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On the Road, Team

The Power of Partnership

Couples Driving Success at Baku GLS In honour of last Monday’s International Day of Families, we wanted to shine a spotlight on a unique phenomenon...
News, On the Road, Team

Baku GLS Achieves GOLD and GREEN Standards in Recent Audit

Baku GLS Achieves GOLD and GREEN Standards in Recent Audit We are thrilled to announce that Baku GLS has once again achieved the GOLD standard...
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Baku Gls Awarded TruckSafe Gold Standard!

Huge Congratulations to the team at Baku GLS for achieving another Gold TruckSafe Standard for excellent service! FTA Ireland TruckSafe™ audits operational compliance in the...
Industry, News, Transport

Coronavirus and your supply chain

For Irish businesses reliant on global imports, coronavirus presents a whole new set of supply chain risks.    Find out what you can do to protect...
Brexit, Customs, News, Transport

Brexit Transition Period: What happens next?

It’s been almost a month since the UK formally left the European Union, which means we’ve got about ten months left to sort out a...
Customs, Industry, News, Transport

Incoterms 2020: What’s changed?

The International Chamber of Commerce’s latest version of Incoterms (Incoterms 2020) came into effect on 1st January 2020.  Why did the ICC replace Incoterms 2010,...
News, On the Road, Transport

Moving mountains: a guide to out-of-gauge shipping

What do you do if your cargo won’t fit on a trailer? Don’t worry – we’ll handle it! At Baku GLS, we love out-of-gauge (OOG)...
News, On the Road, Transport

Our New MAN Long-Haul Trucks

Four brand new MAN XXL left-hand drive TGX trucks are coming our way! Part of a fifteen-truck order, these pristine trucks are the perfect choice...
Brexit, Industry, News

UKCA: Britain’s New Post-Brexit Quality Standard

After Brexit, the EU’s main product standard will be replaced by a brand new UK equivalent: the UKCA mark.  This week we look at why,...
Brexit, Customs, News

Third Country Customs: How it all works

If the UK becomes a third country after Brexit, Irish customs authorities will have to process 12 times as many import/export declarations, and a whopping...
Brexit, Customs, News

HS Codes: A Short Guide

For those of us planning to trade with the UK after Brexit, HS codes will soon become a fact of life.  Find out what HS...
Industry, News, Team, Transport, Warehousing

Twenty Years Young! Baku GLS in 2020

2020 marks a very special birthday for us here at Baku – we’re celebrating twenty years in business! When Baku GLS started, we were three...
Brexit, Customs, Industry, News, Transport

UK Election 2019: What it means for Brexit

The ballot papers have been counted, and it’s official: the UK’s Conservative party won by a landslide. As of this morning, the UK’s departure from...
News, Team

Christmas Donations for 3 Local Causes

We’re getting into the Christmas spirit here at Baku! This year, the Baku GLS team joined forces with Danone to support some of Wexford’s worthiest...
News, Team, Technology, Warehousing

We’re Going Solar!

Baku GLS is going solar powered in 2020!  As part of our ongoing commitment to carbon footprint reduction, we’ve engaged Solar Electric to custom-build a...
Brexit, Customs, Industry, News, Transport

Baku GLS at the FTA Council Meeting

It’s been a busy week here at Baku GLS!  On Wednesday, Baku’s Mary Mullins and Phil Cassidy attended FTA Ireland’s council meeting, where Mary gave...
Industry, News, Transport

Pharma Transport: How We Move Medicines

Pharmaceutical Transport is a heavily regulated freight category …and rightly so. The safe shipment of pharmaceutical products, from labs and factories to warehouses, hospitals and...
Brexit, Customs, News, Team, Transport

Baku GLS awarded AEO Status!

Baku GLS have today been awarded AEO status! AEO (Authorised Economic Operator) is the gold standard for international supply chain operators in Europe. It’s an...
Brexit, Customs, News, Warehousing

Temporary Storage Facilities: A Short Guide

The Baku GLS warehouse in Rosslare is now a Temporary Storage Facility (TSF). As a TSF, we can now hold non-EU goods, not yet cleared...
Industry, News, On the Road, Transport

IRHA update on the tragedy in Essex

  Following the tragic deaths of 39 immigrants who perished trying to enter the UK illegally, IRHA President Verona Murphy spoke to LMFM’s Michael Reade....
Brexit, News, Transport

Baku GLS on RTE News at Nine

Did you catch the RTE News at Nine yesterday? Baku’s very own Mary Mullins was interviewed as part of an RTE News special Brexit report...
Brexit, Customs, Industry, News, Transport

Johnson’s New Deal: What’s the Difference?

Following weeks of intense negotiations, the UK and EU published a fresh new Brexit deal yesterday, dramatically improving the chances of an orderly departure on...
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Positive & Promising: NI/ROI Border Developments

Following “very positive and promising” private talks with Boris Johnson yesterday, Leo Varadkar announced that he could see a “pathway towards an agreement in the...
Brexit, News, Transport

October’s No-Deal Brexit Checklist

Brexit Day is less than a month away, and we still don’t have a deal between the UK and the EU. As part of our...
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