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Ports welcome Brexit border funding
The British Ports Association (BPA) has welcomed new government funding of over £700 million to cover infrastructure, systems and staffing to cope with Brexit border requirements. The...
The Metro team talk: Chris Williams
Trade and Customs Compliance Manager, Chris Williams, joined Metro in 2019, bringing with him over 30 years of international trade compliance and customs experience, gained with multi-national and...
Seafarer crew crisis impact to industry
The coronvarius crew crisis is triggering ship detentions and diversions, that if not addressed effectively, will impact operations, create disruption and lead to price increases. Despite the...
Outsourcing a crisis
Metro’s Outsourcing teams in the UK, India and Malaysia provide critical commercial, compliance and financial documentation services to internal and external customers and had to remain operative...
Inspiring the next generation (of forwarders)
BIFA’s Young Forwarder Network, is probably one of the most important - and unique - developments for young people in our industry. We explore Metro’s Colin Smith’s role in the YFN story. Colin...
Metro leading the way in industry digitalisation
Leading analysts warn that some freight forwarders and 3PLs will be unable to respond quickly to supply chain changes and the technology that supports it. Metro already have the answer. As global...
The Metro team talk: Tom Fernihough
Joining Metro in 1994 Tom has worked across the business in a wide variety of roles, evolving and developing into the twin roles that he currently takes responsibility for. In the same way that...
China/UK rail growing
Sky high air freight rates and the supply chain chaos in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic strengthened appeal of the China-Europe rail service for the many shippers. In March, when most train...
Beware Brexit complacency
The deadline for any transition extension has passed and the UK is going to complete Brexit on 31st December 2020. The Government have made it clear that they have offered support where necessary...
Gloomy trade forecasts abound
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have released updated trade and growth forecasts, that are even more gloomy than earlier...
Carriers’ balancing act continues into 3rd quarter
Data from April gave the container shipping industry its first glimpse of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with April 2020 global volumes plummeting 16.9%, compared to April 2019. And while the...