A fuel tax could be placed on the shipping and aviation industries to raise funds for the battle against climate change. That is one of the proposals raised at the climate change summit held in Copenhagen last week. The European Union wants the shipping industry to cut its emissions by around 20 per cent over […]
Category Archives for Shipping
Increased use of groupage operators opens up freight market
Nov
18
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SHIPPERS have begun using more groupage operators this month in an attempt to reduce spend on deliveries. Groupage providers, who tend to deliver a group of parcels in one load, operate more cheaply and economically than express operators whose primary objective is accelerated delivery. This reduces costs for large companies who do not necessarily need […]
International shipping tops the bill
Oct
9
9
Just 3 weeks since the site went live and we’ve received a staggering 107 quote requests, the majority of which (30%)have been for international shipping quote requests. Does this indicate that we’re finally awakening from the much talked about recession? Whats particularly interesting is that there appears to be an equal balance between export shipping requests […]
Shipping quotes
Sep
23
23
With a UK market value of £11.2bn, shipping is our largest category. Add on a further £14.1bn for freight forwarding activities and it’s little wonder why! With over 95 freight forwarding companies already registered we’re confident that wherever you’re shipping to, or shipping from, deliveryquotecompare.com is the ideal place to start. Getting sea freight quotes […]