Global Freight Awards win repeated
The Lloyds Loading List Global Freight Awards ceremony was held last night at London’s Lancaster Gate Hotel, with Metro celebrating a win and a highly commended runners-up.
Providing maritime intelligence for over 150 years, The Lloyds Loading List is the only source of weekly news and expor...
Read more New team members visit MSC Emma
From their very first day with Metro, the opportunity for personal development and learning is a critical commitment to all our team members.
Starting with induction, continuous personal development through education and experience is part of every colleague's Metro journey.
Formal educatio...
Read more Metro shortlisted 3rd year in a row for air award
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) have revealed the finalists for the 31st annual Freight Service Awards, with Metro shortlisted for the Air Cargo Services award.
BIFA is the trade association for 1,500 companies in the logistics and supply chain management sector that are e...
Read more COSCO appoint Metro partner
Polytra, a subsidiary of our joint venture partner Fracht, has been appointed agent for COSCO shipping lines in Kinshasa, the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Polytra Congo secured the liner agency contract with COSCO Shipping after successfully creating a ship...
Read more Lloyds recognise Metro excellence
The Global Freight Awards (GFA) are arguably the industry’s most prestigious and hotly contested, with the world’s biggest carriers and forwarders competing against smaller, more agile competitors, across a range of categories. The GFA judges have short-listed Metro as finalists in three cate...
Read more Hong Kong X-ray costs and delay fears
Starting in November (UPDATE: NOW JANUARY 2020), in phased deadlines set by the International Civil Aviation Organization, 100% of all air freight shipments from Hong Kong International Airport must be X-ray screened by March 2021.
Shippers using Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) could se...
Read more US Polar Vortex
A third of the United States has been experiencing temperatures of -17C (0F) or below, with loss of life and severe impact on freight and transport infrastructure. Temperatures are expected to swing above average over the weekend, which means that the situation will quickly normalise.
The pola...
Read more Chinese New Year
The Lunar New Year 2019 or Spring Festival, is the biggest Chinese celebration of the year, taking place 3rd to 9th February, with its usual profound impact on supply chains.
Factories, offices and other workplaces will be closed for the entire week of Chinese New Year, with most Chinese trave...
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