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<strong>Metro support drive for Sustainable Aviation Fuel</strong>
Despite the continuing challenges of the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine the aviation industry is committed to decarbonising by 2050, but alternative energies such as electric and hydrogen...
<strong>The EU’s Emissions Trading System will add another surcharge</strong>
The decarbonisation of global shipping is currently the subject of regulatory intervention: at the international level, with the International Maritime Organisation’s ( IMO’s) 2023 rules, designed...
<strong>Client wins Exporter of the Year at the British Business Excellence Awards</strong>
The premium mixer brand, Fever-Tree, has been named the winner of the “Department for International Trade Exporter of the Year Award” at the 2022 British Business Excellence Awards, in recognition...
<strong>New EU border controls threaten cross-channel delays</strong>
Almost 60% of all UK-EU trade passes through the UK short straits and ensuring their operational stability is key to facilitating and maximising international trade, but EU border controls due to...
Metro witness the launch of environmental first – reducing vehicle carbon emissions before they have ever been driven
Operating a fleet of 17 pure car and truck carriers, United European Car Carriers (UECC) is the leading RoRo provider of short sea services for cars and other rolling cargo. Leading customer, Metro,...
<strong>Heathrow is Europe’s busiest airport again</strong>
One year after COVID travel restrictions demoted London’s Heathrow airport to Europe's 10th busiest airport, the west London hub has grown more in the past 12 months than any airport in Europe and...
<strong>Schedule reliability and port congestion in decline</strong>
The latest, market leading source, Sea-Intelligence schedule reliability figures show a slight decline of 0.7% in September to 45.5%, which is the first fall since reliability began to trend upwards...
Delivering total supply chain control with 4PL transparency…. and much more
The COVID-19 pandemic raised public awareness of the critical importance of supply chains, with the industry being recognised as ‘key workers’ throughout the crisis. And the need for efficient...
Who are the specialists in shipping dangerous goods and lithium batteries? – Metro of course!
Metro are specialists in shipping dangerous goods and lithium batteries worldwide, with qualified personnel providing documentation, handling, transport and logistics solutions for all types of...
Exporting compliance is complex but critical
The United Kingdom has an obligation to ensure that goods, technology or software are not exported into the wrong hands, or breach UK, UN or EU sanctions and anyone who exports goods or technology...
Sourcing insight; Buyers strategically moving production from China to India
Post-pandemic globalisation is not dead, but as China’s zero-COVID strategy continues it is evolving, as buyers reassess China sourcing risks and diversification and the alternative production...












