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Out and About & In The Mix
A round up of where Logistics UK policy staff have been and who they've been seeing over the past week.
Nichola Mallon, Head of Trade and Devolved Policy met with HMRC in person in Belfast along with members and RHA members on groupage and challenges around the Windsor Framework.
Jonathan Walker, Head of Planning & Infrastructure, attended the High Speed Rail Group political engagement network meeting.
Alexandra Herdman, Senior Policy Manager attended the Railway Industry Association Unlocking Innovation conference in Glasgow.
Phil Lloyd, Head of Engineering Policy, attended the Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) forum.
Chris Yarsley, Senior Policy Manager - Road Freight Regulation attended the Freight and Logistics All Party Parliamentary Group meeting which will be focussing on freight crime.
Natalie Chapman, Head of Public Affairs, Chaired the London Chamber of Commerce Construction and Networking Club lunchtime briefing. Natalie Chapman attended the Food 7 Cymru dinner for Welsh MPs.
Attending as our guests were James Stephens from DHL, Ian Jarman chair of Welsh Freight Council and Peter Murphy, Senior Lecturer, Supply Chain Management, University of South Wales.
Nichola Mallon, Head of Trade and Devolved Policy and Alexandra Herdman, Senior Policy Manager delivered a briefing presentation to cross-party MSPs in the Scottish Parliament on Logistics UK’s priority policy asks in the area of trade, decarbonisation, infrastructure, driver facilities, skills and delivering the workforce for the future.
Katie Adams, Senior Policy Analyst joined the Zemo Partnership's preview on their Roadmap for Net Zero Transport, due to launch next month.
Alexandra Herdman, Senior Policy Manager attended the quarterly Police Scotland Secure Supply Chain Scotland forum.
Published On: 21/11/2024 15:00:00
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Air freight operators in scramble to increase flights out of China
In order to cash in on elevated freight rates out of the country ahead of Black Friday and the Christmas shopping season, air freight groups are rushing to reroute planes after only recently cutting flights to China due to dwindling tourist demand.
But strong growth in demand for fast fashion and cheap online goods from Chinese ecommerce groups and the rising use of air freight amid disruption in the Red Sea are threatening to overwhelm the already strained rapid delivery market before Christmas, causing air freight rates to jump.
The freight rate for flying goods from Asia to the US has surged, with the average spot price in October up 49 per cent from a year ago to $5.46 a kilogram, according to market analytics firm Xeneta.
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