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FREIGHT BUSINESS JOURNAL ISSUE 5 2019


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Feature: Wales Milford Haven in shape p.12


Feature: Scotland No high road for rail freight p.17


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Soſt ware fi rms join forces


New Brexit plan for critical freight


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Eddie Stobart is to run a new weekly rail serve between the rail terminals at Forth Ports’ Tilbury


and Grangemouth


locations, via Daventry in the English Midlands. The new two-way train service will be operated by DRS and started


on 28 June, departing Tilbury on Friday and arriving in Grangemouth, via Daventry, on Saturday. The train will have space for


36 containers and will move retail goods,


Brexit frustration boils over at BIFA


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There is growing frustration in the freight industry about a lack of information on what will happen to trade between the UK and the European Union aſt er Brexit, warns the British International Freight Association. BIFA says that the Government needs to step up planning and


information to businesses on what they will need to do in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. However, many companies are still either ignorant of what action they would need to take to keep consignments moving across EU borders or have not yet taken action. Many are stymied by the fact that they do not yet know


food and drink outwards while the return


journey from Grangemouth will carry Scottish exports including spirits, chemicals and fresh food. Forth Ports’ chief operating


officer, Stuart Wallace, said: “Linking our


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whether or not the UK will leave the EU without a deal, although recent political developments have certainly not reduced the likelihood of that eventuality. It argues that Brexit has


highlighted diff erences between government policy and the sector of the economy that is responsible for managing the supply chains that underpin the UK’s visible international trade, sometimes straining the relationship and, on occasion, resulting in Government


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consultation that has been rushed and led to some public policy announcements being made before they have been fully thought through. In an interview with FBJ,


executive director


Robert Windsor explained: “While there is a lot of information out there, key processes are not being adequately defi ned. And there is a lot of frustration among trade associations.” BIFA explains that the eff ects of


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