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Australian Wine exports to China

Australian wine exports have experienced a significant boost, with a rise of more than 33% in recent months. This impressive growth can be attributed to ...
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Posted on October 23, 2024

Vietnam’s coffee exports surpass $5 billion

Vietnam's coffee exports have achieved a significant milestone in the 2023-2024 crop year, from 1st October to the curent date. According to VietNam Ne...
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Posted on October 22, 2024

Large Cocaine Shipment Found in Australia’s Port Botany

On Thursday, October 17, 2024, a substantial cocaine shipment was uncovered inside a shipping container at Australia's Port Botany. The discovery highli...
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Posted on October 21, 2024

Wind-powered cargo ship Southampton sea trials

RW Freight is closely following the developments of wind-powered cargo shipping. The Pacific Grebe cargo ship currently moored in Southampton harbour, is f...
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Posted on October 19, 2024

Cargo ships return to North Devon

Cargo ships have returned to North Devon, marking a significant development for the county. The establishment of a new shipping route should bring about nu...
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Posted on October 17, 2024

Canadian Canola exports

According to the Chamber of Shipping, China imported an unprecedented 718,000 tonnes of Canadian canola in August. This record-breaking export figure sugge...
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Posted on October 16, 2024

Airlines must understand their cargo

As the peak season for gift-giving approaches, airlines must have a thorough understanding of the cargo they are transporting. In recent developments, Ch...
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Posted on October 15, 2024

Expansion of London Gateway Port

A leading global ports operator has announced the expansion of its London Gateway terminal. The expansion plan will proceed as intended, signalling the c...
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Posted on October 14, 2024

Lower Export Demand

Recent data from reveals that spot rates for the westbound route between India and Europe, India's most significant trade lane in terms of volume, have fal...
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Posted on October 13, 2024

Strong freight rates drive higher Q3 revenue

RW Freight reports that Taiwan's three largest freight shipping carriers have experienced a surge in revenue during the third quarter of the year. The gr...
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Posted on October 12, 2024

Hong Kong Chamber of Shipping

The Hong Kong Chamber of Shipping has been officially inaugerated to improve Hong Kong's standing as a global shipping centre. The launch reception was...
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Posted on October 11, 2024

India airfreight expansion

The airfreight industry in India is experiencing significant growth, largely driven by rising fuel costs and increased demand for air cargo services. While...
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Posted on October 10, 2024

Shipping company alliance gives more options

The recent re-shuffle in shipping company alliances has led to the introduction of new network designs, which will provide shippers with a diverse array of...
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Posted on October 9, 2024

Russian Railways wants full control of Far East railway

Russian Railways has expressed its desire to assume complete authority over the railway network in the Far East region. The Russian company aims to optimis...
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Posted on October 8, 2024

Transport Sector in China Grows

China has experienced remarkable growth and development in its transport sector in recent years. The country has heavily invested in expanding and upgr...
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Posted on October 7, 2024

Exports of Wood-Based Products from Brazil

In August, Brazilian exports of wood-based products experienced a decline, mainly attributed to challenges in the shipping industry. Exporters faced fi...
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Posted on October 4, 2024

Global airfreight rates firm up

According to recent reports global airfreight rates are showing signs of stabilisation. Rates out of China, in particular, have been on the rise, altho...
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Posted on October 3, 2024

US retailers increase September import forecast

US retailers have substantially upgraded their import forecast for September, in spite of the looming threat of a potential strike. According to the la...
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Posted on October 2, 2024

Typhoon closes Shanghai, Ningbo ports

According to a recent news, the ports of Shanghai and Ningbo have been closed due to a typhoon, leading to significant vessel congestion and delays. Ships...
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Posted on October 1, 2024

Container Shipping Prospects

Shippers in the container industry are currently grappling with a multitude of supply chain disruptions. As they strive to maintain control over inventory ...
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Posted on September 30, 2024

Intra-Asia rates down

The newly introduced Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI) has shown a decrease in spot container freight rates across 18 significant Intra-Asia routes, partic...
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Posted on September 18, 2024

Damage of floods to rail freight is immense

The recent floods have wreaked havoc on rail freight infrastructure and operations, resulting in immense damage and disruption. The impact on supply chains...
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Posted on September 17, 2024

Typhoon closes Shanghai, Ningbo ports

A leading global shipping company has issued an advisory warning of significant cargo and vessel disruption following the closure of Shanghai and Ningbo po...
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Posted on September 16, 2024

Container ship malfunction

A container ship arriving in Port Tampa Bay, on September 5, became the latest vessel reported to have an engine malfunction. The Harbour pilot credited qu...
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Posted on September 7, 2024

