IOC web brings fourth NAO report.
On Friday 6th November the UK Parliament's National Audit Office published its fourth report on the UK's border preparedness from 01 Jan 2021 onward.
"likely that widespread disruption will occur from 1 January 2021."
Andy Byford, London's Transport Commissioner, ‘Reaching this agreement with the government allows us to help London through this next phase of the pandemic’
A funding agreement with government has been reached, currently forecast to be worth around £1.8bn subject to actual levels of passenger revenue.
The agreement will enable Transport for London (TfL) to continue to support the capital for the remainder of the financial year as discussions on longer-term sustainable funding continue.
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DfT, Phil Martin helps get vans across the borders (30 Oct 2020)
This week DfT focused on haulage crossing EU borders, there was no mention of vans. IOC jumped in with Man from the Ministry, Phil Martin to help, resulting in a clear message that haulage is not just heavy trucks.
Vans are in the mix.
Friday - United Same Day Solutions, Tamworth Ltd, ‘Busy, busy day today. We have vans leaving for Paris, Rotterdam, Cologne and Dortmund.’
DHL Express, expects unprecedented online shopping and shipping volumes during the upcoming peak season 2020.
The continuing growing levels of globalisation and digitalisation result in strongly increasing number of merchants selling globally and online marketplaces, such as shopping apps via which customers can choose from offerings all around the world. As a consequence, cross border trade has continuously grown over the last years.
Further, due to this year’s predominating uncertainties coming with the pandemic, consumers are shifting their shopping activities to the online world like never before.
IOC fellows are asking for the one-stop-shop, knowledge bubble on Brexit to return to the IOC web.
We take a quick review of latest DfT, BEIS & DEFRA detail to explain what goods-vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage from 1 January 2021.
Hermes has just secured planning consent to build a state-of-the-art automated parcel distribution hub located in Barnsley.
All green, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuelled vehicles will be based at the hub and there will be provision for electric cars.
Commissioner ‘I am committed to the freight industry.’
Alex Williams, ‘London is functioning in a different way’
Posties to collect as well as deliver the mail on the doorstep.
Royal Mail has launched a parcel pick-up service across the UK in a shake-up of the daily round.
Royal Mail say this is one of the biggest changes to their service since the launch of postboxes in 1852.
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