The Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Irish government agency responsible for customs, excise and taxation, said the illegally imported cigarettes arrived in containerized shipments from Vietnam and China via Rotterdam.
Danish EPA to use aircraft to monitor ships for air pollution
Danish contractor Explicit will monitor sulfur emission from ships by sampling exhaust plumes from vessels in waters around Denmark.
How Retail Tackled Amazon Prime Day
Retail is still feeling the aftershock of the cataclysmic event that was Amazon Prime Day. The e-tailer’s sales shattered its own company records, with numbers climbing by more than 60% from last year and surpassing its Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
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H&M to Release Collaboration with ERDEM, Baz Luhrmann
H&M’s latest collab has just been announced, and the players are pretty epic. The retailer’s next coveted designer collection will be with ERDEM, London-based design house beloved by celebrities and fashion insiders alike. Additionally, lauded filmmaker Baz Luhrmann will bring the collaboration to life with his unique storytelling. ERDEM x …
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Whitney’s Calder: Hypermobility Show Channels Jewelry’s Latest Trend
Thinking of where to wear the latest interlocking hoop earrings and modular floating necklaces? Head down ASAP to the Whitney Museum of American Art to see Calder: Hypermobility. Calder, aka the king of the kinetic, became famous for his moving mobiles in the 1930s, but a current jewelry trend has made …
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NRF: U.S. container imports could hit record highs this summer
Major retail container ports in the United States can expect two of the busiest months ever for imports in July and August, according to the latest monthly Global Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
Wal-Mart to institute fines on early, late and ill-packaged deliveries
Beginning in August, late or missing shipments during a one-month period will be subject to a fine of 3 percent of their value as part of a new policy to raise revenues.
Rickmers gets green light to sell remaining nine vessels
Rickmers Trust Management Ptd. Ltd. was given the go-ahead to sell its remaining nine vessels to Navios Partners Containers and Navios Partners Containers Finance.
Santander partners with Tradeshift on supply chain financing
Under the partnership, Banco Santander will provide supply chain finance services to companies operating on Tradeshift’s platform.
Alpenglow finalizes first short-line rail acquisition
Alpenglow Rail LLC, which is backed by private equity firm Stonecourt Capital, completed its acquisition of VIP Rail LLC, a short-line railroad located in Sarnia, Ontario’s chemical valley.