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Tunbridge Wells, UK: The FTA has launched an online member-to-member platform to support businesses through the Covid-19 outbreak.  The website gives its members the chance to link staff or fleet resources with available workers or vehicle capacity.  Kevin Green, director of marketing and communications, said: “Following the runaway success of FTA’s #LogisticsHelpsLogistics campaign – which …

Gothenburg, Sweden: Stena Line is to furlough 600 staff and make 150 jobs redundant in the UK and the Republic of Ireland as a result of falling passenger numbers and freight volumes due the the coronavirus epidemic. Stena estimates that passenger figures will not recover until well into 2021. “As a result of the significant reduction in revenue, …

London, UK: More than nine million workers are expected to be furloughed under the government’s job retention scheme, according to the Resolution Foundation. It has used figures on take-up of the scheme from the British Chambers of Commerce to make the estimate including the indication that nearly a fifth of smaller firms plan to furlough …

Hull, UK: Associated British Ports has boosted capacity to store refrigerated containers at the Port of Hull. It has installed two new reefer gantries at the Humber Container Terminal in the port to boost capacity by 64 reefers. The new gantries allows reefers to be stacked four high saving ground space, that intern increases its …

London, UK: A survey of United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) members has revealed that 77.5% of warehousing firms have seen a reduction in inbound volumes over the last two weeks while 83.5% have seen a reduction in outbound volumes. Only 4% have been forced to close operations as a result of the coronavirus crisis but …