Davies Turner

Operators ‘made the right call’ when suspending EU-UK road services

DB Schenker, DHL Express and DPD will be forgiven for suspending services after struggling to get to grips with the post-Brexit customs formalities, according to Davies Turner director Alan Williams.
He said the three major movers of freight had “made the right call”, temporarily halting services between the EU and UK.
“You won’t be commercially damaged long-term by pausing to get things right; you will be if you let it go on,” Mr …

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Brexit? No problem for thrice-prepared Davies Turner customs team

Davies Turner has expanded its customs services operation with the opening of a dedicated customs suite at its regional freight hub in Dartford (pictured above).
The move follows openings at its other UK hubs, including Avonmouth and Manchester, with director Alan Williams telling The Loadstar it will allow the company to address some of the “teething problems” associated with Brexit.
“I think we expected the paperwork from customers to be of a …

The post Brexit? No problem for thrice-prepared...

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Davies Turner reveals a winning hand with new customs suites

Davies Turner reveals a winning hand with new customs suites

Davies Turner, the UK’s leading independent freight forwarder, has opened a new, state-of-the-art customs services floor at its regional freight hub at Dartford.

This, together with similar, slightly smaller centres at some of its other UK freight hubs including Avonmouth and Manchester, houses one of the company’s newly created national customs processing teams set up in 2020 in preparation for the end of the Transition Period.

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https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/01/24/davies-turner-reveals-a-winning-hand-with-new-customs-suites/

Career Tracks: World Shipping Council elects CEOs co-chairs

Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, and Jeremy Nixon, CEO of ONE, have been elected co-chairs of the board of directors of the World Shipping Council (WSC).

The board of directors also announced this week it had welcomed Matson Navigation and X-Press Feeders as new WSC members.

Jansen and Nixon have begun serving a two-year term as co-chairs. They succeeded Ron Widdows, who had served as the WSC chairman for more than a decade and previously announced his intention to step down once a...

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Tony Cole moves up as new head of ocean at Davies Turner

Davies Turner has promoted Tony Cole to head of ocean, replacing Kieron Larkin who is to lead a strategic review of the company’s IT systems and software.
Mr Cole joined Davies Turner in 1990 as ocean import manager and subsequent positions have seen him head up the company’s Far East ocean freight tradelanes.
As head of supply chain services, Mr Cole was instrumental in the launch and development of Davies Turner’s direct …

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Shortage of haulage the number-one hurdle as UK importers struggle

UK importers are facing “numerous challenges” these days. They include port delays, vessels diversions, a shortage of haulage availability and limited slots at ports to collect containers.
Forwarders have reported significant issues with the UK’s inland container transport, which were exacerbated by last week’s bank holiday.
The lack of haulage capacity is one of the biggest problems: a number of EU drivers are not working, either because of holidays or quarantine requirements, …

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Blanked sailings and soaring air rates push shippers to China-Europe rail

While the air freight industry may be wary of the surge in growth of Asia-Europe rail services, more customers are moving there from sea freight, according to one forwarder.
Container traffic from China to Europe via rail grew 34% in the first half of this year, with a 72% rise year on year in June alone.
Exports to China are also gathering pace, albeit from a lower starting point, up 58% in …

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China-Europe rail service expands through UK as volumes double

This week saw the first China-Europe rail service go onwards from Dartford into the UK, to Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester.
Davies Turner, the only forwarder offering a weekly LCL service to the UK, has expanded the service in line with volume growth.
“It’s a very successful route,” said Tony Cole, head of supply chain services. “It’s now three 40ft consoles a week.
“It’s going to our own depots by rail now, where it …

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Davies Turner shortlisted for two freight industry awards

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Davies Turner shortlisted for two freight industry awards

Davies Turner, the leading independent international freight and logistics company, has made the finalists shortlist in two categories of the UK’s premier freight forwarding and logistics awards scheme.

The British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) Freight Service Awards have been organised annually for over 30 years so are rightly seen as the Oscars of the UK freight and logistics services industry.

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http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/11/davies-turner-shortlisted-for-two-freight-industry-awards/

Davies Turner recognised as one of the UK’s leading independent freight forwarding and logistics companies in prestigious league table

Davies Turner recognised as one of the UK’s leading independent freight forwarding and logistics companies in prestigious league table

As Davies Turner gears up to celebrate its 150th birthday in 2020, the company has featured in a prestigious league table that ranks Britain’s top performing mid-market private firms and entrepreneurs across all business sectors by their latest sales figures and profitability. 

October 10th 2019

Davies Turner recognised as one of the UK’s leading independent...

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