Hamburg port strike

The labour union in Germany has been staging a series of warning strikes during an industrial dispute at Hamburg. The latest warning strike began on Sep...
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Posted on September 5, 2024

Freight Safety award

Freight Insurer TT Club has announced the launched its Innovation in Safety Award for this year. The challenge to everyone in the global freight industr...
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Posted on September 4, 2024

EES effect on freight

New research by business group Logistics UK suggests there may be increased food prices and the potential for shortages in shops as a result of delays caus...
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Posted on September 3, 2024

Suspension of export licences

The UK Government has announced a suspension of a number of export licences for military exports to Israel. The Government considers that there is a clear ...
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Posted on September 2, 2024

China opens probe into EU dairy imports

China on Wednesday said it had opened an anti-subsidy probe into dairy product imports from the European Union, increasing tension with the bloc a day afte...
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Posted on August 30, 2024

US pet food exports

Dog and cat food exports from the United States to Chile have nearly tripled since 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultur...
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Posted on August 29, 2024

Rapeseed exports improve

Rapeseed exports from Australia picked up in the last two months of the crop year, meaning full year exports were close to the figure in Agriculture Canada...
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Posted on August 28, 2024

U.S. Oil Imports

The opening of the Trans Mountain Expansion project earlier this year may minimize the initial impact on oil supplies from an expected Canadian rail strike...
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Posted on August 27, 2024

Japan rising import prices

The Finance Ministry revealed that imports into Japan increased by nearly 17% from the previous year to 10.2 trillion yen ($70.6billion), while exports ros...
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Posted on August 26, 2024

U.S. import tariffs

U.S. efforts to reduce their reliance on foreign goods with the introduction of tariffs on imports, particularly from China, hasn’t reduced U.S. dependen...
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Posted on August 23, 2024

Railfreight in Canada

Logistics providers are warning the historic shutdown of Canada’s two largest railroads would have a drastic effect on the cross-border supply chain with...
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Posted on August 22, 2024

Nigeria Freight forwarders

Freight forwarders in NIgeria under the umbrella of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) have complained about the r...
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Posted on August 21, 2024

New air-freight China to UK

A new air-freight route has started between Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Bournemouth in England. The carg...
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Posted on August 20, 2024

China Condemns EV Imports

China strongly criticized the European Union's decision to impose tariffs on electric vehicle (EV) imports, after the EU lowered duties on several major el...
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Posted on August 19, 2024

Plea to UK Government to support exports

A leading UK logistics provider has urged the new labour government to prioritise support to SMEs which seek to expand their presence internationally. T...
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Posted on August 16, 2024

Shipping Freight rates

Shippers should expect continued volatility in container shipping freight markets throughout 2025. Even the re-start of operations through the Suez Canal ...
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Posted on August 15, 2024

Gothenburg new logistics park

The Port of Gothenburg is devleoping a sustained logistics facility at Halvorsaang as a joint venture. One large client has already signed an agreement for...
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Posted on August 14, 2024

Continued pandemic effect on shipping

The global shipping industry changes all the time, and the COVID-19 pandemic began a marked shift in how container shipping operates. Disruption caused by ...
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Posted on August 13, 2024

Container ship explosion

A powerful explosion from a container ship hit the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan at 1-40pm on Friday 9 August. It said that no casualties or injuries had been re...
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Posted on August 12, 2024

Logistics needs Minister

The representative business group Logisitics UK want the new Government to appoint a Minister for Logistics and Supply chain. New survey data showing fe...
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Posted on August 9, 2024

New rail freight cranes

Two new Rail-Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes for the London Gateway rail terminal have arrived. They will increase rail capacity at the logistics hub by 50 pe...
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Posted on August 8, 2024

Thai Rice exports to increase

Thailand’s rice exports this year are expected to increase, from the projected 7.5 million tonnes to 8.2 million tonnes, thanks to the weakening of the b...
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Posted on August 7, 2024

Germany reduced waste exports by 7%

In January-May 2024, German waste companies reduced exports of ferrous scrap by 7% compared to the same period in 2023, to 3.1 million tons. The main decli...
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Posted on August 6, 2024

South Australian wine exports

The total value of South Australia’s wine exports reached $1.1 billion in the 12 months ending in June which is a 37.2 per cent increase year-on-year. ...
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Posted on August 5, 2024

Australian wine exports reach $2.2 billion

Australian wine exports increased by 17% to AU$2.2bn in 2023-24. This is the highest since September 2021, while volume remained steady at 619 million lit...
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Posted on August 2, 2024

Volume growth a positive sign for heavy-haul freight companies

Mining activity is on the rise, and with it, project cargo volumes seem to be increasing. Volumes of contract freight shipments are expected to grow. Co...
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Posted on August 1, 2024

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