A fellow -member of the freight forwarding community recently sent me an email, (‘Nice of them to keep in touch’, I thought), which proudly, announced their intention to move to a total on-line booking system. No need to call, no need to speak to anybody, no need to email, fax or even send a telegram; […]
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Watch out for the unexpected when Freight Forwarding
Who ever said freight forwarding was boring…. British warehouse staff had a terrifying experience when emptying a container, which was a freight forwarding shipment from Australia. A giant spider thousands of miles from its native Australia gave warehouse staff at a British warehouse, a belated Halloween scare on its arrival. The freight forwarding job produced […]
Shipping companies have a new UK port
Wednesday 06th November will mark a significant date for shipping companies currently entering UK waters as the new London Gateway deep water port is about to open for business. The first arrival at London Gateway is a 58T container ship that has come across from South Africa with this being the first commercial vessel to […]
Importing from China – World’s largest ship makes first call into Felixstowe
If you are importing from China and your goods arrived into Felixstowe last week there is a good chance that they were a board the worlds largest container ship, the Majestic Maersk. Felixstowe now has the honour of being the first UK port to handle the Majestic Maersk, which is an Ultra Large Container Ship […]
Importing from China – Can Freight Forwarders mix air and sea services together
Most companies involved in importing from China will have had a shipment that suddenly becomes urgent for any number of reasons such as production issues, port delays, weather etc. When this does happen you may find that if you are importing from China by sea freight its not quite quick enough to get the goods […]
