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Gothenburg lets train take the strain

Gothenburg, the largest ro-ro port in Sweden, is aiming to switch about 10% of all trailers arriving there on to the train.  Until now, 45% of shippin...
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Posted on January 29, 2009

New Port for Helsinki

The port at Vuosaari opened on time during the first week in December 2008.  This is the new port for Helsinki, which has closed down its two old port...
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Baltic grows against trend

Against the general trend of retraction and downturn in the shipping industry, the forty-four Baltic Ports are projecting growth in traffic and continuing ...
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TOC Asia Event

The TOC Asia event for Shipping, Ports and Terminals takes place in Shenzhen from 3 - 5 March.  With the theme of Managing Uncertainty, the conference...
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Posted on January 27, 2009

Freight Service Awards

The British International Freight Association staged its annual Awards Luncheon last Thursday, as it celebrated 20 years of the Awards.  The guest spe...
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Shipping downturn

Predictions for the shipping industry during the coming year remain pessimistic - freight rates continue to be under pressure as vessel supply exceeds dema...
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China planning development of Pearl River Delta

The Chinese government has released plans to develop further the province of Guangdong, which has been the main producer and exporter of consumer goods des...
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Dangerous Goods by Road

Exporters should be aware that new regulations covering the transport of freight by road (the ADR regulations) came into operation at the beginning of this...
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Posted on January 20, 2009

India- logistics sector expanding

The logistics sector in India is expanding in spite of the fact that the infrastructure is still in a relatively poor state.  Companies which are invo...
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Freight Assocation welcomes new runway

The British International Freight Assocation, which represents freight and shipping companies in the UK and lobbies on their behalf, broadly welcomed the G...
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Asian Freight Forwarders suffer

It is believed that about 25,000 factories have closed in the Guangdong region of China recently, to the detriment of freight forwarding companies in the r...
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Posted on January 13, 2009

New Shipping service to Latvia

A major short-sea container shipping line has just begun a new service between Riga, Rotterdam and Teesport.  The company believes that - in spite of ...
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Snow chaos in Europe

Freight movements were affected by the heavy snowfall in some European airports last week.  At Dusseldorf in Germany all flights were delayed for thre...
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New Regulations for Carriage of Dangerous freight

From 1 January, the so-called 'tremcards' are no longer required to accompany dangerous road freight on international journeys.  Instead, the carrier ...
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New Year in China

As workers in China prepare to celebrate their New Year on 26 January, train stations are being besieged by customers trying to get tickets for their journ...
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