The UK Internal Market Bill is a very provocative piece of legislation, proposed by the UK Government that, on paper at least, signifies the UK’s intent to leave the EU with no deal. The bill...
The Brexit Politics Round-up
read more...
Insights
Our alerts, news and guides embrace all transport modes and explore global developments across all aspects of the supply chain, to keep you informed and guide decision making.
Category
- 4PL
- Air
- Automotive
- BIFA
- BPO
- Brexit
- Careers
- Chemical
- China
- Coronavirus
- Currency
- Customs
- eCommerce
- Economics
- Environment
- EU
- Exports
- Foodstuffs
- Fracht
- France
- Freight Market Report
- General
- Hazardous
- Health
- Hong Kong
- IMO 2020
- IMO 2023
- India
- Insurance
- Intermodal
- International Trade
- Labour unrest
- Logistics
- Metro
- Middle East
- MVT
- News
- Project
- Publishing
- Rail
- Retail
- Road
- RoRo
- Sea
- Sea/Air
- Short sea
- Supply Chain
- Technology
- Training
- Turkey
- Uncategorized
- UNECE
- United States
- Warehouse
- Weather
Subscribe to insights & industry news
Significant disruption at UK largest container port
The ongoing impact of Coronavirus on the workforce and terminal operating practices at Felixstowe has reduced productivity which, with unexpected demand spikes, has resulted in high yard density...
Metro’s supply chain excellence recognised
Publisher and Events organiser, Akabo Media, is one of the most influential voices in supply chain, freight and logistics. Its annual Supply Chain Excellence awards uniquely feature clients and...
Business not ready for Brexit survey finds
Two-thirds of UK businesses have had their Brexit preparations disrupted by the Coronavirus pandemic, and only 25% are confident they will cope with the additional administration, according to a...
Container shortages in China
Port operations have been severely diminished and inland distribution massively disrupted by the coronavirus, lockdowns and safe-working practices, which delay the unloading of containers and...
The perfect storm threatening container haulage
The perfect storm threatening container haulage There is not an industry sector that has not been impacted to some extent by the COVID-19 pandemic. Even those deemed ‘essential’ have had to...
Get ready for Brexit
The border processes and way the UK trades with Europe is going to change significantly as we exit the EU transition period on the 31st December 2020, which is why we have developed an...
40% of firms find better post-COVID suppliers
In a recent survey, reported by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), 41% of firms said that they have found “new and better” suppliers to work with as a direct result of...
The joined up supply chain
The supply chain is a complex system of interrelated parts which need to be monitored continuously to avoid problems and keep it running effectively. True supply chain visibility requires the...
Shipping lines set to increase Asia–Europe contract rates
As the container shipping lines continue to control capacity tightly, announcing a new series of blanked sailings in October on the Asia - Europe trade, they are preparing for their annual contract...
UK ports matter
European ports used to be the world’s busiest and largest ports, but have been eclipsed by the impact of globalisation and the massive growth of container ports in Asia. European ports still...
Sharing the Brexit knowledge
With a readership approaching two million, including 0.25 million shippers, The Loadstar is one of the most influential supply chain media platforms in the world, which is why, when they want Brexit...