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27 August 2021
NEW RULES OF ORIGIN IN THE PEM AREA
On 25 August, the European Commission announced that as of 1 September 2021, new transitional rules of origin will become applicable within the pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) area, between the EU and Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Albania, Jordan and Faeroe Islands.
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27 August 2021
CENTRAL COMPLAINT POINT FOR BREACHES OF EU-UK TCA
The European Commission has launched a central complaint point for alleged breaches by the United Kingdom concerning the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).
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27 August 2021
EC RAIL FREIGHT EVENT – EU YEAR OF RAIL
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27 August 2021
DRIVER SHORTAGE IMPACTS ROAD FREIGHT MARKET
On 24 August, Transport Intelligence published a research paper on European driver shortages, which assesses the scale of the ongoing structural issues restricting the supply of drivers across Europe, with a total shortfall of drivers now surpassing 400,000. The most heavily impacted European countries are Poland (shortage of around 124,000 drivers), the UK (76,000 drivers) and Germany (45,000-60,000 drivers).
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27 August 2021
FT BLOG ON SHIPPING DECARBONISATION AND COSTS
On 24 August, the Financial Times issued an opinion on how the push from the shipping industry to decarbonise their fleets could slow freight rates’ downturn in the long term. The column referred to the announcement by Maersk of a $1.4 billion investment in carbon-neutral ships, run on “green” methanol, produced by anaerobic digestion and other means.
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27 August 2021
INCREASED DISPARITY AMONG SHIPPING’S INDEX PROVIDERS
The ever-increasing ocean freight rates have led to an unexpected consequence: According to Vespucci Maritime, the disparity of rates measured by the container index providers has widened, which can lead to difficulty and confusion to properly measure the correct price for a spot shipment.
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20 August 2021
CLECAT Newsletter 2021/31
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20 August 2021
CLECAT Newsletter 2021/31
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20 August 2021
NORTH SEA - MED CORRIDOR OPERATIONAL AGAIN
Following a closure of multiple weeks due to damage that occurred on its Belgian section during the floods of July, the North Sea – Mediterranean rail freight corridor has become operational again on 16 August.
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20 August 2021
ROAD FREIGHT RATES ON THE RISE DUE TO CAPACITY SHORTAGE
Transporeon published last week its latest Transport Market Monitor which shows that shortage in capacity is driving European road freight spot prices close to a three-year high. The analysis is based on road transportation data of more than 1.8 million freight loads on the spot market per year which was updated earlier this month.