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The latest industry news and PSA BDP Happenings from across the globe.

February 7, 2023

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A fire that engulfed hundreds of shipping containers at Turkey's Iskenderun Port after massive earthquakes in the region have been extinguished, the defence ministry said on Tuesday, but it was not clear when operations would resume at the port.

January 30, 2023

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The energy arm of France’s 690,000-strong union General Confederation of Labour (Confédération générale du travail, or CGT) has called for a nationwide protests scheduled for Jan. 31, after a massive turnout during the first round of demonstrations on Jan. 19. Learn more about this latest news today!

January 18, 2023

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Philadelphia, PA – January 18, 2023 - BDP International (BDP, a member of the PSA Group), a leading provider of globally integrated supply chain, transportation and logistics solutions, has announced Mr. Vincent Ng and Mrs. Eileen Graber as Chief Financial Officer, and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, respectively. Explore more details!

November 30, 2022

The vote comes just two days after President Joe Biden urged congressional intervention, warning “a rail shutdown would devastate our economy.” Read more today!

November 16, 2022

The Enforcement Forum of ECHA agreed that the next REACH enforcement project will investigate how companies fulfil the registration, authorisation and restriction obligations for products and chemicals they import from outside the EU. The project will be done in 2023-2025 and will require close cooperation between REACH enforcement and national customs authorities in the Member States. Read more today!

November 9, 2022

A strike of port workers has commenced at the port of Antwerp, starting at 06:00 am (local time) and ending at the same time, 10 November. Read more today from Container News.

November 1, 2022

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the federal highway police to immediately clear hundreds of roads across the country blocked by truck drivers protesting President Jair Bolsonaro’s loss in the Oct. 30 election. Read more from ABC News!

August 22, 2022

About 1,900 members of the Unite union at Felixstowe in Suffolk are walking out for eight days in a dispute over pay. Unite said members rejected a 7% pay offer from the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company, which it said was below the rate of inflation.

June 16, 2022

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Bracco Imaging SpA (Bracco) an international leader in all modalities of diagnostic imaging solutions and BDP International (BDP, a member of the PSA Group) a leading provider of globally integrated supply chain, transportation and logistics solutions, have successfully completed a first-of-its-kind move for the Bracco Group. On behalf of Bracco, BDP arranged the transportation of two refrigerated forty-foot reefer containers via the Trans-Asia railway from Italy to China, marking the inaugural journey of this unique method of temperature-controlled transportation.

June 9, 2022

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BDP International (BDP, a member of the PSA Group) a leading provider of globally integrated supply chain, transportation and logistics solutions, has announced the launch of Smart Classify, a digital workflow application to support the ever-evolving needs of shippers’ trade compliance programs and their product classifications.