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PPE shipping is evolving
The transport of personal protective equipment (PPE) and essential medical products, particularly from China, may be less frenetic than at the pandemic’s peak, but it remains continuous and is just...
COVID impact on UK transport
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...
Brexit border controls eased
The government confirmed on Friday that it will not request or accept an extension to the Brexit transition period and is replacing full post-Brexit border controls, with new import easements that...
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...
Brexit and Customs: Where we are
Whether or not a trade agreement is reached with the EU, there will be new customs processing, declarations and EUVAT/Duty payments from the 1st January 2021. The Brexit transition period ends on...
Brexit and Customs: The New Process
Guaranteeing your cargo will be UK import ready from the 1st January 2021 takes preparation. Or prepare for delays and additional costs. In the build-up to the earliest Brexit deadlines in 2019,...
Automating Brexit
Data and information will be the key to smooth 24 hour 7 day a week clearances, by sharing information now with Metro we can expedite arrivals and departures for your EU business Automating Brexit...
Terms of trade will trip you up
The two most popular terms of trade used for EU/UK movement currently, will have profoundly different outcomes when the transition period ends Incoterms rules determine who has fiscal and legal...
Latest on USA Trade agreement post Brexit
The United States is Britain’s biggest trading partner after the EU, accounting for nearly 19% of all exports and 11% of imports and both sides hope a trade deal can be reached in 2020, but there...
Shipping line CEO sees signs of June recovery
An increase in Chinese manufacturing in May, combined with seasonal demand for summer products, and a need to replenish inventories are the basis for optimism by container lines serving Asia exports...