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.
Prior to the Coronavirus lockdown, Metro’s learning and development opportunities were expanding and a massive range of activity was in progress. Then bang! The Covid-19 grenade went off and other...
On the 1st January 2021 - Brexit - no customs border posts will appear between the UK and the EU, but you may need to pay customs duty and import VAT when goods pass across the new ‘border’ and...
Air freight rates from China are rising over the last two weeks, due to falling capacity as passenger-freighters are forced out of the market, due to unviable commercial return. Yield is just one of...
Aggressive capacity management has supported vessel load factors during the pandemic, but has negatively impacted the overall service delivered by many shipping lines. Daniel’s Export Customer...
On Monday 13th July, HMG delivered their new Border Operating Model covering how UK Imports and UK Exports will look from 1st January 2021. To date, it is the most comprehensive model that has been...
Effective training increases job satisfaction and morale. It provides motivation to the individual and increases efficiencies in processes for the business, while increasing the capacity of the...
With automotive demand flat-lining in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the knock-on effects to global roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) shipping has been profound, with ships removed from service, or...
Aggressive capacity management has supported vessel load factors and freight rates during the pandemic, leaving unfortunate shippers to face lower service quality and cargo roll-overs as carriers...
MVT, Metro’s cloud-based, hyper secure, operations and supply chain management system is moving up to version 4.0 Multi award-winning MVT connects shippers to their entire supply chain, providing...
In the last few months EMEA freight thefts alone amounted to more than £16 million, but there are many more supply chain threats than criminals. At any given point in time, more than 6,000 vessels...
It’s the 2nd anniversary of the US-China trade war and US importers are rushing back to China for inventory replenishment While the overall US trade deficit with China fell to US$26.96 billion in...
The government today launched a £90 million public information campaign providing post-Brexit guidance, with adverts carrying a ‘check, change, go’ strapline, directing people and...