October 28, 2021 Permit system overhaul allows more non-European workers into Ireland

The Government’s scrapping of a cap on lorry drivers from outside Europe allowed to work in Ireland will not fill a huge shortage as a “nightmare” looms for the haulage industry in the run-up to Christmas, hauliers have warned. Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail Damien English said an overhaul of the employment permits system for workers from...

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October 11, 2021 Irish – French sea connections reach 44 with new Dunkirk terminal.

Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has today inaugurated a new Irish terminal at the French ferry port of Dunkirk, with Ireland-France sea routes rising from 12 before Brexit to 44 now. It has already handled nearly 50,000 freight units (trucks and unaccompanied containers) moving from Rosslare and back, as exporters side step the UK Land bridge since Brexit took...

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September 16, 2021 UK Revises Timetable for Border Controls on EU Imports

We would like to inform you that the UK Government announced today a revised timetable for the introduction of post-Brexit controls on imports from the EU. The Government has decided to postpone some elements of the new controls, especially those relating to sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) goods including: The requirement for pre-notification of agri-food imports will be introduced on 1 January 2022 as...

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May 27, 2021 Network of Networks: First Pan-European Transport Co-Operation Founded

Transport of general cargo and part loads to every European country Processing and organisation via a uniform IT platform Operational start of Paneco in July 2021 In the previous month, Allmed European Freight, officially founded the pan-European transport network Paneco together with the logistics networks Kommodus (Poland), Cargo24 (Switzerland) ABC Business Network (Italy) and ELVIS (Germany). In cooperation with another...

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April 23, 2021 Pioneers in European Groupage, Part & Full Loads for Chilled and Frozen Products!

Allmed Logistics specialise in groupage, part and full loads of Chilled and Frozen Food from Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Poland and Denmark, in particular) to Ireland. We use only the Direct Ferry routes from Dunkirk to Rosslare or Cherbourg to Rosslare and / or Dublin for all our haulage and transport from Europe. Allmed adhere to strict...

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February 15, 2021 Allmed – New Chilled and Frozen Service from Western France to Ireland.

Allmed are delighted to announce our NEW Weekly Chilled and Frozen groupage service from Western France to Ireland.   Our new Chilled and Frozen service will depart each Friday on the direct ferry from Cherbourg to Rosslare or Dublin. Delivery will occur on the following Monday.   Shortly, we also intend to offer a Tuesday departure for Thursday delivery to...

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November 25, 2020 ARE YOU BREXIT READY?

Dear Customer. Please find below, we hope easy to understand, straightforward, concise information covering the various transport scenario’s between Ireland – The UK and EU from January 1, 2021. Please click here to download :   Allmed Brexit Route Information One or all of these sheets may help you better understand the different shipping scenario’s Post Brexit, depending on where you...

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November 5, 2020 TRANSPORT DELAYS IN SPAIN CAUSED BY STRIKES IN BILBAO PORT

The Stevedores strike at Bilbao port is set to continue as trade unions have called for the action to be extended further, with workers only giving a maximum of 50% service. There is still extremely heavy congestion in the Port, as a result of this with unloading and loading of ships taking a number of days to be completed, which...

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March 24, 2020 EU Commission guidance to ensure continuous flow of goods across EU via Green Lanes

The European Commission has today issued guidance to ensure the continuous flow of goods across the EU. EU Press release here – https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_510 The full document (11 pages, summarised with this e-mail) is available via the below: https://ec.europa.eu/transport/sites/transport/files/legislation/2020-03-23-communication-green-lanes_en.pdf Annex 2 of the above (pages 9 and 10) features recommendations for Drivers and relevant Transport related undertakings involved in Freight transport...

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March 2, 2020 FEDESPEDI, the National Freight Forwarding Association in Italy-Update

FEDESPEDI, the National Freight Forwarding Association in Italy, have shared an update on the Coronavirus situation within their territory. CLECAT have made this update available to National Members and we share the text of that update with IIFA Members via the below: Update from FEDESPEDI begins now: Our Government issued on Feb. 23rd last first extraordinary measures, basically through a...

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