Over the past few months the Port of Felixstowe have been installing and testing their new remote controlled yard cranes. Having been asked to provide vehicles to help test them, we have seen first hand the benefit these will have to the ports operations in the future. 

 

While these are still very much under trial we have been told that they are looking to roll out the remote control aspect of these cranes in the 4th Quarter this year if all goes to plan. 

 

For more information and to view some of the helpful demo videos they have produced please click on the below link. 

 

https://vbs.portoffelixstowe.co.uk/public/documents/rcycnewsletter.pdf 

 

 

Dare we say it....the B word? There is no hiding from it Brexit is coming! In the same way winter was coming in Game of Thrones, it will effect all of us. The Government has announced we will be leaving the European Union on the 31st of October "WITH OR WITHOUT A DEAL". How true that is we cant say but we believe that we all need to be prepared as best we can for every outcome. This week the RHA have published a paper on preparing for a no deal Brexit, we have included the link below for you if you wish to read through it. 

 

https://www.rha.uk.net/getattachment/Policy-Campaigning/Brexit-and-the-UK-haulage-industry/Preparing-for-a-no-deal-Brexit.pdf.aspx?lang=en-GB 

 

If you have any questions or would like to discuss how we can help with your shipping or haulage requirements post Brexit, please get in touch. 

This week OOCL announced they would be introducing additional verification checks on hazardous cargo being shipped. For more information please see the below link. 

 

https://www.oocl.com/eng/aboutoocl/customerservice/Pages/31July2019_0001.aspx 

 

As well as this OOCL also announced the withdrawel of an Asia - Europe sailing due to expected low demand. Please see the below link for more information. 

 

https://www.oocl.com/eng/aboutoocl/corporatemessages/2019/Pages/30Jul2019.aspx 

 

If you would like to discuss how this may affect your shipments or to discuss any future shipments we can assist with, please get in touch with our dedicated Sea Freight team who will be happy to help. 

On Thursday the US President Donald Trump announced that the US would impose further tariffs on goods imported from China into the United States from 1st September 2019 following ongoing negotiations between the two countries. Please see the below links for further information. 

 

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1156979445565202433 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/economy/us-china-trade-talks.html