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Poland bucks trend

Poland is apparently bucking the recessionary trend in Europe by forecasting a growth of 4% in GDP during 2009.  Poland has the fastest growing GDP in...
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Posted on December 23, 2008

New Container port for Stockholm

A major international port operator has revealed that the Ports of Stockholm have agreed to give it thee operational rights for a new freight container por...
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Freight to Norway – new packaging rules

From the 1 January 2009, any packaging made of wood - for example pallets or crates - on freight to Norway must be ISPM compliant. This means that the...
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Posted on December 22, 2008

Sweden talking green

The government in Sweden is in discussion with a major shipping and forwarding company and a truck manufacturer about the possibility of 'green corridors.'...
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Posted on December 18, 2008

Imports from China to fall?

Some industry commentators think that the volume of imports from China and other parts of the Far East will either stabilise or reduce as oil prices increa...
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Freight imbalance jeopardises Germany-China train

Although there have been successful trials of freight container trains from China to Germany, there is doubt about the future of the service because there ...
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Posted on December 9, 2008

New Cargo Port in Finland

The port of Helsinki opened its new cargo harbour in the eastern part of the city on 28 November.  The old cargo harbour buildings will be used for ho...
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Shipping Lines reduce capacity

Shipping companies are beginning to reduce capacity by laying up ships, especially in the Asia to Europe and Asia to central America routes.  They are...
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Taiwan to open up to China shipping

For nearly sixty years Taiwan would not allow Chinese shipping to call directly - cargo ships were forced to call at Hong Kong or some other intermediate p...
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Posted on December 4, 2008

Road Haulage industry outraged by increased fuel duty

Representatives of the freight haulage industry have condemned the rise in fuel duty planned for next April as an attack on the transport sector.  It ...
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Posted on December 3, 2008

Channel Freight in decline

The Department of Transport reports that the number of lorries crossing the Channel from the UK to France is 3% lower than for the third quarter of last ye...
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