The Metro team talk: Andy Fitchett
Andy is “relishing the opportunity that Brexit brings” because, working with our IT development team, he is pioneering the automation of EU and UK customs declaration requirements, to streamline freight movements into and out of the EU.
Andy joined Metro nine years ago, as import manager, ...
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Challenging shipping and supply chains
As the Coronavirus pandemic has spread globally, deep supply and demand shocks have severely disrupted international trade. Marine Traffic a data solutions provider is hosting a series of digital sessions on the future of shipping and what container movements may tell us about our return to prosp...
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India approve use of ‘Blockchain’ Bills of Lading
Just weeks after we reported on the Digital Container Shipping Association’s (DCSA) initiative to enable the collaboration necessary for achieving full eBL adoption, India is set to allow bills of lading to be filed over a blockchain platform.
India’s efforts to digitise its maritime suppl...
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The Metro team talk: Mike Quish
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the desperate need for PPE, the air freight services delivered by Mike Quish and his team have never been more critical.
The transport of PPE and essential medical products, primarily from China, began in late March, as airlines began grounding passeng...
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Be more Oscar!
Metro colleague, Dani Jealous’ son has very sadly recently been diagnosed with Batten Disease, a rarely inherited condition that affects the nervous system and is a genetic life-limiting neurodegenerative disease.
The genes causing Batten were only identified in 1995 and the only current med...
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The Metro team talk: Dave Jones
Metro has evolved continuously over the last four decades and Dave’s journey with us over the last two and a half, mirrors many of Metro’s evolutions, developments and innovations.
Dave’s professional life began on the carrier side, with a container shipping line in Liverpool and Birming...
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Digital disruption is just noise
Digital disruptors will no more kill-off today’s forwarding sector than the advent of European rail did in the 1800s, according to director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), Robert Keen.
This week Robert Keen (pictured) described comments from a ‘disrupter’...
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The Metro team talk: Linzi Barnes-Cox
We often talk about the need for resilient, agile and flexible supply chains. And while our leading-edge technology creates the environment to support those aspirations, it is colleagues like Linzi that make things happen.
Linzi’s wide-ranging skills and capabilities have been honed over a d...
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Cargo crime fall expected to reverse
Cargo crime has fallen to new lows, as criminals have struggled to target goods in warehouses or trucks, during the lockdown, but a spike in cargo thefts is anticipated, as coronavirus lockdowns begin to be lifted across EMEA.
The National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) has releas...
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New Kuwait system for clearance certificates
The Public Authority for Industry of the State of Kuwait (PAI) has introduced a new online system for Importers to obtain a Clearance Certificate based on a valid Technical Inspection Report (TIR)
All consignments of imported ‘Regulated Products’ are subject to conformity assurance procedu...
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The Metro team talk: Chris Carlile
The coronavirus is having a hugely disruptive impact globally, affecting businesses and their supply chains. Key to supporting Metro customers during this uncertain period is the communication and information delivered by our Customer Relationship Manager, Chris Carlile.
Chris recently celebra...
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It’s important to #SpeakYourMind
With Mental Health Awareness Week finishing today we want to continue spreading the message that you should #SpeakYourMind and reach out to someone who needs a friend with a positive message, so they don't have to face problems alone.
Like many other sectors, transport, shipping and logistics ...
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