An autonomous commercial cargo ship, the Suzaka, successfully completed a 40 hour, near-500 mile voyage. The cargo ship completed the journey without human intervention for 99% of t...
New data shows a huge increase in port congestion across China last week. Rising Covid-19 cases in a number of Chinese cities, as outlined in our news article in March, have led to ...
Rising Covid-19 cases in a number of Chinese cities is likely to have an impact on global supply chains and logistics. Sea freight at Shanghai Port Shanghai port, the largest contai...
The Ukraine crisis is likely to have a significant impact on global supply chains and logistics. Both air freight and sea freight will be affected by recent events. Air Freight Glo...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released on 11 February 2022, the final trading data for 2021. The ONS data shows the amount of goods being imported and exported to/from Th...
Anyone trading goods between the European Union (EU) and Great Britain (GB) must now be aware of the “rules of origin”. What is origin and why does it matter? In order to complete c...
From 1 January 2022 there are changes to the commodity codes used to classify goods for customs procedures. The commodity codes used worldwide are based upon the World Custom Organi...
On the 1st January 2022 the United Kingdom (UK) government finally started full customs checks in respect of goods being imported into Great Britain (GB) from the European Union (E...
The global supply chain crisis is likely to last until the end of 2022. The Chief Executive of Associated British Ports, has warned that supply chain disruption could persist until ...
The Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) is a new United Kingdom (UK) Government IT platform used for customs clearances at some UK ports. GVMS was created on the back of Brexit an...
What is a Goods Movement Reference (GMR) number? The United Kingdom (UK) Government has introduced a new IT platform for customs clearances, The Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS...
Young Freight Forwarder of the Year award We are delighted to announce that Jamie Halliday Logistics Coordinator at Tudor International Freight has been shortlisted in the Young Fre...
A report by accountancy firm BDO shows that United Kingdom (UK) business output has slowed for a sixth consecutive month amid the supply chain crisis. UK economic growth slowed from...
Many of you will have spotted the Horsforth Horse, sponsored by Tudor International Freight, standing proud on the A65 New Road Side Roundabout, in Leeds. The 6.2 feet tall galvanis...
A number of the world's largest consumer goods conglomerates have warned in the last week that the price of household goods will have to rise to cover high freight costs. Procter &a...
The United Kingdom’s (UK) biggest shipping container port Felixstowe, is struggling to cope with the volume of containers it is receiving and has become severely congested. Vessels...
Significant border control changes post Brexit have now been delayed again until July 2022. The United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020, and agreed The T...
From 1 October 2021, new border controls will begin for food and drink arriving in Great Britain from the European Union (EU). These were initially due to start from 1 April 2021, ...