EXCLUSIVE: Another shock as DHL Express suspends some UK-EU services

The toll from the new Brexit trading arrangements grew last night when DHL Express told customers it was “immediately” suspending some UK-EU services.
In an email seen by The Loadstar, the company said that with “immediate effect” it would “temporarily suspend” all B2C shipments requiring sanitary and phytosanitary control formalities.
The company explained it was seeing EU customs authorities hold a “high number of shipments” requiring such checks.
Shipments affected include animals and …

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PE firm puts six operators together to form the UK’s largest logistics company

A private equity firm has put together six operators to form the UK’s largest privately owned logistics company, EV Cargo.
The companies, backed by Hong Kong-based EmergeVest, are Allport Cargo Services, Palletforce, CM Downton, Jigsaw, NFT and Adjuno.
The wide range of specialities in the group, from CM Downton, a haulier bought earlier this year by EmergeVest for £75m, to NFT, a cool chain specialist, and Adjuno, a supply chain software company, gives …

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