There will be some big changes to the infrastructure in Calais in the next few year. Many of Supplychain21's customers export via Calais into mainland Europe o the changes will have implications for them. Capacity at the port is set to double, with a new Logistics...
The latest Logistics Survey shows that UK road exports to the EU both on accompanied and unaccompanied trailers increased by 5% in the 12 months to June 2013 against the levels seen a year earlier. This reverses the trend in 2012 and provides evidence of the UK recovery...
Having postponed the "Ecotax" originally planned for implementation last month until 1st January 2014, the French Government has now postponed this indefinitely. Originally, all trucks over 3.5t carrying domestic or international movements in France were to be subject to a new environmental levy "Ecotax" in addition to the tolls currently payable...
From 5 July 2013, the Spanish authorities updated their legislation incorporating the CMR Convention into Spanish law. The change requires that VAT numbers are included with the details of parties involved in a CMR transport. Spain will only accept a CMR Consignment Note as a transport control document...
From 1st October 2013, all trucks over 3.5t carrying domestic or international movements in France will be subject to a new environmental levy "Ecotax" in addition to the tolls currently payable on motorways and at bridges and tunnels. The implementation will affect all goods transported in vehicles over 3.5...
June has seen the strongest month ever for Supplychain21 as increased activity from many customers helped to push volume and turnover to new heights. There appears to be increased confidence in the UK economy following the small amount of growth achieved in Q1 2013. Supplychain21 customers have done well through...
Following the decision by the Competition Commission to prohibit Groupe Eurotunnel from operating a ferry activity from the port of Dover, the company has announced that it will appeal this decision which the group finds incomprehensible and seriously disproportionate. Amongst the reasons it gives are...
The Department for Transport has published its statistics for the first quarter of 2013. This indicates that HGV traffic levels in the UK were down by 3.8% against January to March 2012. With 3.7 billion vehicle miles involved, there are still an awful lot of...
The European Competition Commission has launched a formal investigation into the issue of oil price fixing, despite the fact that in 2012 the Office of Fair Trading found that there was insufficient evidence to support such a claim. As fuel is a major component of the cost of...
April has seen the strongest month yet in 2013 for Supplychain21 as increased activity from many customers helped to push volume and turnover to new heights. The small amount of growth achieved by the UK economy in Q1 this year seems to be having a positive impact on...